Adept Technology Names Kathleen Fisher as Chief Financial Officer; Fisher Joins Adept to Head Worldwide Finance Departments.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999-- Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTK), America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots An industrial robot is officially defined by ISO[1] as an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes. and a factory automation leader, today announced the appointment of Kathleen Fisher to chief financial officer effective immediately. Fisher will assume responsibility for all internal financial control functions, treasury functions and external reporting to the public, SEC and shareholders. She will report directly to Brian Carlisle, chairman and chief executive officer for Adept, and will operate from the company's corporate location headquartered in San Jose. "Kathy's mix of experience in both hardware and software companies is a perfect match for Adept," said Carlisle. "She brings with her over nineteen years of high tech financial expertise and we believe she will be able to make immediate contributions to our management team. In addition we expect Kathy's energy and enthusiasm to fit very well with the Adept culture." Prior to joining Adept, Fisher served at Inprise, formerly Borland, a public software company, where she directed all financial and MIS operations. Fisher has over nineteen years of financial experience including more than four years at Western Digital where she served as group controller for the company while they grew from $60 million to $600 million. Fisher holds a bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in business administration from the University of Redlands The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. The university's campus sits on 160 acres (0.6 km²) near downtown Redlands. The university was founded in 1907 and was associated with the American Baptist Church. and a master of business administration from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . Adept Technology, Inc., founded in 1983, is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots. Adept designs and manufactures intelligent automation hardware and software products for manufacturers in the electronics, appliances, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , pharmaceutical, food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. , and automotive components industries. The company provides a broad, flexible line of software intensive, computer-driven automation products for assembly, material handling and packaging applications. Adept Technology product and service information is available at its worldwide web site http://www.adept.com. Note to Editors: The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept is a trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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