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Dr. Carlson has served as a member of the Cascade Microtech Board since September, 1992. He is president and CEO of the Carlson Group of Companies in Tacoma, Washington and a co-founder of several other high-technology firms. Dr. Carlson is also a consultant for Lucent Technologies in New Jersey and Dallas, and the Frank Russell Company in Tacoma. Other consulting activities have been in business re-engineering and restructuring projects in Saudi Arabia; Lucent Power Systems; AT&T Microelectronics; Atcall, Inc., as well as development in other startup and early-stage development companies. He has also been a part of joint venture initiatives for municipal telecommunication expansions, community economic development projects, among others. Prior to becoming a consultant, Dr. Carlson was Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, at Honeywell, Inc. from 1988 to 1991. Between 1977 and 1988 he was President and CEO of Oregon Graduate Center, where he also founded OGI Telecomm, a shared tenant service provider (STS). He has served on the boards of numerous high technology and Fortune 500 companies including Frank Russell Trust Company, Tektronix, PacifiCorp, Logic Automation (Synopsis), Cascade Microtech Inc., Barrett Enclosures Inc., Atcall Inc., Simutech LLC., Integrated Data Communications (IDC) Inc., and Topia Ventures. Dr. Carlson is a registered engineer in Washington and Oregon and has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, where he was a Professor of Electrical Engineering for 10 years. | 