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Mr. Thompson, a certified Professional Engineer in the state of New Mexico, became President and CEO of IMTEC in March 2007, as a result of the merger of IMTEC Corporation and HYTEC Incorporated. Prior to being named Chief Executive of IMTEC, Mr. Thompson was Chairman and CEO of HYTEC, a Los Alamos, New Mexico company providing sensing and imaging products as well as engineering services. Mr. Thompson has an MS in Mechanical Engineering and has been active in the area of precision engineering since 1978. Under his leadership, HYTEC received the prestigious R&D 100 award in 2003 for breakthroughs in advanced manufacturing utilizing FlashCT®, an advanced CT Scan for industrial applications. Mr. Thompson was instrumental in creating ILUMA, a revolutionary in-house CT machine that offers fast scan times, high resolution and unprecedented clarity for clinicians. His past experience includes serving as Leader of Design Engineering at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he led design engineering efforts on the world’s first all composite satellite, FORTE, and also served as the Chief Engineer for the Superconducting Super Collider’s Particle Tracker, GEM. His engineering background includes serving as an aerospace engineer for Honeywell in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was responsible for the design and analysis of jet turbine components. Mr. Thompson is a member of the American Society for Precision Engineering, the American Society for Mechanical Engineering, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and ASM International. In 1996, he was a recipient of DISCOVER Magazine’s Aerospace and Aviation Finalist Award. | 