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Mr. Boston is currently the owner, Chairman, and President/CEO of KineticSystems Company, LLC located in Lockport, IL. KineticSystems designs, produces, and markets high-performance data acquisition and control systems to a broad range of customers in the aerospace, defense, automotive, scientific, and other industrial markets. Since acquiring KineticSystems in September 1999, numerous improvements have been made in the areas of marketing, new product development, and facility renovation.
Prior to acquiring KineticSystems, Mr. Boston has had 25 years of experience working with Rockwell International Goss Graphic Systems Inc., located in Westmont, IL. This is a division of Rockwell International Inc., a $12 billion global conglomerate. At Rockwell, Mr. Boston served as the Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Commercial Operations, where he led and directed product and research engineering, manufacturing, finance, sales, and marketing.
Mr. Boston was also the Vice President of Commercial Printing Products Business and Equity Owner of Goss Graphics. Goss Graphic Systems Inc. is a $700 million global manufacturer of high-speed web offset printing systems for the newspaper, insert, publication, book, and catalog publication industries.
He also holds three United States Patents dealing with self-cleaning threaded shafts and cutting methods on web offset printing presses.
Mr. Boston received his Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing at Northern Illinois University in 1970. He went on to earn his MBA in International Management the following year, also at Northern Illinois University.
Additionally, Mr. Boston is active in community relations within Lockport and works with community representatives to provide assistance as needed. He has served as director of the Northern Illinois University Executive Club since 1994. Additionally, Mr. Boston is a member of the Marketing Honor Society at Northern Illinois University and in October, 2000, he was awarded the Excellence in Corporate Achievement Award from Northern Illinois University's Marketing Department. Mr. Boston is also a Board member of Northern's College of Business. Mr. Boston and his wife, Priscilla, who also graduated from NIU in 1970, reside in Western Springs, IL. They have three daughters and one son. | 