Dave Pap Rocki was appointed chief technical officer in July 2006. He joined Adept in February 2000 as director of Robotic systems and has also held the position of director of hardware. Previously Mr. Pap Rocki worked in the semiconductor industry from 1988 to 2000 at Novellus and SVG, managing systems and electrical engineering groups responsible for developing control platforms for front-end wafer production equipment. Prior to this, Mr. Pap Rocki was a founding member of Adept in 1983, leaving as the manager of systems in 1988. He has also worked at Unimation, a pioneer in the field of industrial robotics. At Unimation, SVG and Adept, Mr. Pap Rocki has been involved in the development of a number of successful robots including the PUMA, AdeptOne, i/sCobra and silicon wafer handling mechanisms. Mr. Pap Rocki holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. |