Patrick Edsell

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Electronic Technology

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Patrick L.
Edsell worked as Vice President-Finance at GP Technologies, Inc. from 1982 to 1984.
He was Chief Financial Officer at Pharos AB from 1984 to 1991 and also held the Chief Financial Officer position at Swedish Co. He served as President of Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc. from 1990 to 1997.
From 1997 to 2002, he was Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Spectra-Physics, Inc. He was Director at Teledyne FLIR LLC from 1998 to 1999.
He was President & Chief Executive Officer of Gigabit Optics Corp.
from 2002 to 2004.
He held the Chairman role at Captiva Software Corp.
from 2004 to 2005.
He was Chief Executive Officer at NP Photonics, Inc. from 2004 to 2007.
He was Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President at Avanex Corp.
from 2007 to 2008.
He was Chief Financial Officer at SpectraSensors, Inc. from 2008 to 2010.
He has been an Independent Director at H&E Equipment Services, Inc. from 2011 to 2025.
Education includes undergraduate studies at the United States Air Force Academy, graduate studies at The Ohio State University, and an MBA from The University of New Mexico.

Former positions of Patrick Edsell

Companies	Position	End
H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES, INC.	Director/Board Member	02/06/2025
SpectraSensors, Inc. SpectraSensors, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Manufactures optically based gas sensors for the industrial process	Director of Finance/CFO	01/01/2010
Avanex Corp. Avanex Corp. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Designs, manufactures and markets photonic processors	Chief Operating Officer	-
NP Photonics, Inc. NP Photonics, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Develops and manufactures fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers & transport fibers	Chief Executive Officer	01/01/2007
Captiva Software Corp. Captiva Software Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides automatic data capture software and enterprise input management (EIM) solutions	Chairman	01/01/2005

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Private companies	15
Teledyne FLIR LLC Teledyne FLIR LLC Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Designs, develops, markets and distributes thermal cameras, airborne and unmanned aerial systems	Electronic Technology
Spectra-Physics, Inc. Spectra-Physics, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Manufactures semiconductor based lasers and laser optics	Electronic Technology
Avanex Corp. Avanex Corp. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Designs, manufactures and markets photonic processors	Electronic Technology
Captiva Software Corp. Captiva Software Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides automatic data capture software and enterprise input management (EIM) solutions	Technology Services
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. H&E Equipment Services, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Provides equipment rentals, sales, parts and service	Finance
NP Photonics, Inc. NP Photonics, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Develops and manufactures fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers & transport fibers	Producer Manufacturing
SpectraSensors, Inc. SpectraSensors, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Manufactures optically based gas sensors for the industrial process	Producer Manufacturing
The Ohio State University The Ohio State University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
United States Air Force Academy United States Air Force Academy Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
The University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Spectra Physics Lasers, Inc. Spectra Physics Lasers, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Manufactures lasers, scientific products and RandD	Producer Manufacturing
Pharos AB
Gigabit Optics Corp. Gigabit Optics Corp. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Manufactures optical networking hardware	Electronic Technology
Swedish Co.
GP Technologies, Inc. GP Technologies, Inc. Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Wholesales office equipment	Distribution Services