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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$10.1B
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Focusing on inner beauty! OLYMPUS Corporation (OTC: OCPNF; Tokyo: 7733) is a Tokyo, Japan-based manufacturing company and is a world leader in endoscopes. It makes medical endoscopes and minimally invasive products, film cameras, digital camera, voice recorders and magneto-optical disc drives. It also makes diagnostic systems, biological microscopes and analytical services; industrial endoscopes, printers, barcode data processing devices and measuring equipment among others. Founded in 1919, the company has revenue in excess of AŃ800 trillion and employs about 6,000 people.

Chief Operating Officer
Greg Baker
Number of Employees 33,022
Contact Information

Shinjuku Monolith 3-1 Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chome

Tokyo 163-0914

www.olympus.com

(81) 333402111

NAICS Code Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing: 339112

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News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Greg Baker Chief Operating Officer
James A. Conroy Vice President
Mark Van De Voorde Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Planning
Mike Nelson Vice President
Libby Sullivan Executive Director, Corporate Communications
Robert S. Morris Founder
Rufus Williams Founder
Louis J. Mischianti Partner
Manu Bettegowda Partner
Doug Putnam-Pite Director of Software Development
Victoria Centonze Frohlich Associate Director of The Optical Imaging Facility for The Department of Cellular
Jennifer Lyons Public Relations Manager
Megan Longenderfer Public Relations & Brand Marketing Manager
Neil McKenzie Production Manager
Akinobu Yakoo Executive Officer
Akinobu Yokoo Executive Officer
Andrea Sprole
Atsushi Nishikawa Executive Officer
Brian Moore Captain
Chris Brady
Chris L Smith
Claire Brown
Clare Waterman
Dmitri Don
Evan Eason
F. Mark Gumz Executive Officer
George Patterson Scientist In The Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch at The National Institutes of Health In Bethesda
Haruhito Morishima Executive Managing Officer
Hideo Yamada Executive Managing Officer
Hisashi Mori Executive Officer
Hitoshi Kawada Executive Officer
James G. Rosenberger
Jason Swedlow
Katsuo Komatsu Standing Auditor
Kazuhiro Watanabe Executive Officer
Kazuhisa Yanagisawa Executive Managing Officer
Kazuo Ichikawa Executive Officer
Kenneth N. Fish Assistant Prof In The Translational Neuroscience Program In The Department of Psychiatry
Koichi Karaki Executive Officer
Laura M. Ferguson
Lawrence F Bruder
Makoto Shimada Auditor
Masaaki Terada Senior Executive Managing Officer
Masaharu Okubo Executive Managing Officer
Masanori Nakashima Executive Officer
Masao Kuribayashi Executive Officer
Masataka Suzuki Executive Managing Officer
Michael C. Woodford Executive Officer
Norio Saito Executive Officer
Sarah E Betzwieser
Shuichi Takayama Executive Officer
Tadao Imai Standing Auditor
Takashi Saito Executive Officer
Takashi Tsukaya Executive Officer
Tatsuo Nagasaki Executive Officer
Toshiaki Gomi Executive Officer
Yasuhiro Ueda Executive Officer
Yasuo Nakamura Auditor
Yasuo Yoda Executive Officer
Yoshihiko Masakawa Executive Officer
Douglas B. Murphy Director
Susan Watts Secretary

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Isao Takahashi Board of Directors
Junichi Hayashi Board of Directors
Koji Miyata Board of Directors
Masanobu Chiba Board of Directors
Toru Toyoshima Board of Directors
Tsuyoshi Kikukawa Board of Directors

Greg Baker, Chief Operating Officer, brings over 20 years of management and engineering experience in the semiconductor equipment industry to his position as Chief Operating Officer of Olympus Integrated Technologies America. Prior to assuming the role of COO, Greg was Vice President of Engineering and Applications at Olympus where his responsibilities included the technical application and marketing support for wafer inspection and defect review systems. Prior to joining the company, Greg held the position of Partner and Vice President of Engineering at Kinetek Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductor inspection equipment. For over 11 years, Greg directed development and marketing of the company's major product lines that included wafer inspection and defect review systems as well as software products. During his tenure at Kinetek he established critical alliances with customers and suppliers to define, develop and improve products in both production and R&D environments. Prior to Kinetek, Greg was involved in the design and development of processing equipment for SMIF wafer fabrication facilities. He is credited with the development of the first SMIF wafer inspection system for semiconductor fabrication and has received key patents for non-contact pre-alignment and cassette wafer mapping systems. Mary ellen Warjas, Chief Financial Officer, brings a wealth of knowledge of international accounting issues to the position of Chief Financial Officer. She has over ten years experience in financial management concentrated within the semiconductor-related industries of Silicon Valley. After obtaining her CPA certificate with Deloitte & Touche, where Mary ellen specialized in the semiconductor and banking fields, she worked as the Controller of a privately-held semiconductor equipment manufacturer, and assisted in its sale to BOC Edwards. Prior to joining Olympus, she was the Accounting Controller at The Kinetics Group, a worldwide conglomerate of semiconductor construction, manufacturing and distribution companies.

