MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IRIDEX Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Garrett A. Garrettson (age 61) to the Company's Board. Dr. Garrettson will fill the current vacancy on the Board and will become the seventh member of the Board of Directors.
Dr. Garrettson has more than 30 years of experience in the engineering and technology industries and was recently the President and CEO of ClairVoyante Laboratories, a privately held company that develops and licenses proprietary intellectual property to flat panel display manufacturers. Prior to this, Dr. Garrettson was affiliated with Spectrian Corporation, a manufacturer of high power radio frequency transistors and amplifiers for wireless network equipment; he served as the President and CEO from 1996 to 2000 and as the Chairman of the Board from 2000 to 2002.
"We are delighted to welcome Garrett to our Board," said Theodore A. Boutacoff, President and Chief Executive Officer of IRIDEX. "We believe that his in-depth experience as a senior level executive at a wide range of public and private companies, coupled with his engineering background, will allow him to provide our Board with unique insight and guidance. We look forward to his future contributions."
Before joining Spectrian, Dr. Garrettson served as the President and CEO of Censtor Corporation from 1993 to 1996, a developer of contact magnetic recording head disc technology for the data storage industry. While at Censtor, Dr. Garrettson successfully sold the company's operations to Read Rite. From 1989 to 1993 Dr. Garrettson was the Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Corporate Development and Technology at Seagate Technology, a maker of hard disc drives and storage systems, where he was also responsible for several research and development teams. Dr. Garrettson has also served as the Vice President of the Minneapolis HDD Division at Imprimis Technology, and as a Laboratory Director at Hewlett Packard; he began his career as a Scientific Programmer at IBM's Scientific Center in Palo Alto, California.
Dr. Garrettson has an M.S. in Engineering Physics as well as a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
About IRIDEX
IRIDEX Corporation is a leading worldwide provider of semiconductor-based laser systems for the ophthalmology and dermatology markets. IRIDEX products are sold in the United States through a direct sales force and internationally through a network of independent distributors into more than 100 countries. For further information, visit the Company's website at www.iridex.com.
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