Industry veterans lead Imatest
Michael Minard, COO
Michael has over 20 years experience in managing scientific and technical businesses and is a specialist in commercialization processes and the implementation of corporate strategy. Michael will take over Imatest’s day-to-day operations.
Before serving as an Executive VP at General Electric, Michael progressed through the ranks of Lockheed and IBM. Michael has in-depth experience in managing sales teams, marketing and operations, and has been responsible for creating and launching major new lines of business with resulting revenue streams in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Norman Koren, Founder and CTO
Norman founded Imatest in 2004 after a career in magnetic recording technology that provided him with a strong background for developing image quality analysis software. In its first four years, he positioned Imatest as the leading supplier of digital image testing software in the world. Norman has been a photography enthusiast since 1964 and maintains a popular photography web site, www.normankoren.com, which features a portfolio of his work and a number of technical articles. He has received seven U.S. patents. In May 2005, Norman was a panelist on the future of cameras at the MIT Symposium on Computational Photography and Video. In January 2006, he delivered a paper on Imatest at the Electronic Imaging conference. Norman holds an AB in Physics from Brown University and an MA in Physics from Wayne State University.
