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Read our Corporate Overview.

The following is a brief resume of the current management structure. 

Ron Hamlin, President

Majority shareholder and CEO since starting ADSC in 1983 with Christopher Nielsen and Professor Xuong Nguyen-huu. Ron possesses a B.S., M.S. and a Ph.D in Physics from the University of California. The  Ph.D was granted for advanced technology development work including much of the design of the readout electronics leading to the commercialization of a Multiwire Area Detector used for protein X-ray crystallography. Current responsibilities, in addition to those of CEO, include hands-on management and involvement in the hardware development for ADSC's current and future CCD X-ray detector products. 

Christopher Nielsen, Treasurer and Software Manager

A founding shareholder who has been primarily responsible for the development of all required software applicable to the company's product software, which controls the area detector during data acquisition and provides various user interfaces for data reduction. Christopher's qualifications include over 15 years direct experience, a B.A. in Mathematics, coupled with an M.A. in Applied Mathematics from the University of California. 

Xuong Nguyen-huu, Secretary and Staff Consultant

A founding shareholder now in charge of new methods for data collection. Professor of Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry at U.C.S.D. Over 40 years experience as a high energy physicist and a protein crystallographer leading to the first successful use of an X-ray Area Detector for protein crystallography. Xuong has a M.A. in Electronics Engineering from Ecole Superieure d'Electricite and in Mathematics from the University of Paris (France); coupled with an M.A. and Ph.D in Physics from U.C. Berkeley. 

Tom Hontz , V.P. Marketing and Finance

Tom has over twenty-five years of executive experience within the high-technology field. Responsible for all aspects of financial and marketing activities for ADSC business.
B.A. Industrial Engineering; B.S. in Physics;
M.S. Engineering Sciences; M.B.A.