John Dulchinos was appointed to serve as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors in September 2008. From June 2007 to September 2008 he held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that he held various positions within Adept including Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Vice President of Robotics, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Vice President of North American Sales, and Director of OEM Business. He joined Adept in October 1987 as a regional sales engineer. Mr. Dulchinos is an active member of the robotics industry, currently serving on the board of directors of the Robotics Industry Association as well as having served on the Assembly Technology Expo advisory board from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Dulchinos holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a concentration in robotics.
Lisa Cummins
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Cummins joined Adept as Corporate Controller in May 2007and was appointed Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer in July 2007. She has over fifteen years of experience in corporate accounting. Prior to joining Adept, Lisa held a variety of senior financial management positions at both large and small companies and was most recently with Pacer International, a $2 billion publicly traded holding company with operations in non-asset based third-party logistics and intermodal freight transportation services. She has also held financial and accounting positions at APL, EQE International and Oracle, and was an auditor with Ernst & Young. She holds an MBA from St. Mary's College and a bachelor's degree in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a Certified Public Accountant.
Joachim Melis
Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Joachim Melis was appointed vice president, Europe in August 2004 and in June 2007 was promoted to vice president, worldwide sales. He joined Adept in October 1990 as an applications engineer in the company's German office and served as applications supervisor and then manager of European customer service from 1992 to 1998. In 1998 Mr. Melis became managing director of the RDA Services Division. He was appointed managing director for sales and service in Germany in 2000 and added responsibility for sales and service in France in 2002. Mr. Melis holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in electronics.
Dave Pap Rocki
Vice President, Worldwide Operations
Dave Pap Rocki was appointed vice president, worldwide operations on September 3, 2008. Since July 2006 he held the position of chief technical officer. He joined Adept in February 2000 as director of Robotic systems and has also held the position of director of hardware. Previously Mr. Pap Rocki worked in the semiconductor industry from 1988 to 2000 at Novellus and SVG, managing systems and electrical engineering groups responsible for developing control platforms for front-end wafer production equipment. Prior to this, Mr. Pap Rocki was a founding member of Adept in 1983, leaving as the manager of systems in 1988. He has also worked at Unimation, a pioneer in the field of industrial robotics. At Unimation, SVG and Adept, Mr. Pap Rocki has been involved in the development of a number of successful robots including the PUMA, AdeptOne, i/sCobra and silicon wafer handling mechanisms. Mr. Pap Rocki holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering.
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