ManagementM. Kenneth Oshman, Chairman and CEO M. Kenneth Oshman, Chairman and CEO Kenneth Oshman joined Echelon in 1988. With three associates, he founded ROLM Corporation in 1969 and served as chief executive officer, president, and director until it was acquired by IBM in 1984. He then served as a vice president of IBM until 1986. Previously, he was a member of the technical staff of Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., involved in developing nonlinear optical technologies and systems. Oshman earned his B.A. and B.S. degrees from Rice University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He has served as Chairman of the Board of the Stanford Alumni Association and as a member of the Board of Governors at Rice University. He has been Chairman of the American Electronics Association, the Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group, and the Community Foundation of Silicon Valley. Oshman is a director of Sun Microsystems. He has been a director of a number of other private and public companies including Knight-Ridder, StrataCom, Varian Associates, ASK Computer Systems, Charles Schwab & Co., IBM World Trade Europe/Middle East/Africa Corporation, and Snap/Track, Inc. The recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Rice University and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, he is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Sigma Tau, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oliver "Chris" Stanfield, Executive Vice President and CFO Chris Stanfield joined Echelon from ROLM Corporation, where he held several positions since 1980, including director of pricing at IBM's ROLM Systems; vice president, plans and controls; vice president, business planning; vice president, financial planning and analysis; and treasurer and controller, Mil Spec Division. Before joining ROLM, Stanfield worked for ITEL Corporation as director of inventory control and analysis and controller of the San Diego Manufacturing Operation; for Computer Automation as a division controller; and for Rockwell International as manager of accounting, manager of financial planning, and senior internal auditor. He began his business career with Ford Motor Company in 1969 with various accounting positions while completing his M.B.A. and B.S. degrees at the University of Southern California. Robert R. Maxfield, Senior Vice President, Products Robert R. Maxfield has been a member of Echelon's board of directors since 1989. He co-founded ROLM Corporation in 1969, and served as executive vice president and director until it was acquired by IBM in 1984. He continued as vice president of ROLM until 1988. Since then, he has been a private investor, and a director for several private and public companies. He was a venture partner with Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers from 1989-1992. Maxfield received B.A. and B.S.E.E. degrees from Rice University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He is a trustee of Rice University and the Santa Fe Institute, and was a consulting professor in Stanford’s Management Science and Engineering Department from 1989-2007. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Rice University, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Kathleen Bloch, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kathleen Bloch joined Echelon from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she was a partner with a practice in the corporate finance and securities areas. She represented both privately held and public companies in diverse technology markets, as well as in the biotech, manufacturing, retail, and financial services industries. Before that, she was a partner with the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton. Bloch received her law degree from Stanford Law School in 1981 and a B.S. in Business Administration (emphasis in Finance) from the University of Southern California in 1978, where she was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma and graduated with honors. Frederik "Frits" Bruggink, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Group Frits Bruggink joined Echelon in 1996 from Banyan Systems, where he was Vice President, Europe. From 1985 to 1993, he held several positions at Stratus, including General Manager positions for Holland, Benelux, then Northern Europe. His last position at Stratus was Regional Director, Northern Europe (including Germany). Prior to Stratus, he held sales positions at Burroughs Computers. From 1974 to 1979 Bruggink piloted an F-16 fighter aircraft. He is fluent in French, English, Dutch, and German. He was educated at the University of Leiden and the Dutch Air Force. Anders Axelsson, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Anders Axelsson joined Echelon in 2003 from PowerFile, a private optical storage company where he was CEO. He started his career with ABB Industry, where he served for 11 years in many sales, marketing, and engineering management positions, including director of marketing. After ABB he joined Measurex (later acquired by Honeywell) and worked in several senior positions, including vice president of business area operations and president/managing director for Europe and Africa. Following Honeywell, he joined Snap Appliances (a subsidiary of Quantum Corporation) as president and general manager for the workgroup network-attached storage business. Axelsson holds a B.S. from ED Technical Institute in Jonkoping, Sweden, and is a graduate of the Executive Program at the University of Michigan. Axelsson serves on PowerFile's board of directors. Russell Harris, Senior Vice President, Operations Russell Harris began his career at Convergent Technologies, Inc./Unisys Corporation as an industrial engineer, then moved into management positions and became director of IT for Worldwide Operations at Unisys. From 1991 to1996, he was director of operations at Silicon Graphics, Inc., managing inventory and logistics, IT operations for services worldwide, and training. In 1996, he joined four others and started NetDynamics as vice president of operations and worked through its sale and integration into Sun Microsystems Inc. Robert Dolin, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Robert Dolin, Echelon’s system architect, has worked for the company since 1989. He is the principal or co-inventor of nine Echelon patents, and is one of the designers of the LonWorks protocol, the network development system environment, the Neuron C programming model, and LonWorks network management. In 1995 he was named chief technology officer. Before joining Echelon, Dolin spent 11 years at ROLM Corporation, where he was one of the main developers of its fully distributed PBX telephone system. He also held positions of first- and second-line management as well as system architecture. Dolin has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
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