Richard Feldt CEO and Director

Rick Feldt has been CEO and Director of AEB since September 2010.  

Prior to joining AEB, Rick was Chairman, CEO, and President of Evergreen Solar since 2003 where he oversaw the company’s growth from $9.3M in revenue in 2003 to $271M in 2009. 

 Prior to joining Evergreen, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Perseid, a developer of optical phased array technology created by Raytheon. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer of SupplierMarket.com, which was sold to Ariba. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Operations at Symbol Technologies. In addition, Rick has held senior positions at A.T. Cross Company, Eastman Kodak Company, and Spectra-Physics, Inc. Rick received a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northeastern University. In 2005, he was named the Clean Tech Executive of the Year by Cleantech Venture Network LLC. He is a member of the Board of Directors of ICF International and is member of Northeastern University Dean of Engineering’s Advisory Council.

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  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.

 Dan Welch joined Advanced Electron Beams in April 2011 as the company’s Vice President of Operations.  Dan is responsible for Production, Supply Chain, Quality and Reliability, Facilities and Manufacturing Engineering.

 Prior to joining AEB, Dan was Vice President and General Manager, US Manufacturing at Evergreen Solar, Inc. responsible for operations generating over $300M of annualized revenue contribution.  Prior to that, Dan was Senior Director, Process Engineering where he was responsible for technology pilot, transfer and scale-up activities, including the Greenfield start-up of a $420M fully integrated wafer, cell and module solar factory.  Prior to joining Evergreen Solar, Dan spent 23 years in the Semiconductor Industry with Intel Corporation and with Digital Equipment Corporation.  At Intel and Digital he held various Senior Management roles in Engineering with responsibilities ranging from Technology Development to Technology Start-Up/Debug to High Volume Lean Manufacturing.

 Dan has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.

Colin Sanford joined Advanced Electron Beams in June 2011 as the company’s Vice President of Engineering.  Colin is responsible for leading technology development within the company.

Colin has held a variety of positions within the semiconductor and nanotechnology capital equipment space. Colin possesses over 20 years experience in complex capital equipment product development, both as an individual contributor and leader of large multi-disciplined geographically dispersed engineering teams. Prior to joining AEB, Colin held senior technical leadership positions at American Science & Engineering, FEI, and Carl Zeiss. Most of the product development efforts he has led have utilized advanced electron and ion optics for a variety of high resolution imaging and analysis applications for both research and volume production applications. Previously developed products include scanning electron microscopes, scanning ion microscopes, and X-ray inspection equipment for threat detection and deterrence.

Colin holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MSEE and PhD.EE from Cornell University. He has authored many papers regarding electron optics and associated imaging applications, and also holds several patents in the field of electron and ion optics. Colin is an IEEE senior member.