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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth the director nominees to be elected at the annual meeting, the directors and
the executive officers of the Company, their ages, and the positions currently held by each such person with
the Company immediately prior to the annual meeting.
Name Age Position
Helen Greiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Chairman of the Board
Colin Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Chief Executive Officer and Director
Rodney Brooks, Ph.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Chief Technology Officer and Director
Geoffrey P. Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
Joseph W. Dyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 President and General Manager, Government & Industrial
Sandra B. Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 President and General Manager, Home Robots
Glen D. Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Alison Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Vice President, Financial Controls & Analysis
Ronald Chwang, Ph.D.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Director
Jacques S. Gansler, Ph.D.(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Director
Andrea Geisser(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Director
George McNamee(1)(2)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Director
Peter Meekin(2)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Director
Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret)(1) . . . . . 62 Director
(1) Member of compensation committee
(2) Member of nominating and corporate governance committee
(3) Member of audit committee
Helen Greiner, a co-founder of iRobot, was named as our president in June 1997 and as a director since
July 1994. Since February 2004, Ms. Greiner has been the chairman of the board of directors. Prior to joining
iRobot, Ms. Greiner founded California Cybernetics, a company commercializing Jet Propulsion Laboratory
technology. She has been honored by Technology Review Magazine as an “Innovator for the Next Century.”
Ms. Greiner holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science, both from MIT.
Colin Angle, a co-founder of iRobot, has served as our chief executive officer since June 1997 and, prior
to that, as our president since November 1992. Mr. Angle has also served as a director since October 1992.
Mr. Angle also worked at the National Aeronautical and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
where he participated in the design of the behavior-controlled rovers that led to Sojourner exploring Mars in
1997. Mr. Angle holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science, both from MIT.
Rodney Brooks, Ph.D., a co-founder of iRobot, has held various positions at iRobot since our inception.
Dr. Brooks has served as our chief technology officer since June 1997, and prior to that served as our treasurer
and president. Dr. Brooks has served as a director since our inception in August 1990, and from inception
until February 2004, as the chairman of the board of directors. Dr. Brooks is the Panasonic Professor of
Robotics at MIT. From August 1997 until June 2003, he was the director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory. Dr. Brooks is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Brooks holds a degree in
pure mathematics from the Flinders University of South Australia and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from
Stanford University.
Geoffrey P. Clear has served as our chief financial officer since May 2002. Since February 2005, Mr. Clear
has served as a senior vice president and, since March 2004, he has also served as our treasurer. Mr. Clear was
the site manager for 3M Touch Systems, a subsidiary of 3M Corporation, from February 2001 until April
2002. From February 1992 until January 2001, he was the vice president, finance & administration and chief
financial officer of MicroTouch Systems, Inc. Mr. Clear holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A., both from
Dartmouth College.
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