Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 24, 2009

Advanced Photonix, Inc. – Richard D. Kurtz (api)

RICHARD D. KURTZ was elected Chairman of the Board of Advanced Photonix in July 2000. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in February 2003 and became President in 2006. Mr. Kurtz previously served as Director of Strategic Planning for Quantum Compliance Systems, a privately owned software company, and as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Filtertek Inc., an ESCO Technologies company. He also has held sales and marketing positions at other electronics, automation and high-tech companies. Mr. Kurtz received a B.A. in economics from Michigan State University in 1976 and an MBA from Eastern Michigan University in 1980. Profile
TWST: Would you provide a historical sketch of the company, bringing us up to

the present?

Mr. Kurtz: Advanced Photonix, Inc. (API) was founded and went public in 1990

with the idea of