Ronald L. Nussle, Jr. joined Kreisler�s Board of Directors in October 2004. Mr. Nussle has been the Chief Operating Officer of iPurity, Inc., a Silicon-Valley based company which installs high-purity process equipment for Semiconductor and Bio/Pharmaceutical industries, since January 2007. Mr. Nussle has also been the President of ICR Enterprises, LLC, a Supply-Chain consulting and software firm located in California, since August 2004. Mr. Nussle was Managing Director of Global Materials and Supply Chain at Lam Research Corporation, a supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services for the semiconductor industry, from 2001 to 2004. Prior to joining Lam Research Corporation, Mr. Nussle was Senior Director of Strategic Supply Management for Cessna Aircraft Company, an aircraft manufacturer, for three years. Mr. Nussle spent 12 years at Honeywell Aerospace, an aerospace product designer and manufacturer, in engineering, operations and program management positions. Mr. Nussle graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University. Mr. Nussle also serves on the Industry Advisory Board for the MBA in Supply Chain Management program at Arizona State University and is a regular magazine contributor on operations, outsourcing and supply chain best-practices for Purchasing Magazine. Mr. Nussle is the author of Integrated Cost Reduction (Reed Press 2004). |