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Erik H. van der Kaay was elected to the Ball Corporation board of directors in January 2004. He is retired chairman of the board Symmetricom and retired president CEO and chairman of the board of Datum Inc. Irvine Calif.
Mr. van der Kaay joined Datum 1998. Prior to that he served eight years in management positions including executive vice president at Allen Telecom Inc. of Beachwood Ohio. From 1987 to 1989 Mr. van der Kaay was president and CEO of Millitech Corporation South Deerfield Mass. He also was senior vice president and telecommunications group executive for Avantek Inc. Freemont Calif. from 1984 through 1987 and spent 14 years at M/A-COM Inc. Burlington Mass. (1970-1984) where his positions ranged from regional sales manager to president of one of the company's wholly owned subsidiaries.
In addition to his board positions at Ball Corporation and Symmetricom Mr. van der Kaay has been a director of Comarco Inc. Irvine Calif. since 2001; TranSwitch Corporation Shelton Conn. since 1997; and RF Micro Devices Inc. Greensboro N.C. since 1996.
In the past he served as director Sequential Systems Inc. Pleasanton Calif.; director Microwave Networks Inc. Houston Texas; and director SSE Telecom Fremont Calif.
Born May 8 1940 in Haarlem The Netherlands he received his bachelor of science degree in mathematics and physics from Sir George Williams University (Concordia University) Montreal in 1962. Between 1963 and 1967 he continued postgraduate work toward an MSEE at Bucknell University Lewisburg Penn. and Northeastern University Boston. Mr. van der Kaay also completed the Senior Executive Program in Business Management at the Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston in 1982. | 