EXECUTIVE TEAM
Advanced MicroLabs is fortunate to have
an experienced Executive Team.
-CEO: Dr Chuck Henry
-CFO: Bob Kali
-Board Secretary and Chairman: Doug Johnson
-Senior Research Engineer: Philippe Dekleva
See below for Biographies.
Dr. Henry received his B.S. in Chemistry with honors from Missouri Southern State College in 1994 before receiving his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Arkansas. Dr. Henry's then spent 1.5 years as an NIH postdoctoral fellow in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department at the University of Kansas. In 1999, Henry joined the faculty at Mississippi State University. In 2002, Dr. Henry relocated his laboratories to Colorado State University where he maintains an active research presence in the general field lab-on-a-chip devices.
Since 2002, Bob Kali has been consulting CFO for several Northern Colorado early stage, venture capital backed, technology based companies supporting them in financing strategies, general financial management, and business development (Indicative Software, Able Planet, Firefly Medical, PeakData, Chata Biosystems). From 1982 – 1992, Bob held senior level corporate finance positions with Storage Technology Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, in corporate planning and treasury operations. In 1992, he developed and implemented the start-up business plan for StorageTek Financial Services Corporation, STK’s captive finance business and from 1993-2002 he led the growth of this business as its Chief Operating Officer. He later participated in its strategic sale to Keybank. Following this sale, Bob managed the company’s integration into Keybank as well as taking on global management responsibilities for this business throughout North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions. Bob is an Affiliate Faculty at Regis University teaching corporate finance and also holds the Certified Management Accountant designation.
Bob holds an MBA in finance from New York University, a BA in economics from Colgate University.
At the conclusion of a successful 30 year career in high technology, Mr Johnson sought out startup companies based on university research where he could apply his background in business building and marketing. Today, Johnson works with several startup companies. He has taught Entrepreneurship at local universities, and was interim Director for the Fort Collins Technology Incubator.
Johnson received a BSEE from Rensselaer Polytech and a MBA from Arizona State. He has authored a series of papers on CycloPraxis and is a national expert on why large companies struggle to maintain their early entrepreneurism.
Mr. Dekleva received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1987 and his M.S in Materials Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1992. He has over 20 years experience in product development in both the aerospace and medical instrumentation industries. Companies include Parker Hannifin Aerospace, NASA, Dako, and Colorado Medtech an engineering consulting firm specializing in medical devices and instrumentation. Project/product experience includes gas turbine fuel system design, managed custom applications for flow cytometry instrumentation and was part of a team to develop a fully automated immunoassay instrument.
