Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 11, 2001
STEVEN M. QUIST joined CyberOptics Corporation in 1998 as
President and has been Chief Executive Officer since March 2000.
He has served on CyberOptics' Board of Directors since 1991. Mr.
Quist previously was President of Rosemount Inc. of Eden Prairie,
Minnesota, a leading multinational manufacturer of high-
performance instrumentation for the processing industries.
Rosemount is a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Co. Mr. Quist also
was involved with the establishment of a worldwide standard for
digital communications with field instruments in the process
industries: the HART protocol, an enhanced digital signal
superimposed 4-20mA analog. Mr. Quist has a BSME from Montana
State University, an MSME from the University of Minnesota and an
AEA from Stanford University Executive Institute. Profile
Dr. Steven K. Case, Chairman of CyberOptics Corporation, received his
PhD in Physics from the University of Michigan in 1976 and in 1978 was
awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Applied Optics Institute
in Erlangen, Germany. He is an Adjunct Professor of Electrical
Engineering at the University of Minnesota, a fellow of the Optical
Society of America and a charter member of the Machine Vision
Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Surface Mount
Equipment Manufacturers Association, a major electronics industry trade
group. Dr. Case holds nine patents for optical and laser devices. His
extensive publication and conference work has focused on applications
for laser-based sensors and systems performing measurement and
inspection tasks required in surface mount circuit board production. Profile
Dr. Case: CyberOptics Corporation was started in 1984 and our goals at
that time were to build sensors and systems to
