Aveso Management Team

Nicholas Wood, Executive Chairman
Dennis Brestovansky, President and CEO
Matt Dietz, Vice President, Engineering
Don Lehman, Vice President, Operations
Grahame Lucas, Vice President, Sales
Emily Selene de Rotstein, Vice President, Marketing
Dino Ferrari, Vice President, Business Development
Philip Barnett, Vice President, Applications
Peggy Klug, Controller

NICHOLAS WOOD, Executive Chairman
Wood is currently a partner at Kidron LLC, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm. Prior to joining Kidron, Wood was the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Emosyn LLC, a fabless semiconductor company in the smart card and security markets. In April 2005 he sold Emosyn to Silicon Storage Technology after growing the business to approximately $40 million with sixteen patents issued. Prior to founding Emosyn, Wood served as Vice President Marketing for ATMI, Inc., a semiconductor materials company. Wood also spent ten years with Intel Corporation in Europe.

DENNIS BRESTOVANSKY, President and Chief Executive Officer
Brestovansky brings to Aveso extensive operational experience in materials-related businesses serving the display, semiconductor, and military industries. Prior to joining Aveso, he served as President of ATMI Packaging, a provider of packaging and dispensing systems for specialty chemicals and drug delivery products with approximately two hundred fifty people worldwide and approximately $100 million in revenue. Brestovansky holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and Microeconomics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and an MS and BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware. He is the author of over fifty publications and patents.

MATT DIETZ, Vice President, Engineering
Dietz joined Aveso from Innovex, a leading manufacturer of high-density flexible circuit-based electronic interconnect solutions, where he served as Senior Engineering Director. Prior to Innovex, Dietz held senior engineering positions with Seagate, Quantum, Digital Equipment and Texas Instruments, with technical responsibility for a variety of microelectronic products including integrated circuits, flexible circuits and battery-powered products. During his career, Dietz has transferred and scaled high volume manufacturing processes, with a focus on product and process qualification, test, failure mode analysis and yield enhancement. Dietz is a Six Sigma Black Belt.

DON LEHMAN, Vice President, Operations
Lehman brings over thirty years of operations, supply chain and executive leadership expertise to Aveso. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Operations for ATMI Packaging, Inc, where he led a global team of one hundred and fifty people; expanded US operations; and established manufacturing partnerships to open new facilities in Korea, Japan and Belgium. Prior to ATMI, Lehman served in executive roles as General Manager for Marketech, a Division of Rohwedder Group International; Director of Operations at The Bergquist Company; and Vice President of Operations for Micro Component Technology, Inc.

GRAHAME LUCAS, Vice President, Sales
Lucas’ background includes twenty years of sales and marketing experience in the semiconductor industry, including seven years with Intel UK, three years with Motorola Germany and four years with IBM UK. Most recently, he was Chief Executive Officer of India Card, a joint venture between Himachal Futuristic Communications, Ltd. (HFCL) and iCard Technologies, Ltd. Prior to India Card, Lucas co-founded Emosyn LLC, where he was responsible for worldwide sales and marketing.

EMILY SELENE DE ROTSTEIN, Vice President, Marketing
A founder of the business, de Rotstein led the new business growth effort within The Dow Chemical Company responsible for developing and commercializing Aveso’s display technology. As general manager of the business, she led venture capital fundraising efforts resulting in the spin out of the business from Dow. Prior to Dow, de Rotstein held executive positions in the publishing sector, including Director of Marketing for The Chicago Sun-Times and Vice President North America for The Jerusalem Post.

DINO FERRARI, Vice President, Business Development
Ferrari brings to Aveso over twenty-five years of experience in the payment card industry, spanning smart cards, software and token solutions, card manufacturing equipment and personalization solutions. Prior to Aveso, Ferrari was VP of Gemalto US where he was responsible for country sales for the Secure Transactions Business Unit. In this role, Ferrari championed the development and introduction of the Gemalto’s OTP Display Card offering. Prior to Gemalto, Ferrari held positions with Atlantic Zeiser, Gilles Leroux US and DataCard.

PHILIP BARNETT, Vice President, Applications
Barnett leads Aveso’s customer design win process and silicon strategy. Barnett brings to the business over 30 years of expertise in electronics, systems, semiconductors, software and technical marketing. Prior to joining Aveso, he co-founded Emosyn with Aveso Executive Chairman Nicholas Wood. Prior to founding Emosyn, he served as European Applications Manager for Intel Europe. He holds 5 patents with 3 pending.

PEGGY KLUG, Controller
Klug brings to Aveso more than twenty-three years of experience in finance, with over fifteen years in controller roles for high-growth start-ups, primarily in the software industry. Most recently, Klug served as Controller for Integrated Decisions and Systems, Inc. (IDeaS), a leading provider of hospitality focused pricing and revenue optimization solutions. Prior to IDeaS, Peggy worked for Exact Software, based in the Netherlands, where she was division Controller for the ERP division.