GARRETT A. GARRETTSON, PH.D. - Corporate Board Profile

IRIDEX CORP

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2005-04-29	Garrett A. Garrettson, Ph.D. has served as a director of the Company since 2004. Dr. Garrettson is currently a consultant and until recently was the President and Chief Executive Officer of ClairVoyante Laboratories, a privately held company that develops and licenses proprietary intellectual property to flat panel display manufacturers. Prior to this, Dr. Garrettson was affiliated with Spectrian Corporation, a manufacturer of high power radio frequency transistors and amplifiers for wireless network equipment. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2000 and as Chairman of the Board from 2000 to 2002. Before joining Spectrian, Dr. Garrettson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Censtor Corporation from 1993 to 1996, a developer of contact magnetic recording head disc technology for the data storage industry. From 1989 to 1993, Dr. Garrettson was the Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Corporate Development and Technology at Seagate Technology, a maker of hard disc drives and storage systems. Dr. Garrettson has also served as the Vice President of the Minneapolis Data Storage Operations at Imprimis Technology, and as a Laboratory Director at Hewlett Packard. Dr. Garrettson has served on boards of six public companies and is currently a director of Catalyst Semiconductor and is on the advisory boards of GSI Lumonics, Diamond Head Ventures and ClairVoyante Laboratories. Dr. Garrettson has an M.S. in Engineering Physics as well as a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
2006-05-05	The Audit and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board consisted of Mr. Fitch and Drs. Hammond and Garrettson during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
2007-04-27	The Audit and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board consisted of Mr. Fitch and Drs. Hammond and Garrettson during the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006. The Audit and Corporate Governance Committee held eleven (11) meetings during the last fiscal year. Mr. Fitch is chairman of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee. From time to time, Messrs. Caldwell and Tannenbaum also attend and participate in meetings of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee. The Board has determined that each member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee is independent as defined under the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market and that Mr. Fitch is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Among other things, the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee reviews and advises the Board regarding the Company’s accounting matters and is responsible for appointing and overseeing the work of the independent public accountants, pre-approving audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent public accountants, reviewing and evaluating the accounting principles being applied to the Company’s financial reports, reviewing and making recommendations regarding the composition and mandate of Board committees, developing overall governance guidelines, and overseeing the performance and compensation of the Board.
2008-04-28	Garrett A. Garrettson, Ph.D. has served as a director of the Company since 2004. Dr. Garrettson is currently President of G.Garrettson Consulting, a management consulting company. From Dec 2005 to January 2008 he was CEO of Fresco Technologies, a privately held digital imaging company. From 2001 until 2004, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of ClairVoyante, a privately held company that develops and licenses proprietary intellectual property to flat panel display manufacturers. Prior to this, Dr. Garrettson was affiliated with Spectrian Corporation, a manufacturer of high power radio frequency transistors and amplifiers for wireless network equipment. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2000 and as Chairman of the Board from 2000 to 2002. Before joining Spectrian, Dr. Garrettson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Censtor Corporation, a developer of contact magnetic recording head disc technology for the data storage industry, from 1993 to 1996. From 1989 to 1993, Dr. Garrettson was the Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Corporate Development and Technology at Seagate Technology, a maker of hard disc drives and storage systems. Dr. Garrettson has also served as the Vice President of the Minneapolis Data Storage Operations at Imprimis Technology, and as a Laboratory Director at Hewlett Packard. Dr. Garrettson has served on boards of seven public companies and numerous private companies. He is currently a director of Catalyst Semiconductor, GSI Group, and Giga-Tronics, all public companies, as well as Purdy Electronics, a private company.
2009-05-04	Garrett A. Garrettson, Ph.D. currently serves as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors and has served as a director of the Company since 2004. Dr. Garrettson is currently President of G. Garrettson Consulting, a management consulting company. From December 2005 to January 2008 Dr. Garrettson was CEO of Fresco Technologies, a privately held digital imaging company. From 2001 until 2004, Dr. Garrettson was the President and Chief Executive Officer of ClairVoyante, a privately held company that develops and licenses proprietary intellectual property to flat panel display manufacturers. Prior to this, Dr. Garrettson was affiliated with Spectrian Corporation, a manufacturer of high power radio frequency transistors and amplifiers for wireless network equipment, where Dr. Garrettson served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2000 and as Chairman of the Board from 2000 to 2002. Before joining Spectrian, Dr. Garrettson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Censtor Corporation, a developer of contact magnetic recording head disc technology for the data storage industry, from 1993 to 1996. From 1989 to 1993, Dr. Garrettson was the Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Corporate Development and Technology at Seagate Technology, a maker of hard disc drives and storage systems. Dr. Garrettson has also served as the Vice President of the Minneapolis Data Storage Operations at Imprimis Technology and as a Laboratory Director at Hewlett Packard. Dr. Garrettson has served on boards of seven public companies and numerous private companies. He is currently a director of GSI Group and Giga-Tronics, both public companies, as well as Purdy Electronics, a private company. Dr. Garrettson has an M.S. in Engineering Physics as well as a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
2010-05-07	Garrett A. Garrettson, Ph.D. currently serves as Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors and has served as a director of the Company since 2004. Dr. Garrettson is independent and has extensive experience in the technology industry. His education and years of service in executive management roles at various technology companies, complimented by his broad technology background, have provided him a firm understanding of IRIDEX's operations and technology. Dr. Garrettson's service on the boards of directors of seven public companies and numerous private companies have provided him the leadership and consensus-building skills necessary to effectively lead our Board of Directors as Chairman. His service as chairman of the compensation committee of Catalyst Semiconductor, and as chairman of the compensation committee of Giga-tronics have provided him with the strong background in executive compensation necessary to serve as chairman of our Compensation Committee.
