BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Ranko Vujosevic
Ranko founded Optimal Electronics in 1996 and remains the visionary behind the value Optimal Electronics brings its customers. Through his work in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Dr. Vujosevic developed unique technologies which dramatically increase the throughput of manufacturing, machining, and robotic assembly operations. Prior to founding Optimal Electronics he worked as a Research Scientist at the University of Iowa’s Center for Computer Aided Design. Dr. Vujosevic earned his B.Sc. (University of Belgrade, 1983) and M.Sc. (Vanderbilt University, 1989) in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. (University of Iowa, 1992) in Industrial Engineering.
Lary Evans, Chairman
Following his Ph.D. at MIT Lary has, by any measure, enjoyed a successful career as corporate executive, investor, advisor and mentor. In addition to senior executive positions at large companies such as DEC and Tandem Computers, he played pivotal roles at earlier stage companies such as Culler Scientific and Sequent Computer Systems and was instrumental in their growth and success. Lary’s last corporate position was Vice President and General Manager of Servers for Dell Computers. Following retirement in 1998 Lary has become an influential angel investor and advisor for a wide range of growth companies, including Texas based Rate Genius, Xemi, Sozotek, Communicard and Pinion Software; and Applied Microsystems of Redmond, WA.
Randy McFadden
Mr. McFadden has more than 23 years experience in Financial Asset Management, with Telephone Management. He has been part of a team that has invested in more than 55 private companies, primarily in Telecommunications and Technology. Randy currently is serving as a Director for three companies, Optimal Electronics Corporation provides innovative software solutions for the control and optimization of the electronics assembly process, Tenura Holdings Inc, diversified Real Estate Company, and Southwest Land Title Insurance Company. His previous work experience was with various companies in the Telecommunications industry. Randy has been married for 28 years, with two children, and a grandchild. He is a member of St Thomas More Catholic Church , as well as an officer with the St Thomas More Men’s Club. He and his wife are very active with the HeartGift Foundation, whose mission is to provide life saving heart surgery for disadvantaged children from developing countries where specialized medical treatment is scarce or non-existent. He enjoys Reading, Golf, Scuba Diving and Travel.
Randy has a Degree in Economics from the University of Northern Iowa.
Dick Schwab
Mr. Schwab has redirected his efforts from leadership in divisions of large corporations to being an entrepreneur and angel investor. He has a BA in Accounting and an MBA from the University of Minnesota.
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"We evaluated all of the industry leading software solutions during our search for a new tool to manage our PCB assembly process. Optel was the only software capable of successfully modeling our production processes and practices (group setups, data management of multiple machines, etc.) utlizing legacy data and actually producing boards during our trials. Optimal Electronics continues to impress us with their abilities to deliver innovative new features and provide outstanding technical support."
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