Block Engineering Management Team
Daniel J. Cavicchio, Jr., Chairman of the Board
Dr. Cavicchio holds a B.S. Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He was an Engagement Manager at the consulting firm of McKinsey & Company and Director of Business Development at American Can Company. Dr. Cavicchio co-founded Greenwich Venture Partners, Inc., and subsequently acquired Commonwealth Sprague Capacitor, Inc., a power capacitor company, and Block Engineering. At Block he directs strategy, programs and customer interfaces.
Petros Kotidis, Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Kotidis holds Ph.D. and MS degrees in Aeronautics from MIT, where he also minored in Management & Finance at the Sloan School, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. He has been awarded 14 patents in laser-based, ultrasonic and spectroscopic devices and applications. Dr. Kotidis joined Block in 2007. Prior to that he served as Vice President of Business Development of Axsun Technologies, Director of Strategic Technologies and Ventures at Nortel Networks, and Director, New Products and Business Ventures Group, at Textron Systems Corporation.
E. Robert Schildkraut, Vice President of Research and Development
Mr. Schildkraut received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from MIT and his M.S. in electro-optics from Northeastern University. He has spent most of his career at Block Engineering. Mr. Schildkraut has contributed substantially to the development of state-of-the-art spectrometer systems.
Erik Deutsch, Vice President of MEMS Engineering
Dr. Deutsch earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT and his B.A. in physics from Vassar College. He was a co-founder at Polychromix, where he oversaw all MEMS development efforts. Dr. Deutsch joined Block in 2008, where he spearheads the development of the Chempen™ and other MEMS products.
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