Michael Burger is voorzitter en CEO van FARO. De heer Burger was onlangs nog President, Chief Executive Officer en lid van de raad van bestuur van Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., een toonaangevende leverancier van innovatieve lasergebaseerde microproductieoplossingen voor industrieën die afhankelijk zijn van microtechnologieën. Voordat hij bij Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. in dienst trad, was de heer Burger President en Chief Executive Officer en lid van de raad van bestuur van Cascade Microtech, Inc., een fabrikant van geavanceerde oplossingen voor het meten, thermisch en betrouwbaar meten en testen van hoogwaardige halfgeleiderapparaten. M. Burger behaalde een B.S. graad in Elektrotechniek van de Universiteit van de Staat van New Mexico en een certificaat van het Stanford University International Executive Management Program.

Jody Gale serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Most recently, Mr. Gale served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel – M&A, Securities and Governance for Biomet, Inc. Prior to joining Biomet, Mr. Gale was a corporate partner at the global law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Mr. Gale holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Albion College, a MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and a Juris Doctorate from Case Western.

Kathleen J. Hall is the Chief Operating Officer for FARO. Ms. Hall is an accomplished global business executive with a broad range of business management and functional experience. Most recently, Ms. Hall served as the Senior Vice President and Managing Director of FARO’s Americas region. Prior to joining FARO, Ms. Hall served as Vice President & General Manager of several businesses at Avery Dennison. Previously, Ms. Hall held roles of increasing responsibility at E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company, ranging from operations and sourcing to sales, marketing and global business leadership. Ms. Hall holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University.

Bob Seidel is the Chief Financial Officer for FARO. Most recently, Mr. Seidel served as the Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations. Prior to joining the Company in May 2014, Mr. Seidel was employed at Trinseo S.A., a global materials company, serving as Global Finance Manager for its latex chemicals segment from 2011 to 2014. Previously, Mr. Seidel served as Plant Controller at Anheuser-Busch InBev from 2006 to 2010. Mr. Seidel began his finance and accounting career serving in various financial planning and analysis roles of increasing responsibility at Air Product and Chemicals, Inc. from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Seidel holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson School.

Dr. Yazid Tohme is de Chief R&D Officer van FARO. Sinds hij in 2011 bij FARO in dienst trad, bekleedde de heer Tohme meerdere leidinggevende functies op het gebied van R&D, het meest recentelijk Senior Vice President of R&D voor Group1. Voordat hij bij het bedrijf kwam werken, was de heer Tohme Chief Technology Officer voor Rochester Precision Optics, een bedrijf dat gespecialiseerd is in de ontwikkeling van lichtgewicht elektro-optische producten. Eerder bekleedde de heer Tohme verschillende leidinggevende R&D-rollen met een toenemende verantwoordelijkheid bij Moore Nanotechnology Systems, een bedrijf dat ultraprecieze verspanende systemen produceert. De heer Tohme heeft een B.S. in Mechanical Engineering van de Universiteit van Kentucky en een M.S. en Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering van de Universiteit van Florida en een MBA van de Universiteit van Massachusetts.

Katrona Tyrrell is the Chief People Officer for FARO. Prior to joining FARO, Ms. Tyrrell was employed at IDT Corporation. Serving as the Global Senior Vice President – Human Resources, she led a team that was responsible for global succession planning, leadership development, performance management, employee engagement and organization effectiveness. Prior to joining IDT in 2006, Ms. Tyrrell held leadership and management positions at Towergate Partnership, Ltd. and Roberts & Partners Managed Services in the U.K. Ms. Tyrrell holds a post-graduate diploma in strategic management from Crawley College in the U.K.