Piksel Leadership

As Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Heiland is responsible for the overall management and direction of the company. Mr. Heiland joined the company as a Director in August 2012, and was subsequently appointed by the Board to his current role as Interim Chief Executive Officer. He is a Managing Director of JEC Capital Partners (JEC), a technology focused investment firm that was founded in 2009, and which owns approximately 7% of KIT common stock. Prior to founding JEC Capital Partners, Mr. Heiland was the founder and CEO of Integrated Dynamics Engineering (IDE). IDE designs, manufactures, and sells environmental control systems, robotics, and motion control systems for semiconductor metrology and lithography equipment. In January of 2008, IDE was acquired by Aalberts Industries (AMS: AALB).

As Interim Chief Executive Officer, Ralf Tillmann is responsible for the overall management and direction of the Piksel Group. Ralf joined Piksel Group in September 2012 and brings over 15 years of experience in integration, adaptation and business reconstruction gained as Executive Vice President of Integrated Dynamics Engineering. Prior to joining Piksel Group, he was General Manager for VEECO Instruments Metrology Group Europe in Mannheim, Germany and GM / EVP of Integrated Dynamics Engineering for over 10 years. Ralf began his education at the Technical University of Munich with MS in Physics and then PhD in Biophysics. He then decided to move away from science into technology commercialization and marketing specializing in augmenting business profitability and cost-effectiveness.

As Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Heiland is responsible for the overall management and direction of the company. Mr. Heiland joined the company as a Director in August 2012, and was subsequently appointed by the Board to his current role as Interim Chief Executive Officer. He is a Managing Director of JEC Capital Partners (JEC), a technology focused investment firm that was founded in 2009, and which owns approximately 7% of KIT common stock. Prior to founding JEC Capital Partners, Mr. Heiland was the founder and CEO of Integrated Dynamics Engineering (IDE). IDE designs, manufactures, and sells environmental control systems, robotics, and motion control systems for semiconductor metrology and lithography equipment. In January of 2008, IDE was acquired by Aalberts Industries (AMS: AALB).

As Interim Chief Executive Officer, Ralf Tillmann is responsible for the overall management and direction of the Piksel Group. Ralf joined Piksel Group in September 2012 and brings over 15 years of experience in integration, adaptation and business reconstruction gained as Executive Vice President of Integrated Dynamics Engineering. Prior to joining Piksel Group, he was General Manager for VEECO Instruments Metrology Group Europe in Mannheim, Germany and GM / EVP of Integrated Dynamics Engineering for over 10 years. Ralf began his education at the Technical University of Munich with MS in Physics and then PhD in Biophysics. He then decided to move away from science into technology commercialization and marketing specializing in augmenting business profitability and cost-effectiveness.