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Exectutive Team

Company | Executive Team

Mitch Tyson

Mitch Tyson

 Chief Executive Officer & Director

Mitch Tyson joined Advanced Electron Beams as CEO and Director in October 2005.

AEB enables the green factory of the future by making sustainable manufacturing possible and profitable. AEB's compact electron beam emitters replace thermal and chemical processes for cleaner, more efficient, lower-cost manufacturing. For industries such as pharmaceutical, medical devices, food and beverage packaging, printing, and plastics, AEB emitters sterilize products and packaging, improve the performance of plastics and other materials, cure inks and coatings and eliminate pollution.

Prior to joining AEB, Mitch was a corporate consultant and lecturer, serving on corporate and non-profit boards of directors, and advising early stage companies and venture capital firms. Previously, Mitch served as the CEO of PRI Automation, a public company that supplied factory automation solutions to the semiconductor industry. Mitch managed the growth of PRI from $4 million to over $300 million in revenue and guided the company through a successful IPO in 1994 and an acquisition by Brooks Automation in 2002. Prior to PRI, Mitch worked in marketing and product management roles at GCA Corporation and served as science advisor and legislative assistant for energy to U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas.

Mitch is a co-founder of the New England Clean Energy Council, serving on the Executive Committee and heading the CEO Council. He also serves on the Executive and Governing Boards of John Adams Innovation Institute, the board of the Mass High Technology Council, the UMASS High Tech Executive Council, the Massport Security Advisory Council, and the board of the Progressive Business Leaders Network. Mitch also serves on the board of Photronics, Inc., a manufacturer of photomasks for the flat panel display and semiconductor industries.

In October 2008, the Mass High Tech Journal named Mitch a Mass High Tech All-Star for his leadership in and commitment to the clean energy sector.

Mitch has a Bachelors of Science in Physics, a Masters of Science in Nuclear Engineering, and a second Masters of Science in Political Science, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

Jeff Andrews

Senior Vice President,                                              Strategy and Business Development

Jeff Andrews joined Advanced Electron Beams in January 2010 as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development.  Jeff is responsible for establishing strategic partnerships, developing business for emerging electron beam applications, and strategic planning.

Prior to AEB, Jeff was a partner at Atlas Venture, where he invested in hardware and software companies serving markets including clean energy, mobile electronics and media.  Prior to Atlas, he held a range of strategy and operating roles at Intel Corporation, Lockheed Martin, and Becton Dickinson Corporation.  Jeff holds six patents, four in fiber optics and two in medical systems, and was twice named Inventor of the Year at Lockheed Martin Aero and Naval Systems. He has also authored numerous publications in technical journals.

Jeff is Chairman of the Advisory Board for NIST's Technology Innovation Program. He also serves on the advisory board of the MIT Deshpande Center and has served as an advisor to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in the area of clean energy policy. Jeff co-chairs the innovation task force for the New England Clean Energy Council and sits on the Board of Directors of Lilliputian Systems and Pixtronix, both New England based technology companies.

Jeff has a BS in Physics from Binghamton University, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.

 

Larry Mihalchik

Larry Mihalchik

 Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Larry Mihalchik joined Advanced Electron Beams as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in June 2007. Larry is responsible all financial and administrative functions of the company.

Larry has a broad range of financial management experience with both private and public companies, complemented by a general management background in technology firms. Prior to joining AEB, Larry held several CFO and executive level positions at companies including Envox Worldwide, Clare, Inc., Atex Media Solutions, M/A Com, The Timberland Company, and Chomerics, Inc. He has also served on the board of directors of both private and public companies. He has led two companies through public offerings, managed numerous acquisitions, negotiated the sale of three public companies, and has raised over ten rounds of private equity financing.

Larry has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration/Finance from Westminster College (PA) and is a Certified Public Accountant.


Brian Phillips

Brian Phillips

 Vice President of Sales

Brian Phillips joined Advanced Electron Beams in September 2007 as the company's Vice President of Sales. Brian is responsible for global account development, managing development partner relationships, and customer service.

Prior to joining AEB, Brian spent 13 years at Cognex Corporation, a supplier of machine vision sensors and systems. At Cognex, he held the position of Vice President of Sales for the Americas, responsible for the $80M Americas Sales division covering the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as Central and South America. Prior to Cognex, he held sales and business development positions at Texas Instruments/Siemens and Furnace Electric.

Brian received his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.