Dr. Venkat Shastri, Director
Dr. Shastri was appointed to the PCN Board of Directors when he took over as President and CEO in April of 2006. He is a world recognized leader in the fields of intelligent automation, control and robotics. He comes to PCN Technology, Inc. from Palomar Technologies where he oversaw the designing, building, integration and support of high-precision technologies needed to assemble complex packages with the highest accuracy and reliability. Dr. Shastri has held positions as Senior Director of Engineering and Product Development at KLA-Tencor; one of the world’s leading suppliers of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries. He spent five years with SRI International, the leading research institute as director of robotics and intelligent automation and senior research scientist. Respected for his research in artificial muscles and bio-automation, his scientific and academic background includes Engineer for the Mars Pathfinder project, research scientist at Yale University, member of the technical staff at the Caltech Jet Propulsion laboratory, and research consultant professor at Stanford University. He received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and has a Ph.D in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Jerre L. Stead, Director
Jerre L. Stead joined the PCN Technology,Inc. Board of Directors in October of 2008. From 1996 until his June 1, 2000 retirement, Mr. Stead was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ingram Micro Inc., a leading distributor of computers and peripherals. Mr. Stead has also held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Square D Co. which was acquired by Schneider Electric, S.A.
He also served as CEO of AT&T Global Information Solutions (NCR Corporation) and Legent Corporation. Since 2006, Mr. Stead has served as Chairman of the Board and CEO for IHS, one of the leading global providers of critical technical information, decision-support tools, and related services to customers in the energy, defense, aerospace, construction, electronics, and automotive industries.
Mr. Stead is currently also a Director of Armstrong Holdings, Inc., Conexant Systems, Mobility Electronics, Inc., Brightpoint, Inc. and TBG Group. He also held numerous positions during a 21-year career at Honeywell. He is a well-known Author of Executive books including “Flight of the Buffalo” and is the Chairman of the Board for the Center of Ethics and Values at Garret Seminary at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Bill Kingsley, Director
Bill comes to PCN as a Managing Partner at Enertech Capital. He brings PCN a distinguished career in network operations management and building growth companies. Bill is a key architect of EnerTech’s smart grid, demand response, energy storage, water and solar strategies.
Prior to joining EnerTech, Bill worked in the high growth segments of the communications industry. While with Comcast Corporation, Bill was a key member of the team responsible for the IPO and eventual sale of Teleport, was part of the founding team of Sprint PCS and lead the company’s efforts to provide services to the electric utility industry. Earlier in his career, Bill was with GTE Mobile Communications as a Director of New Business Development. He started his career at Contel Corporation serving in a variety of engineering, marketing, financial and management positions.
Bill currently sits on the boards of INVIDI Technologies, IOSIL Energy, OEwaves, PCN Technology and Schema and is an observer to the boards of Atraverda and CURRENT Group. Previously he was a director of Arbinet (ARBX) and Advent Solar. He is a member of the IBF Clean Technology Investor Summit Advisory Board. Bill received a BS in business administration from Lynchburg College and an MA in telecommunications from George Washington University.
