People: Lantronix Inc (LTRX.O)

LTRX.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Capital Market

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Slayen, Howard 62 2007 Chairman of the Board
Solomon, Lewis 76 2008 Chairman of the Board
Chase, Jerry 49 2008 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Sakai, Reagan 50 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
Bruscha, Bernhard 56 2007 Director
Brown, Curtis 62 2007 Director
Wittenschlaeger, Thomas 52 2007 Director
Sanders, Larry 63 2007 Director

Biographies

Name Description
Slayen, Howard Mr. Howard T. Slayen has been a member of the Board of Directors of Lantronix, Inc. since August 2000. From June 2001 to the present, Mr. Slayen has been providing independent financial consulting services to various organizations and clients. From September 1999 to May 2001, Mr. Slayen was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quaartz Inc., a web-hosted communications business. From 1971 to September 1999, Mr. Slayen held various positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers/Coopers & Lybrand, including his last position as a Corporate Finance Partner. Mr. Slayen currently serves on the board of directors of Aehr Test Systems. He also serves on the boards of directors of the not-for-profit organizations Child Advocates of Silicon Valley and Jewish Family and Children Services of San Francisco.
Solomon, Lewis Mr. Lewis Solomon has been a member of the Board of Directors of Lantronix, Inc. since May 2008 and was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in November 2008. Mr. Solomon is currently Chairman of SCC Company, a consulting firm which specializes in technology. Prior to founding SCC, Mr. Solomon was Executive Vice President of Alan Patricof Associates (“APA”), an international venture fund with over $300 million in committed or invested capital. While at APA Mr. Solomon was the lead investor in many successful venture deals in the U.S. and was also active in its European investments. During that period Mr. Solomon served as a director on numerous boards where the firm had made equity investments. Mr. Solomon is currently on the Board of Directors of Anadigics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD), a manufacturer of gallium arsenide semiconductors, and Harmonic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HLIT), a manufacturer of digital and fiber optic systems. Mr. Solomon joined APA after a 14-year career at General Instrument Corporation (“GIC”). At the time of his departure Mr. Solomon was a Corporate Officer, Senior Vice President and Assistant to the CEO and also held a seat on GIC’s Operating Committee. His principal responsibilities encompassed corporate strategy, worldwide sales and marketing development and interim General Management turnaround assignments. He also successfully started and managed a $30 million corporate venture capital fund designed to provide “a window on technology” for GIC. Mr. Solomon began his GIC career as Vice President of Marketing for the semiconductor division and within two years was promoted to General Manager for that business unit.
Chase, Jerry Mr. Jerry D. Chase is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Lantronix, Inc since February 2008. From September 2004 to July 2007, Mr. Chase was president, chief executive officer and a board member for Terayon Communication Systems, a public cable, telecom and satellite supplier of digital video networking applications. From 2001 to August 2004, Mr. Chase served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Thales Broadcast & Multimedia (“TBM”), a telecom and test equipment supplier, and from 1998 to 2001 was president and chief executive officer of the U.S. subsidiary of TBM. Mr. Chase began his career as a Pilot and Operations Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he built a strong foundation for leadership, process and crisis management. Following the Marine Corps, he attended Harvard Business School, where he received his MBA.
Sakai, Reagan Mr. Reagan Y. Sakai is Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Lantronix, Inc since November 2006. Mr. Sakai has 25 years of increasingly responsible financial and management experience, most recently as CFO for HyPerformix Corporation, a private software company based in Austin, Texas. Earlier, he was CFO for VIEO Corporation, an early-stage software company, and before that, he was CFO of Crossroads Systems Corporation, a public data storage routing company, where he oversaw the company's highly successful IPO in October 1999. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sakai held various financial positions with Exabyte Corporation, Maxtor Corporation, McDATA Corporation, and StorageTek Corporation. Mr. Sakai holds a BS degree and an MBA from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Bruscha, Bernhard Mr. Bernard Bruscha is Director of Lantronix Inc since August 2007. Mr. Bruscha served as Chairman of Board of Directors from June 1989 to May 2002 and has been single largest stockholder, currently with ownership of approximately 35% of outstanding common stock. A serial entrepreneur for over 20 years, Mr. Bruscha founded several technology distribution and hardware companies. Since May 2002 Mr. Bruscha has served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of transtec AG, a computer systems manufacturer and direct computer reseller. Mr. Bruscha is also Managing Director of TL Investment Gmbh and Managing Director of technovest alpha Gmbh located in Tübingen, Germany. A customer of Lantronix, transtec AG has accounted for less than 4% of Lantronix’s revenues in each quarter of 2007 fiscal year and 2008 fiscal year.
Brown, Curtis Mr. Curtis Brown is Director of Lantronix Inc since August 2007. Since February 2005, Mr. Brown has served as Chief Technical Officer for Intelio Technologies, Inc., a networked remote management systems company. From June 2001 to August 2004, Mr. Brown was Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Lantronix. Mr. Brown is the inventor on a number of patents, including two of patents pertaining to XPort® embedded device servers. Mr. Brown has had a distinguished 30-year career of increasing responsibility in the electronics industry, working for such companies as Iomega Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Connor Peripherals, Inc., Seagate Technology and Quantum Corporation.
Wittenschlaeger, Thomas Mr. Thomas Wittenschlaeger is Director of Lantronix Inc since September 2007. Since March 2004, Mr. Wittenschlaeger has served as Chairman and CEO of Raptor Networks Technology, Inc. Raptor Networks engages in the design, production and sale of standards-based, proprietary high-speed network (LAN) switching technologies. From April 2001 to September 2003, Mr. Wittenschlaeger was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Technology Officer of Personnel Group of America, Inc., later renamed Venturi Partners, Inc., a provider of information technology and professional staffing services nationwide. Prior to joining Personnel Group of America, Mr. Wittenschlaeger spent 16 years at General Motors Hughes Electronics in a variety of positions. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and served on nuclear attack submarines in the Pacific theatre.
Sanders, Larry Mr. Larry Sanders is Director of Lantronix Inc since December 2007. Mr. Sanders has been a director of Xantrex Technology Inc., a public company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, since May 2005, and also serves on the boards of several civic and charitable organizations. Mr. Sanders was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Sanera Systems, a startup storage networking company, which was acquired in 2003. Prior to that, he held Chief Executive Officer positions at Crossroads Systems Corporation from 2000 to 2002 and Fujitsu Computer Products of America from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Sanders moved to Singapore in 1994 to serve as Vice President, International for Conner Peripherals, a disk drive manufacturer. From 1984 until 1993, Mr. Sanders held a number of senior management positions, including Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Group President, at Calcomp, a wholly owned subsidiary company of Lockheed Corporation. Mr. Sanders began his career with IBM Corporation, where he worked for 13 years and held a number of sales, marketing and general management positions.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Slayen, Howard --
Solomon, Lewis --
Chase, Jerry 699,571
Sakai, Reagan 357,622
Bruscha, Bernhard --
Brown, Curtis --
Wittenschlaeger, Thomas --
Sanders, Larry --
As Of 29 Jun 2009

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