Management

Maxime Elbaz - President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Elbaz previously served as Chief Operating Officer of EarthData International, Inc. (EDI), where he managed their operations including sales and worldwide business development initiatives.  In this position, he contributed to the acquisition of EDI by Fugro N.V., where he was subsequently appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Fugro EarthData, Inc.  He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of KGI, Inc., a former Kodak subsidiary specializing in geospatial systems.  Maxime also served as General Manager of Underwriters Laboratories’ Environmental Restricted Substances Business Unit, where he orchestrated the business expansion into Asian markets.  Originally from France, Maxime holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration (N.Y., USA) and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg, France).

Kevin Kearney - Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Kearney was a co-founder & VP of research and development at Pixel Physics. He holds a BS and MS in Physics, and is completing a Ph.D. in Imaging Science at Rochester Institute of Technology. Kevin’s background includes 12 years at the Naval Research Lab designing electro-optic systems, and several years at Kodak Government Systems Division, working on future system architectures. Kevin has a strong image-system engineering background, and leads a number of multi-spectral imaging system development efforts.

William Kent, Ph.D. - Vice President of Engineering

Dr. Kent has broad experience in general management, research, product development, and product and system manufacturing. At the Carrier Division of United Technologies, he was responsible for all aspects of the development and delivery to market of high volume electronic controls. With Harris RF Communications, as VP Engineering, Bill was responsible for all engineering activities supporting the global government and defense communications business. At Digital Equipment, he had several management responsibilities in product, systems engineering, and manufacturing technology and operations. He has also held research engineering and management positions at Sperry Corporation and with Bell Laboratories. Bill received his MSEE from the University of Illinois, his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Math and Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology, and has completed the Harvard Business School program for industry executives.

Steven Randy Olson - Vice President of Operations