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Chief Operating Officer Current
Olympus Integrated Technologies America, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Current
Olympus Integrated Technologies America, Inc. Vice President of Engineering and Applications Former
Kinetek, Inc. Partner and Vice President of Engineering Former
Kinetics Group Inc. Controller Former

Jim joined Olympus as a Vice President in 1990 and has been a Partner of Olympus since 1991. Jim joined Olympus from Bain & Company, where he was employed as a management consultant. Previously, he worked in General Electric Investment Corporation's Private Placements Division.

Organization Position Status
Olympus Partners Vice President Current
Olympus Corporation Vice President Current
Olympus Partners Partner Current
Olympus Corporation Partner Former
Bain & Company management consultant Former
Symmetry Medical Inc. Board of Directors Former
Club Staffing, Inc. Director Former
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth M.B.A. Former
University of Virginia B.A. Former

Mr. Van De Voorde founded Aquetong with Mr. Natan in 2005. He is currently Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Planning at Olympus. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Altamar Capital. He has 17 years of experience in the capital markets focusing on finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital structure advisory, and tax-efficient structured finance transactions. Mr. Van De Voorde was co-founder and Managing Director of Bordeaux Capital, a corporate finance and capital advisory boutique that later became Altamar Capital. Mr. Van De Voorde's prior experience includes Barclays Capital in London where he served as the Managing Director of the Global Corporate Finance Advisory team. While at Barclays Capital, he focused on the execution of M&A mandates, designing optimal capital structures, balance sheet restructurings, and equity-linked products. Prior to joining Barclays Capital, Mr. Van De Voorde was a Senior Manager at Deloitte focusing on identification, valuation, structuring and integrating acquisitions, and divestitures across a number of sectors and geographies. Mr. Van De Voorde also worked as an M&A and corporate finance attorney where he focused on public company advisory, including workouts and restructurings, tax efficient deal structures, proxy contests, takeover defenses, LBOs, and structured acquisition financing. Mr. Van De Voorde holds an MBA with Dean's Honors in Finance from the University Of Chicago Graduate School of Business, a JD with High Honors from the University of Iowa College of Law, and a BBA in Finance from the University of Iowa. He speaks conversational Dutch and Spanish.

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Planning Current
Aquetong Capital Advisors Vice President, Olympus Current
Aquetong Capital Advisors Board of Directors Current
Aquetong Capital Advisors Advisor, Co-Founder Former
Barclays Capital Former

As Vice President, Mike is responsible for managing all sales efforts for Olympus Media. Prior to joining Olympus Media, Mike held the position of real estate manager for Prime Outdoor. He was directly responsible for all new development and leasing activity throughout Kentucky, southern Indiana and Illinois. Earlier he worked as a sales consultant for Orr Safety, one of the nation's largest privately owned safety distributors. Mike graduated from the Indiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Safety Management. He resides just outside of Atlanta with his wife Stephanie and their son Tyler.

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Vice President Current
Olympus Media, LLC Vice President Current
Prime Outdoor Real Estate Manager Former
Orr Safety Company Sales Consultant Former
Indiana State University Bachelor of Science In Safety Management Former
Indiana State University Bachelor of Science In Safety Management Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Director, Corporate Communications Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Partners Founder Current
Olympus Corporation Founder Current
Olympus Partners Managing Partner Current
Waterside School Chairman of the Board Current
Homax Products, Inc. Director Current
Hamilton College Board of Directors Current
Club Staffing, Inc. Director Current
Shemin Nurseries, Inc. Director Current
General Electric Company Senior Vice President Former
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Faculty Former
Olympus Partners Managing Partner of Olympus Partners Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business Faculty Former
Symmetry Medical Inc. Chairman Former
Symmetry Medical Inc. Board of Directors Former
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth M.B.A. Former
Dartmouth College M.B.A Former
Hamilton College A.B. Former

Organization Position Status
Ebrigade Board President Current
Olympus Corporation Founder Current
Better Boys Foundation President Former
Harpo, Inc. Senior Manager Former
Retirement Fund, Inc. Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Partners Olympus General Partner Current
Olympus Corporation Partner Current
Meridian Rail Services Corp. Director Current
Nebraska Book Company Director Current
Homax Products, Inc. Director Current
The Clipper Group Co-Founder Former
Clipper Group Co-Founder Former
The First Boston Corporation Former
Client Distribution Services, Inc. Director Former
The Princeton Review, Inc. Advisory Board Former
Woodcraft Industries, Inc. Director Former
National Technological University Director Former
Yale University A.B. Former

Mr. Bettegowda joined Olympus in 1998 as an Analyst. He was promoted to Partner in 2005. He is responsible for new investment solicitation, due diligence, and monitoring several Olympus portfolio companies, which have included Shemin Nurseries and Pennant Foods. Mr. Bettegowda has served on the Boards of Professional Service Industries, Homax Products and Symmetry Medical. Previously, Mr. Bettegowda worked at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and refinancings of middle market companies. He received his A.B. from Duke University.

