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Richard B. Matulich is our co-founder, Chief of Operations and one of our Directors. Mr Matulich is in charge of product research and development, manufacturing, and quality control. Mr. Matulich has successfully developed, operated, and sold for profit various businesses since 1980. As Regional Manager with W.R. Grace Corporation, Mr. Matulich managed over 120 employees and was responsible for production, purchasing, sales, budgeting, and profitability. Mr. Matulich has strong financial and statistical experience ensuring accurate forecasting and utilization analysis, including thorough knowledge of spreadsheets and business modeling. Most recently, Mr. Matulich was an independent computer consultant specializing in network design and administration. He has proficient experience in system analysis, design, implementation, and problem solving and is familiar with a wide variety of computer hardware, operating systems, and languages (e.g., IBM mainframe JCL, DOS, OS/2, Windows 95, C, C++, assembler, HTML, dBase III Novell, and Windows NT). Moreover, Mr. Matulich has experience with communications systems design, programming, and support for asynchronous, binary synchronous, TCP/IP, Ethernet and token-ring LAN, and various nonstandard protocols. In addition to these skills, he has worked in Internet and World-Wide Web (WWW) design and implementation, including Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts. Mr. Matulich has attended the University of California Davis where he was a graduate of several businesses, management, and manufacturing programs. He brings with him experience in offshore manufacturing and extensive computer hardware and software knowledge as well as a diverse component electronics background. Interfacing with development engineers, Mr. Matulich brings product conceptualization to actual product development. He continues to be instrumental in advancing and expanding the VOS product lines. His primary responsibilities are to oversee all aspects of the day-to-day operations. He is responsible for all operational activities for product management and development including designs, engineering, implementation, and deployment. He also coordinates overseas manufacturing, quality control systems, and delivery schedules as well as maintains operational policies and inventory strategy. Specific responsibilities include staffing, project budget management, scheduling, status reporting, and risk management. Responsibilities in product development include strategy for product development (methodology and architectures), preliminary designs, alternative evaluations, detailed design, technology assessments, and the functional specifications of the products. |
