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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.
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.
Rodney A. Brooks, Ph.D., a co-founder of iRobot, 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
held various positions at iRobot since our inception, including chief technology officer from June 1997 until
September 2008, and prior to that, treasurer and president. In September 2008, Dr. Brooks co-founded
Heartland Robotics to develop low-cost industrial robots that will empower workers and serves as its chairman
and chief technology officer. Dr. Brooks has taken a leave from his position as 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.
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 senior 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
committee member of several private companies. Mr. Geisser holds a bachelor’s degree from Bocconi
University in Milan, Italy and a P.M.D. from Harvard Business School.
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