Organization Position Status
Olympus Partners Partner Current
Olympus Corporation Partner Current
Homax Products, Inc. Partner Current
Symmetry Medical Inc. Partner Current
Bowles Hollowell Conner Team Member Current
Pennant Foods Board Member Current
Shemin Nurseries, Inc. Board Member Current
Olympus Partners Associate Current
Duke University A.B. Former

Doug Putnam-Pite, Director of Software Development, has over a decade of software management experience, leading software engineering teams working on leading edge semiconductor equipment control systems. Throughout his career, Doug's managed software development teams, including hiring, training and coordinating programming efforts through the complete software life cycle, frequently involving multiple projects simultaneously. Before joining Olympus Integrated Technologies America, Doug was Director of Engineering at Sage Instruments where he was responsible for all aspects of product development and support. He was Manager of Advanced Products Software Engineering at Silicon Valley Group's Thermal Systems Division and Watkins-Johnson Semiconductor Equipment Group. Doug brings us needed experience in providing technical and architectural vision for next generation software and control systems projects. As Olympus Integrated Technologies America grows, these executives will be drawing from the unmatched talent pool found in the Silicon Valley, adding new members to a growing team of professionals. The experienced staff at Olympus Integrated Technologies America is well positioned to advance semiconductor inspection and measurement systems, utilizing their knowledge of the industry, the power of Olympus and your ideas or requirements.

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Director of Software Development Current
Silicon Valley Group Manager Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Associate Director of The Optical Imaging Facility for The Department of Cellular Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Public Relations Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Public Relations & Brand Marketing Manager Current

Neil is a highly experienced gas turbine production manager with over 15 years' OEM experience, specialising in Avon, Avon 200, Olympus and RB211 engines. His experience was gained with global operators, where he started his career as a gas turbine fitter before moving up to gas turbine engineer, charge-hand and then supervisor. Neil joined Alba Power in late 2006 as production manager before taking up his current post early in 2009.

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Production Manager Current
Alba Power Ltd Operations Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Array

Organization Position Status
Olympus Partners Manager of Financial Reporting Current
Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. Tax specialist Former
PricewaterhouseCoopers tax specialist Former
University of Virginia M.S. in accounting Former
McIntire School of Commerce M.S. In Accounting Former
Stanford University B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Dive Center First Mate Current
Olympus Corporation Captain Current
East Carolina University alumnus Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Dive Center Instructor Current
Olympus Corporation Current

Array

Organization Position Status
Olympus Partners Senior Associate Current
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company LP Investment Banker Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Current
The University of North Carolina Researcher Former

Dmitri Don, together with Katrin Lilleoks, founded Fotki in 1998 in their spare time. Katrin and Dmitri were interested in a means to communicate with friends around the world and relatives staying abroad via sharing photos. Being a hobby, Fotki's first headquarters was in its founders' New York City apartment. Before Fotki, Dmitri was VP of Software Development at Epsylon Technologies, and also Lead Developer for SenseNet and Citipost.com. Dmitri has a wealth of web-development experience; he conducted development work on About.com, New York Public Library, several Warner Brothers movie sites, Olympus, Lucent, Smithsonian, RCN.com, and worked as a consultant for MasterCard, CitiPost and other companies. He also served as a Lead Developer of one of the leading PR portals of the Dotcom Era, Courtney Pulitzer's Cocktails with Courtney. Dmitri is an expert in areas such as back-end, front-end, usability and complex application development. He taught several software development courses, including courses on Java and other technologies.

Organization Position Status
Fotki, Inc. Co-Founder & President Current
Epsylon Technologies, Inc. Vice President, Software Development Current
Olympus Corporation Current
RCN Corporation Current
Citipost Corp Lead Developer Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Partners Vice President Current
Olympus Corporation Current
American Capital Strategies, Ltd. Vice President Former
Montgomery Securities Investment Banker Former
Banc of America Securities LLC Associate Former
FdG Associates Associate Former
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania M.B.A. Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania M.B.A. Former
Harvard University A.B. Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Scientist In The Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch at The National Institutes of Health In Bethesda Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Managing Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Managing Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Partners Manager of Financial Reporting Current
Olympus Corporation Current
BB&T Capital Markets Investment Banking Analyst Former
Olympus Partners Associate Former
University of Virginia B.S. Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Standing Auditor Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Managing Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Assistant Prof In The Translational Neuroscience Program In The Department of Psychiatry Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Current

Array

Organization Position Status
Guava Technologies, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Current
Guava Technologies, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former
Guava Technologies, Inc. Vice President Former
The Capital Group Companies Inc. Vice President Former
Applied Biosystems Group vice president Former
Northwestern University Masters of Management Degree Former
Rochester Institute of Technology Bachelors of Science Degree Former
Harvard University Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Auditor Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Senior Executive Managing Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Managing Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Managing Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Partners Associate Current
Olympus Corporation Current
University of Virginia B.S. Former

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Standing Auditor Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Auditor Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Director Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Construction, Inc. Receptionist, Secretary for Olympus Construction Current
Olympus Corporation Secretary Current
Olympus Construction, Inc. Secretary Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Olympus Medical Engineering Co., Ltd. President Current
Olympus Corporation Board of Directors Current
Olympus Corporation President Former

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