Advanced Diamond Technologies Elects Dennis Roberson to Its Board of Directors.ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (ADT (Asynchronous Data Transfer) A transmission technique used in ISDN PBXs that dynamically allocates bandwidth. See also abstract data type. ADT - abstract data type ), the world leader in developing and applying diamond films for industrial, electronic, and mechanical applications, announces today the election of Dennis Roberson to its Board of Directors. Dennis Roberson is Vice Provost and Research Professor in computer science at the Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago; coeducational; founded 1940 by a merger of Armour Institute of Technology (founded 1892) and Lewis Institute (1896). . Previously, he was EVP EVP Executive Vice President EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. at Motorola. His extensive corporate career includes major business and technology responsibilities at IBM, DEC (now part of HP), AT&T, and NCR. "We are pleased to welcome Dennis to our Board of Directors. His expertise and insights with technology-based ventures will allow ADT to grow to the next level," said ADT president Neil Kane. "Dennis' strong technological and business development background, particularly in the area of radio frequency (RF) devices as we develop RF front ends made out of diamond, makes him an ideal complement to our Board." Roberson is also a member of the board of directors for several technology-based companies, including four in the telecommunications industry. Roberson joins other ADT board members Neil Kane; Robert Geras, president, LaSalle Investments; John Regan, senior director, Illinois Ventures; and Jeffrey Niew, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Knowles Electronics. About Advanced Diamond Technologies Formed to commercialize diamond technology developed at Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory, research center, based in Argonne, Ill., 27 mi (43 km) SW of downtown Chicago, with other facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 50 mi (80 km) W of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Founded in 1946 by the U.S. (Argonne), ADT is the exclusive licensee to Argonne's portfolio of patents for synthesizing and using UNCD([R]) (ultrananocrystalline diamond) and has received generous support from the National Science Foundation through its Small Business Innovative Research program, U.S. Department of Energy, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). . ADT is a World Economic Forum 2007 Technology Pioneer and a Red Herring 100 Award finalist as well as being a runner-up for the Wall Street Journal's Technology Innovation Award. For more information about ADT, visit www.thindiamond.com. |
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