Roger D. O’Brien, President – O’Brien Associates LLC

Mr. O’Brien is President of O’Brien Associates, LLC (www.ROBrienAssociates.com), a general management consulting firm providing advisory and implementation services to managements in a variety of competitive industries, with special focus on interim general management, technology commercialization, marketing, strategy development and executive search. The firm was founded in 1999 and has offices in Rochester, New York and Singer Island, Florida. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from New York University and a MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. O’Brien’s background includes a past role in helping to turn-around Ultralife Batteries, Inc. during 1998-99 as Chief Operating Officer for this publicly-held manufacturer of advanced battery power sources. From 1991 to 1996 he was Chief Executive Officer as well as a major shareholder of Holotek Ltd., a high-technology company with a proprietary position in the design, development, manufacture and sales of laser imaging systems worldwide. O’Brien, along with the Company’s founder and outside Board of Directors, represented approximately 120 shareholders of Holotek. He successfully negotiated the sale of the company to an OEM customer in 1996. In 2012, as an early investor and Director of Odyssey Software, he assisted in the cash sale of the company to Symantec for 6.5 times revenue.

Prior to investing in Holotek, O’Brien was president of his own consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay area, providing advisory and implementation services to a variety of high-technology companies. He assisted these companies in developing their strategic plans, increasing their selling effectiveness, improving manufacturing and distribution efficiency, establishing financial planning and analysis, and implementing corporate acquisitions. O’Brien’s corporate background also includes a role as an early officer of Sun Microsystems, Inc. during a period in the late 1980’s when the company grew from $500 million to $2 billion in sales over a 24-month timeframe. Earlier, Mr. O’Brien served as Chief Financial Officer for a $750 million unit of Tenneco Automotive, where he and the management team increased profits 75% over a four-year period through market share growth and aggressive cost-reduction programs. He designed and managed their strategic planning process, pursued business acquisitions, and led a corporate-wide task force to recommend and implement computer- integrated manufacturing applications. O’Brien’s previous experience includes financial management positions at Xerox Corporation and as a Lead Executive in the venture capital sector of Exxon Corporation. Mr. O’Brien began his career as a staff physicist for Combustion Engineering, Inc., developing advanced nuclear power plant designs.

In the Rochester, NY area, Mr. O’Brien is a member of the Board of Directors of Innovative Technology Solutions, Bristol- ID Technologies, Inc and East House. He is an adjunct professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he is a graduate instructor in both Rochester and Croatia. O’Brien is a past Director of the Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster and a former Trustee of the Rochester General Hospital Foundation and Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee. He is a past Program Chair for the Rochester Venture Capital Group and has also served as a member of the NRS Executive Committee for the Rochester Institute of Technology, Mr. O’Brien is a former Trustee of WXXI Public Broadcasting, Inc. and from 1996-2001 he served as Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee for the Rochester Chamber Annual Civic Award program. In 1994 and 1995, Mr. O’Brien was appointed by Mayor William Johnson as Chairman of the Roundtable for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses in the City of Rochester.

In Santa Fe, New Mexico Mr. O’Brien has been a visiting speaker for Technology Ventures Corporation and an Advisor for the Deal Stream Summit for TVC. O’Brien is a participating member in New Mexico Angels based in Albuquerque.

O’Brien is an avid tennis player, married with three adult children. He is a US Army veteran.