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Ampex

(AMPX) is in the Technology Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$41.4M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Our continuing operations include the results of our Licensing and Recorders segments. Our licensing segment generates revenues from licenses we grant to companies covering a variety of technologies that we developed in prior years when we designed and manufactured digital video tape recorders and special effects products used in the professional television broadcast and post production industries. Historically, our licensees included other competitive manufacturers of professional products as well as manufacturers of consumer products where we did not compete but where our technology was relevant to their products functionality. Licensing our intellectual property has been a significant business segment since 1968. In recent years, we received substantial royalties from manufacturers of digital still cameras who licensed our rapid image retrieval (121) patent. This patent expired in April 2006. Today, the majority of our licensing revenue is derived from manufacturers of digital camcorders who we believe use several of our digital compression and image processing patents. These patents expire from 2012 to 2014.

Chairman, President & CEO
D. Gordon Strickland
Number of Employees 112
Contact Information

500 Broadway St

Redwood City, California 94063-3199

www.ampex.com

(650) 367-4111

NAICS Code Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334220

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Lawrence Chiarella President
Robert L. Atchison President
Christopher Lake CFO, Treasurer & Vice President
Donald L. Hawks Vice President
Joel D. Talcott Vice President
Ramon C. Venema Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary.
Raymond F. Weldon Vice President
Lee Givens Jr Director of Technology
Ric Gregory
Reid W Dennis Investor

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
D. Gordon Strickland Chairman, President & CEO
Peter Slusser Chairman
Ned S. Goldstein Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation Chairman, President & CEO Current
Norelli & Company Partner Current
John Hancock Life Insurance Company Senior Advisor Current
Outlook Group Holdings, LLC Director Current
Mechanical Contracting Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Capitolwire.Com Chief Executive Officer Former
Medical Resources Inc. Chairman, President & CEO Former
Kerr Group, Inc. CEO Former
Mechanical Contracting Services Inc. President Former
Kerr Group, Inc. President Former
Capitolwire.Com President Former
Capitolwire.Com Co-Founder Former
Yale University BA Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation President Current

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation President Current
Ampex Corporation Vice President Current
Ampex Data Systems President Former
Ampex Data Systems Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation CFO, Treasurer & Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation Vice President Current
Ampex Corporation Board of Directors Current

Joel D. Talcott is Vice President and Secretary of the Company, positions he has held since 1987. He has served as General Counsel since January 1996, a position he also held from 1987 to January 1994. He is also responsible for our patent licensing activities (having served as Patent Counsel from 1981 to 1987). Mr. Talcott also serves as Chairman of Ampex Data Systems Corporation, as Vice President, Secretary and a director of Ampex Data Systems Corporation, Ampex Data International Corporation, Ampex Finance Corporation and Ampex International Sales Corporation, as Vice President and Secretary of Ampex Holdings Corporation, and as Secretary of AFC Holdings Corporation, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Talcott currently serves as a director of Command Audio Corp., a licensor of intellectual property to consumer electronics, media and technology companies.

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation Vice President Current
Ampex Data Systems Chairman Current
Command Audio Corp Board of Directors Current
Ampex Corporation Secretary Current
Chicago-Kent College of Law Juris Doctorate Former
Illinois Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science In Physics Former

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary. Current

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation Vice President Current
Ampex Corporation Board of Directors Current

Lee Givens, Jr. Mr. Givens directs technical and delivery systems for Alley Films. He recently has managed the Webcast Engineering group at Loral Cyberstar in Rockville, MD, a leader in satellite data networks delivering IP-based data to 90 countries around the world. Within the streaming media industry, Mr. Givens has been Director of Technology of Executive Branch Television in Washington, DC, a subsidiary of iNEXTV/AMPEX Corporation since 1999. Mr. Givens' new media experience began at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) Video Services Stargazer interactive television group Tele-TV. At Bell Atlantic Video Services and TELE-TV, Mr. Givens was the Enterprise Systems Manager responsible for technical support, database development, Intranet implementation, and training. He has also been the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of SimplySavings.com, one of the first e-commerce shopping comparison engines on the Internet. From there, Mr. Givens worked with Apple Computer in the Educational Division before heading back to new media. Mr. Givens earned an BS degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland and is currently pursuing a dual MS/MBA degree in Technical Systems Management and Masters of Business Administration at the University of Maryland.

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation Director of Technology Current
Alley Films, LLC Current
University of Maryland BS Degree In Information Systems Management Former

Ric founded BDS in 1991 to meet the production, post production, and transmission system needs of South Texas broadcasters and production facilities. The goal was simple: provide the highest quality equipment with the best possible service. Ric started BDS after working with Ampex as Southwest Regional Account Manager. Ric's experience in the marketing and design of facilities include such milestones as the first high speed half inch camcorder, the first component analog post production facility, the first non-linear editing facility, and the first fully digital post production facility in the South Texas region.

Organization Position Status
Bds-Hou(Dot) Founder Current
Ampex Corporation Current

Organization Position Status
Ampex Corporation Chairman Current
Sparton Corporation Director Current
Unigene Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Harvard University M.B.A. Degree Former
Stanford University B.A. Degree Former

Organization Position Status
McAm, Inc. President Current
Dream Team Entertainment Group Managing Partner Current
McAm, Inc. Director Current
Ampex Corporation Board of Directors Current
McAm, Inc. General Counsel Former

Organization Position Status
Institutional Venture Partners Chief Executive Officer Current
International Venture Partners, Inc. General Partner Current
San Francisco Opera Association Board of Directors Current
Ampex Corporation Investor Current
Measure-X Investor Current
American Microsystems, Inc. Investor Current
Western Association of Venture Capitalists President Former
Institutional Venture Partners Managing Director & General Partner Former
Institutional Venture Partners Founder Former
International Venture Partners, Inc. Founder Former
American Express Company Corporate Executive Former
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Corporate Executive Former
StorageTek Corporate Executive Former
Western Association of Venture Capitalists Chairman Former
Exabyte Corporation Director Former
Stratus Computer, Inc. Director Former
Seagate Technology, Inc. Director Former
Sequent Computer Systems Director Former
Seagate Technology, Inc. Investor Former
Stratus Computer, Inc. Investor Former
Sequent Computer Systems Investor Former
Exabyte Corporation Investor Former
Stanford University M.B.A. Former
Stanford University B.S. In Electrical Engineering Former

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