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Proxy Statement
From 1996 to 2004, Mr. Beck served in a number of positions at Danaher Corporation, including president,
Danaher Precision Systems Division and vice president of sales, Kollmorgen I&C Division. Mr. Beck holds a
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Boston
University.
Joseph W. Dyer has served as our chief strategy officer since February 2012. Mr. Dyer previously served as
chief operating officer from August 2010 to February 2012 and as the president of our government and industrial
robots division from July 2006 to August 2010. Mr. Dyer served as executive vice president and general manager
of our government and industrial robots division from September 2003 until July 2006. Prior to joining iRobot,
Mr. Dyer served for 32 years in the U.S. Navy. From July 2000 until July 2003, he served as Vice Admiral
commanding the Naval Air Systems Command at which he was responsible for research and development,
procurement and in-service support for naval aircraft, weapons and sensors. He is an elected fellow in the Society
of Experimental Test Pilots and the National Academy of Public Administration. He also chairs NASA’s
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. Mr. Dyer holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State
University and an M.S. in Finance from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
Russell Campanello has served as our senior vice president, human resources since November 2010. Prior to
joining iRobot, Mr. Campanello served as senior vice president, human resources and administration at Phase
Forward, Inc. from April 2008 until September 2010. Mr. Campanello previously served as senior vice president
of human resources and marketing at Keane, Inc., a business process and information technology consulting firm,
from September 2003 to October 2007. Prior to Keane, Mr. Campanello served as chief people officer at
NerveWire from August 2000 to February 2003. Prior to NerveWire, he served as senior vice president, human
resources at Genzyme Corp. from November 1997 to July 2000. Earlier in his career, Mr. Campanello spent nine
years as vice president of human resources at Lotus Development Corporation. He attended Suffolk University’s
Executive MBA program, and holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of
Massachusetts.
Alison Dean has served as our senior vice president, corporate finance since February 2010. From March
2007 until February 2012, Ms. Dean also served as our principal accounting officer. From March 2007 until
February 2010, Ms. Dean served as our vice president, financial controls & analysis. From August 2005 until
March 2007, Ms. Dean served as our vice president, financial planning & analysis. From 1995 to August 2005,
Ms. Dean served in a number of positions at 3Com Corporation, including vice president and corporate controller
from 2004 to 2005 and vice president of finance — worldwide sales from 2003 to 2004. Ms. Dean holds a B.A.
in Business Economics from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Boston University.
Glen D. Weinstein has served as our general counsel since July 2000. Since February 2005, Mr. Weinstein
has also served as a senior vice president, and he served as a vice president from February 2002 to January 2005.
Since March 2004, he has also served as our secretary. Prior to joining iRobot, Mr. Weinstein was with
Covington & Burling, a law firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Weinstein holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
from MIT and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Ronald Chwang, Ph.D, has served as a director since November 1998. Dr. Chwang is the chairman and
president of iD Ventures America, LLC (formerly known as Acer Technology Ventures) under the iD
SoftCapital Group, a venture investment and management consulting service group formed in January 2005.
From August 1998 until December 2004, Dr. Chwang was the chairman and president of Acer Technology
Ventures, LLC, managing high-tech venture investment activities in North America. Dr. Chwang also serves on
the board of directors of AU Optronics and a number of other private high tech companies and is a former
director of Silicon Storage Technologies. Dr. Chwang holds a B.Eng. (with honors) in Electrical Engineering
from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Dr. Chwang brings to the board of directors his extensive experience in the technology industry, through both
company operations and venture capital investment.
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