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Joseph W. Dyer has served as the president and general manager of our government and industrial robots
division since July 2006. 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.
Sandra B. Lawrence has served as the president and general manager of our home robots division, since
May 2007. Prior to joining iRobot, Ms. Lawrence served as vice president, innovation and growth platforms
for the consumer group of companies at Johnson & Johnson, a position which she held from September 2005
until May 2007. From October 2002 to September 2005, she served as vice president, sales and marketing for
The Spectacle Lens Group, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson,
Ms. Lawrence served as senior vice president and general manager, instant digital printing group at Polaroid
Corporation, a position in which she served from June 2001 to October 2002. Ms. Lawrence has a B.S. in
business administration from the University of Maine and an M.B.A. from Northeastern 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.
Alison Dean has served as our vice president, financial controls & analysis and principal accounting
officer since March 2007. Ms. Dean served as our vice president, financial planning & analysis from August
2005 until March 2007. 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.
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 Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. and a number of other private high tech
companies. 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.
Jacques S. Gansler, Ph.D. has served as a director since July 2004. Dr. Gansler has been a professor at
the University of Maryland, where he leads the school’s Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, since
January 2001. From November 1997 until January 2001, Dr. Gansler served as the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics for the U.S. federal government. Dr. Gansler holds a B.E. in
electrical engineering from Yale University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University,
an M.A. in Political Economy from New School for Social Research, and a Ph.D. in Economics from
American University.
Andrea Geisser has served as a director since March 2004. Mr. Geisser is currently a senior advisor to
Fenway Partners Resources, a private equity firm, and an investment advisor to Zephyr Management Inc., a
global private equity firm. From 1995 to 2005, Mr. Geisser was a managing director of Fenway Partners. Prior
to founding Fenway Partners, Mr. Geisser was a managing director of Butler Capital Corporation. Prior to that,
he was a managing director of Onex Investment Corporation, a Canadian management buyout company. From
1974 to 1986, he was a senior officer of Exor America. Mr. Geisser has been a board member and audit
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