A. Richard Juelis has served as a director of Adept since November 2005. Since December 2008, he has been a Partner at Tatum, LLC, a financial and executive services consulting firm. From September 2007 to November 2008, Mr. Juelis was a technology technology industry consultant. From June 2005 through August 2007, he served as Chief Financial Officer of World Heart Corporation, a publicly-traded medical device company. From 1994 to 2005, Mr. Juelis was Chief Financial Officer of Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical firm. Prior to this, he served as Chief Financial Officer for two publicly-traded technology companies, and held domestic and international finance and general management positions with two major pharmaceutical companies. Mr. Juelis holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Fordham University, an M.B.A. from Columbia University and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
Michael P. Kelly has served as a director of Adept since April 1997, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. He additionally served as Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors from October 2003 to January 2006. Since October 2005, Mr. Kelly has served as Chief Executive Officer of Kinsale Associates, Inc., a merchant bank. From July 2005 to October 2005, Mr. Kelly served as Chief Executive Officer of Cape Semiconductor Inc., a fabless semiconductor company. Prior to that, from 1994 to 2005, Mr. Kelly was Vice-Chairman and Senior Managing Director of Broadview International, LLC, an international mergers and acquisitions advisory firm and a division of Jefferies Inc. Mr. Kelly is also a director of Epicor Software Corporation, a provider of enterprise business software solutions. Since 2007 Mr. Kelly has been a director of Deep Photonics, a privately owned company in Oregon with breakthrough discoveries in materials science and laser design. Mr. Kelly received a B.A. in Accounting from Western Illinois University and an M.B.A. from St. Louis University. Mr. Kelly is a Certified Public Accountant.
Robert J. Majteles has served as a director of Adept since November 2003. Mr. Majteles is the managing partner of Treehouse Capital LLC (www.treehousecapital.com), an investment firm. In addition, Mr. Majteles is a Lecturer at the Haas School of Business and the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Majteles holds a B.A. from Columbia University and a J.D. from Stanford University.
Herbert J. Martin has served as a director of Adept since May 2006. Mr. Martin is currently CEO of Ibex Technology Group, an IT analytics company based in Menlo Park, CA. From March 2006 until November 2008 he served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of D-Wave Systems, a private firm engaged in the development of quantum computing systems based in Vancouver, Canada. From September 2003 to February 2006, Mr. Martin was a management consultant to the technology industry. From October 2000 to September 2003 he served as Chief Executive Officer of Salira Optical Network Systems, a supplier of broadband access systems. Mr. Martin has more than 20 years' experience managing technology companies, with particular emphasis on global channel and business development. Mr. Martin holds a B.S. in Electronic Engineering and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.