2011-04-29	Garrett A. Garrettson, Ph.D. has served as a director of the Company since 2004 and served as Lead Independent Director and then Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors from January 2008 to September 2010. Dr. Garrettson is currently a principal of G. Garrettson Consulting, a management consulting company, and of daVinci Capital Group, a private equity fund being formed. From December 2005 to January 2008, Dr. Garrettson was CEO of Fresco Technologies, a privately held digital imaging company. From 2001 until 2004, Dr. Garrettson was the President and Chief Executive Officer of ClairVoyante, a privately held company that develops and licenses proprietary intellectual property to flat panel display manufacturers and that was purchased by Samsung. Prior to this, Dr. Garrettson was affiliated with Spectrian Corporation, a manufacturer of high power radio frequency transistors and amplifiers for wireless network equipment, where Dr. Garrettson served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2000 and as Chairman of the Board from 2000 to 2002. Before joining Spectrian, Dr. Garrettson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Censtor Corporation, a developer of contact magnetic recording head disc technology for the data storage industry, from 1993 to 1996. From 1989 to 1993, Dr. Garrettson was the Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Corporate Development and Technology at Seagate Technology, a maker of hard disc drives and storage systems. Prior to Seagate’s acquisition of Imprimis Technology, Dr. Garrettson served as the Vice President of the Minneapolis Data Storage Operations at Imprimis. He has also served as a Laboratory Director at Hewlett Packard where, among other things, he was an R&D engineer for medical devices, and as an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Naval Postgraduate School where among other subjects he taught cellular and molecular biology and neurophysiology. Dr. Garrettson has served on boards of seven public companies and numerous private companies. He is currently Chairman of the board of directors of Giga-tronics, a public company, as well as a director of Purdy Electronics and ZoMazz Inc., both private companies. From October 2004 until July 2010, Dr. Garrettson served as a director of GSI Group Inc., a public laser & laser systems manufacturing company, and from February 2003 through January 2008, Dr. Garrettson served as a director of Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc., a public semiconductor manufacturing company. Dr. Garrettson holds a M.S. in Engineering Physics as well as a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Stanford University. Dr. Garrettson is independent and has extensive experience in the technology industry. His education and years of service in executive management roles at various technology companies, complimented by his broad technology background, have provided him a firm understanding of IRIDEX’s operations and technology. Dr. Garrettson’s service on the boards of directors of seven public companies, and chairman of three, and on the boards of numerous private companies, have provided him the leadership and consensus-building skills necessary to effectively serve on our Board of Directors. His service as chairman of the compensation committee chairman for three public companies, as well as a member of numerous public company audit and governance committees has provided him with the strong background necessary to serve as chairman of our Compensation Committee and a member of our audit committee.
2012-04-27	Garrett A. Garrettson, Ph.D. has served as a director of the Company since 2004 and served as Lead Independent Director and then Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors from January 2008 to September 2010. Dr. Garrettson is independent and has extensive experience in the technology industry. His education and years of service in executive management roles at various technology companies, complimented by his broad technology background, have provided him a firm understanding of IRIDEX’s operations and technology. Dr. Garrettson’s service on the boards of directors of seven public companies, and chairman of three, and on the boards of numerous private companies, have provided him the leadership and consensus-building skills necessary to effectively serve on our Board of Directors. His service as chairman of the compensation committee chairman for three public companies, as well as a member of numerous public company audit and governance committees has provided him with the strong background necessary to serve as chairman of our Compensation Committee and a member of our audit committee.
2013-04-26	The Audit Committee of the Board consists of Messrs. Fitch and Hawkins and Dr. Garrettson. The Compensation Committee of the Board consists of Drs. Garrettson and Naumann-Etienne and Mr. Fitch. Dr. Garrettson is the chairman of the Compensation Committee. Dr. Garrettson received fees earned or paid in cash of $36,000 and stock awards of $19,999, total $55,999.
2014-04-25	Garrett A. Garrettson, Ph.D. has served as a director of the Company since 2004 and served as Lead Independent Director and then Chairman of the Companys Board of Directors from January 2008 to September 2010. Dr. Garrettson is independent and has extensive experience in the technology industry. His education and years of service in executive management roles at various technology companies, complemented by his broad technology background, have provided him a firm understanding of IRIDEX operations and technology. Dr. Garrettsons service on the boards of directors of seven public companies, and chairman of three, and on the boards of numerous private companies, have provided him the leadership and consensus-building skills necessary to effectively serve on our Board of Directors. His service as chairman of the Compensation Committee, chairman for three public companies, as well as a member of numerous public company audit and governance committees has provided him with the strong background necessary to serve as chairman of our Compensation Committee and a member of our Audit Committee. The following table provides information concerning the compensation paid by us to each of our non-employee directors for fiscal 2013. Garrett A. Garrettson, Ph.D. received $36,000 in cash and $30,505 in stock awards, totaling $66,505.