Lawrence R. Amon 9024 Terranova Drive Naples, Florida 34109 Phone 239-593-8250 Fax 239- 592-9345 E-Mail - la11f385e@westpost.

net SUMMARY: Experienced President/CEO that has managed high tech organizations from to $100M divisions of international companies. As founder and CEO of a backed manufacturing company in Silicon Valley, grew the company to be he fastest growing privately held companies in the US in the first five emiconductor veteran looking for an opportunity as a CEO. EXPERIENCE: 2002-Present Chairman/CEO The Alternative Board South West Florida Work with more than 60 business owners in SW Florida to grow their companies and become more profitable. Develop strategic plans to increase business or turn ar ound operations. 1998-2001 SurveyGenie Naples, Florida Founder, President, CEO. Founded SurveyGenie and acted as President, CEO, and CF O. SurveyGenie provided Surveys over the internet. 1983-1998: Diamon Images, Incorporated, Los Gatos California Founder, President, CEO. Founded Diamon Images in September, 1983, and acted as President/CEO, Chief Operating Officer, and CFO. Raised $2M in venture capital, private placement, and foreign funding. Grew the company to $6.5 M in sales with $1.25 M in profit. Acquired $10M in capital equipment and developed a team of 35 people to produce state of the art photomasks for the semiconductor and disk head industries. Customers included: Texas Instruments, LSI Logic, VLSI Technology and Xerox. Received the INC 500 Award in 1989 for being one of the fastest growing privatel y held companies in the U.S. Sold the company to a European Conglomerate for eight times earnings in 1998. startups venture one of t years. S

1981-1985: Fairchild Semiconductor, Mountain View, California General Manager, Linear Division.General Manager for the ($100 Million) Linear d ivision. Responsible for sales and marketing, wafer fabrication operations in th e U. S., assembly and test operations in Korea, product and process engineering, production control, and facilities. Operations Manager, Linear Division. Responsible for wafer fabrication operation s in the U. S., assembly engineering, process engineering, production control, a nd facilities.

Chairman Environmental Task Force Directed Fairchild environmental clean up oper ations worldwide. Spent $40 Million cleaning up chemical contamination at all Fa irchild sites. Reported to the president of Fairchild and had a twelve person ta sk force to handle engineering, legal, public relations, EPA and other agency in terface. Manager Real Estate and Facilities Planning. Responsible for all building leases and design and construction of new facilities and wafer fabrication factories w orldwide.

EDUCATION: BS Engineering, U.S. Military Academy at West Point Major: Math/ Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical) MILITARY SERVICE: 1962-1969 United States Army Infantry Officer. Served as unit Commander, Operati ons Officer, Tactics Instructor, Nuclear Weapons Commander. Served in Vietnam as Special Forces (Green Beret) Detachment Commander. On promotion list to Major p rior to release from active duty. Bronze star, Air Medal, Army Commendation Meda l, Vietnam Service Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Jump Wings, National Defen se Service Medal.