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IMTEC Corporation announces new president and CEO, Mr. Tim Thompson.
Mr. Thompson, a certified Professional Engineer in the State of New Mexico,
became President and CEO of IMTEC in March 2007, as a result of the merger
of IMTEC Corporation and HYTEC Incorporated. Prior to being named Chief Executive
of IMTEC, Mr. Thompson was Chairman and CEO of HYTEC, a Los Alamos, New Mexico
company providing sensing and imaging products as well as engineering services.
Mr. Thompson has an MS in Mechanical Engineering, and has been active in
the area of precision engineering since 1978. Under his leadership, HYTEC
received the prestigious R&D 100 award in 2003 for breakthroughs in advanced
manufacturing utilizing FlashCT™, an advanced CAT scan for industrial applications.
Mr. Thompson was instrumental in creating ILUMA, a revolutionary in-house CT machine that offers fast scan times, high resolutions and unprecedented clarity for clinicians. His past experience includes serving as Group Leader of Design Engineering at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he led design engineering efforts on the world’s first all composite satellite, FORTE, and also served as the Chief Engineer for the Superconducting Super Collider’s Particle Tracker, GEM. His engineering background includes serving as an aerospace engineer for Honeywell in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was responsible for the design and analysis of turbine components used in jet engines. Mr. Thompson is a member of the American Society for Precision Engineering, the American Society for Mechanical Engineering, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and ASM International. In 1996 he was a finalist for DISCOVER Magazine’s Aerospace and Aviation Award. Mr. Thompson resides in Santa Fe with his wife Barbara.