Columbia Tech competitors

Jeff Benck serves as Benchmark’s President, Chief Executive Officer and Director. In this role, Jeff is responsible for the company’s international strategy and corporate operations. Prior to joining Benchmark, Jeff served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lantronix a global provider of secure data access and management solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) and information technology (IT) assets. Prior to Lantronix, Jeff served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Emulex Corporation, a global supplier of advanced networking, monitoring and management solutions from July 2013 until Emulex was acquired by Avago Technologies in May 2015. He joined Emulex in May 2008 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and was subsequently appointed to President and Chief Operating Officer in August 2010. Prior to joining Emulex, Jeff was President and Chief Operating Officer of QLogic Corporation, a supplier of storage networking solutions. Earlier, he spent 18 years at IBM Corporation where he held a variety of executive leadership roles, including serving as Vice President of xSeries, BladeCenter and Retail Store Solutions development. Jeff holds a Master of Science degree in management of technology from University of Miami and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is also a distinguished inventor in the computer systems field and holds 6 US patents.

David Nislick is the Chief Executive Officer for Excelitas Technologies Corp. Prior to being named CEO of Excelitas Technologies, Mr. Nislick served as the president of the Illumination and Detection Solutions (IDS) business unit of PerkinElmer. As part of Veritas Capital’s acquisition of PerkinElmer’s IDS business unit in November 2010, Mr. Nislick was appointed CEO of the newly re-launched company. As president of IDS, Mr. Nislick had management responsibility for the $300 million business unit, which included specialty lighting, sensors and other high-performance products for a variety of medical, analytical, energy-conserving, industrial, safety and security, and aerospace and defense applications. Prior to the creation of IDS in late 2008, Mr. Nislick held various leadership positions within PerkinElmer, including President of the Lighting business and Vice President of Business Development for PerkinElmer Optoelectronics. Prior to joining PerkinElmer, Mr. Nislick held senior marketing and corporate development roles with Corning Incorporated, Oak Industries and Axsun Technologies. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Middlebury College and Master’s and Doctorate Degrees in Business Economics from Harvard Business School.

Andreas Ruzic is a CEO & COO at ROSENBERGER OF NORTH AMERICA and Chief Executive Officer at Rittal and is based in Greater Philadelphia Area. He has worked as Senior Operations Manager/Site Leader at Amazon.com Inc., Supply Chain Management at KraussMaffei, and CEO & President at Spinner GmbH. Andreas studied at Wesleyan University, Middletown CT - USA between 1999 and 1999 and University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim-Germany between 1996 and 2000.

Larry Brown is a President & CEO at Aries Industries Inc and Chief Financial Officer at Aries Industries Inc and is based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He has worked as Director of Finance Manufacturing and Process Solutions Business at Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Director of Finance and Operations Software Business at Rockwell Automation, Inc.; and Manager Financial Planning and Analysis Control Components and Platforms Business at Rockwell Automation, Inc.. Larry studied at John Carroll University between 1994 and 1996, Miami University between 1985 and 1988, and Miami University between 1984 and 1988.

Mitch Schoch is a President and Chief Executive Officer at Bentek and is based in United States.

Stephen 'Steve' Paul is a Chief Executive Officer at Grand Transformers, Chief Executive Officer at Warner Power, and Director Board Of Directors at Warner Power and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has worked as National Sales Manager - OEM Channel at Jefferson Electric, Major Account Manager at ALLIANT ENERGY CORP, and Sales Engineer at DYNAMIC ELECTRONICS CO LTD. Stephen attended University of Michigan between 1984 and 1989, Edgewood College between 1997 and 2000, and Edgewood Center For Children And Families.