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Jerry D. Chase joined Lantronix as president and chief executive officer in February 2008. A seasoned executive of publicly traded companies he brings solid management experience and leadership to the Lantronix team. As CEO Chase has successfully led three companies - Terayon Communication Systems Thales Broadcast & Multimedia and Thales Broadcast & Multimedia (USA).
Chase was most recently president CEO and board member for Terayon Communication Systems a public cable telecom and satellite supplier of digital video networking applications. During his tenure the company sold two of its three unprofitable business units and focused solely on growing its digital video business from $24M in revenues to $60M. He was instrumental in rebuilding Terayon's credibility with investors and eventually worked with Goldman Sachs to sell the company to Motorola in July 2007.
Chase began his career as a pilot and operations officer in the U.S. Marine Corps where he built a strong foundation for leadership process and crisis management. Following the Marine Corps he attended Harvard Business School where he received his MBA. | 