MTI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Peng K. Lim
Mr. Lim, Chairman of the Board for MTI as of May 2008 and Chief Executive Officer of MTI Micro since May 8 2006 became Chief Executive Officer of MTI effective December 1st, 2006. Prior to MTI Micro, Peng served as the President and CEO of Tapwave, Inc., a company he founded. He was behind the development of the Zodiac, a portable electronic multimedia device that won multiple awards including, "Best Gear" by Time Magazine in 2003. Prior to Tapwave, Peng served as Vice President, Worldwide Product Development for Palm Computing where he was responsible for directing the entire life cycle of product development and engineering for Palm handheld products, operating system and application software. While at Palm, he helped capture 75% worldwide handheld operating system and 65% PDA market shares and quadrupled annual revenues to greater than $1.5 billion. Peng was also part of the executive team that led Palm to a successful IPO in 2000. Prior to Palm, Peng was VP of Engineering at Fujitsu Personal Systems where he introduced industry-leading pen-based and wireless computers that captured a 56% market share. Prior to his tenure at Fujitsu, Peng served as Engineering Platform Director at Texas Instruments and as Director of Advanced Portable Engineering at Zenith Data Systems. In both positions he introduced important innovations in state-of-the-art portable computers. Peng serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Novatel Wireless, a leading 3G wireless solutions company since 2001 and Board of Advisors for Inventec Appliances, a multibillion dollars ODM company since 2006. Peng holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) and a Master of Engineering Management from Northwestern University. Peng is an alumnus of the Stanford Executive Program for Growing Companies at Stanford University.
Thomas J. Marusak
Mr. Marusak, was appointed to MTI’s Board of Directors on December 16, 2004. Since October 31, 2005, Mr. Marusak has also served as a director of MTI Micro. Since 1986, Mr. Marusak has been President of Comfortex Corporation, an internationally recognized manufacturer of window blinds and specialty shades and has served with New York’s Capital Region Center for Economic Growth as Chairman of the Technology Council from June 2001 to July 2004 and then Chairman of the Board from July 2004 until December 2005. He was appointed by Governor George Pataki, and then confirmed by the New York Senate as a Director for the New York State Energy and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in September of 1999 and currently holds a Board seat. Mr. Marusak has also represented the interests of small- and medium- sized manufacturing businesses of New York as a delegate at the White House. He was previously a member of the Advisory Board of Directors for Key Bank of New York, and serves as a Director of Dynabil Industries Inc. and Clough Harbour Associates Technology Services Company of Albany. Mr. Marusak received a B.S. in Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and an M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University.
E. Dennis O'Connor
Mr. O'Connor, a Director since 1993, is a registered patent attorney, and from 1984 until his retirement in June 2000, was the Director of New Products and Technology for Masco Corporation, a diversified manufacturer of building, home improvement, and other specialty products for the home and family. Since October 31, 2005, Mr. O’Connor has also served as a director of MTI Micro.
William P. Phelan, CPA
Mr. Phelan, CPA, was appointed to MTI’s Board of Directors and named Chairman of MTI’s Audit Committee on December 16, 2004. Since October 31, 2005, Mr. Phelan has also served as a Director of MTI Micro. Mr. Phelan is the co-founder and CEO of Flatburger Technologies, a software company focusing on open source software as a service. Mr. Phelan was a founder and served as Chief Executive Officer of OneMade, Inc., an electronic commerce marketplace technology systems and tools provider, from May 1999 to May 2004. OneMade, Inc. was sold to America Online (AOL) in May 2003. In addition, Mr. Phelan served as a member of the Board of Directors of Florists’ Transworld Delivery (FTD), the largest floral services organization in the world, where he was instrumental in reorganizing the company, providing both strategic direction and operational oversight. He has also held numerous executive positions at Fleet Equity Partners, Cowen & Company, and UHY Advisors Inc., formerly Urbach Kahn & Werlin, PC. Mr. Phelan has a B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Siena College, and an M.S. in Taxation from City College of New York.
Dr. Walter L. Robb
Dr. Robb, a Director since 1997, served as Chairman of the Audit Committee from July 29, 2004 to December 16, 2004. Since October 31, 2005, Dr. Robb has also served as a Director of MTI Micro. Dr. Robb has been a management consultant and President of Vantage Management, Inc., a management consulting company, since 1993. Prior to that, Dr. Robb was with General Electric Company ("GE") in a number of executive positions. He was Senior Vice President for Corporate Research and Development from 1986 until his retirement on December 31, 1992, directing the GE Research and Development Center, one of the world's largest and most diversified industrial laboratories, and serving on GE's Corporate Executive Council. He served on the Board of Directors of Plug Power Inc., from 1997 through October 9, 2002, and has served as a Director of Celgene Corp., an integrated biopharmaceutical company, since 1992, and serves on boards of a number of privately owned companies.
