Bitstream
Executive Team
Officers
Amos Kaminski
Chairman and Interim CEO
Amos Kaminski was elected as Chief Executive Officer of the Company on an interim basis effective May 1, 2011. He has been Chairman of the Board since August 2010 and a director of the Company since 1985. He was previously Chairman of the Board from 1991 through 1996. Mr. Kaminski founded Interfid Ltd., a venture capital firm, in 1984 and has served as its President and on its Board of Directors since its formation.. Mr. Kaminski is also the founder, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of AFA Asset Services, Inc., a private real estate asset management company, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Interfid Capital, Inc.
John Collins
Vice
President and
Chief Technology Officer
John Collins has been with Bitstream
since 1986. He currently holds the position of Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer.
Since joining the company, he has been active in the development
of several key pieces of font technology which have established
Bitstream as a leader in its field. These technologies include Fontware,
Speedo, 4-in-1, TrueDoc and, most recently, the world's smallest
stroke-based fonts for Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. These
developments have resulted in five U.S. patents being awarded.
Prior to joining Bitstream, he held positions with Linotype Canada
where he developed a line of low-cost interactive composition systems
and SYS Computer Corporation, where he developed advanced (for that
time) microprogrammed video display controllers.
Mr. Collins holds both B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering
from the University of London, England.
James P. Dore
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Jim Dore was named a Vice President
and the Company's Chief Financial Officer in March 2003 and has
been the Company's Corporate Controller since June 1999.
Mr. Dore has over twenty years of service in various senior financial
positions. From January 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Dore served as Corporate
Controller at Celerity Solutions Inc. (bulletin board- CLTY), a
developer and marketer of supply chain and warehouse management
business software, he also served as Celerity's Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer from April 1999 to June of 1999.
Mr. Dore holds a C.P.A. certificate and a B.S. degree, with distinction,
from Clarkson University.
Sampo Kaasila
Vice President of Research and Development
Sampo Kaasila joined Bitstream in November 1998 upon the acquisition
of his company, Type Solutions, Inc.
From August, 1989 to November 1998, he was a founder and President
of Type Solutions, Inc., a leading developer of font technologies
including T2K, a font renderer which provides an object oriented
design, advanced architecture and algorithms, and a clean API resulting
in maximum reliability, performance, and easy integration.
From August, 1987 to August, 1989, Mr. Kaasila worked at Apple
Computer, Inc. and was the Lead Engineer and Inventor of the TrueType
technology now part of every Macintosh and Windows system.
Mr. Kaasila's font technology and mobile browsing inventions have resulted in the awarding of ten U.S. patents.
Mr. Kaasila holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from
the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden where he
graduated first in his class in January 1983.
Costas Kitsos
Vice President of Engineering
Costas
Kitsos has headed up Pageflex's Research & Development arm since
its inception. He also serves as VP of Engineering for Bitstream.
Mr. Kitsos is a veteran software developer with over fifteen years'
experience in type and publishing application development.
Before joining Bitstream in 1996, Mr. Kitsos headed IconWorks, where
he developed award-winning type applications and offered consulting
services on end-user programs and graphical user interfaces.
He holds a Masters degree from the University of California, Los
Angeles.
Board of Directors
George B. Beitzel
Director
Mr. Jonathan H. Kagan
Director
Melvin L. Keating
Director
Raul K. Martynek
Director
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