Management
Deepak Chopra is the founder of the Company and has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director since the Company's inception in May 1987. He has served as the Company's Chairman of the Board of Directors since February 1992. Mr. Chopra also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of several of the Company's subsidiaries. From 1976 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1987, Mr. Chopra held various positions with ILC, a publicly-held manufacturer of lighting products, including serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chief Operating Officer of its United Detector Technology division. Mr. Chopra has also held various positions with Intel Corporation, TRW Semiconductors, and RCA Semiconductors. Mr. Chopra holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electronics from Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh, Punjab, India and a Master of Science degree in semiconductor electronics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Alan Edrick is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Edrick joined the Company in this role in September 2006. Mr. Edrick has over three decades of financial management and public accounting experience, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial planning and analysis, and regulatory compliance. Between 2004 and 2006, Mr. Edrick served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BioSource International, Inc., a biotechnology company, until its sale to Invitrogen Corporation. Between 1998 and 2004, Mr. Edrick served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of North American Scientific, Inc., a medical device and specialty pharmaceutical company. Between 1989 and 1998, Mr. Edrick was employed by Price Waterhouse LLP in various positions including Senior Manager, Capital Markets. Mr. Edrick received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Victor Sze is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Sze joined the Company as Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel in March 2002. In November 2002, Mr. Sze was appointed Secretary of the Company. In September 2004, Mr. Sze was appointed Executive Vice President. From 1999 through November 2001, Mr. Sze served as in-house counsel to Interplay Entertainment Corp., a developer and worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software, holding the title of Director of Corporate Affairs. Prior to joining Interplay Entertainment Corp., Mr. Sze practiced law with the firm of Wolf, Rifkin & Shapiro in Los Angeles. Mr. Sze holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School.
Manoocher Mansouri is President of the Company's Optoelectronics and Manufacturing division. Mr. Mansouri joined the Company in 1982 and was named President of its Optoelectronics and Manufacturing division in June 2006. Mr. Mansouri has over 35 years of experience in the optoelectronics industry. Mr. Mansouri has served as President of the Company's OSI Optoelectronics, Inc. subsidiary since May 2000. Mr. Mansouri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles as well as an Executive Program in management certificate from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Ajay Mehra is Executive Vice President and President of OSI Solutions Business. Mr. Mehra joined the Company as Controller in 1989 and served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from November 1992 until November 2002, when he was named the Company's Executive Vice President. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Mehra held various financial positions with Thermador/Waste King, a household appliance company, Presto Food Products, Inc., and United Detector Technology. Mr. Mehra holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Business of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Master of Business Administration degree from Pepperdine University.
Ted Alston was appointed President, Rapiscan Detection Systems in July 2022. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Alston served as Chief Operating Officer, Rapiscan Detection Systems. Prior to that Mr. Alston lead the transformation of Rapiscan Detection Systems’ global service organization. Prior to that Mr. Alston innovated businesses for EG&G Astrophysics/Perkin Elmer, which later became L-3 Security and Detection. Prior to his return to Rapiscan Systems in 2014, Mr. Alston served as Corporate Vice President, Business Development at L-1 Identity Solutions.
Mr. Alston is an accomplished global business leader with over 32 years of experience focused on business transformation, innovation, and growth with expertise in operations, continuous improvement and customer experience in large global manufacturing and servicing organizations.
Mr. Alston’s executive leadership has been instrumental in positioning the business for high growth and addressing the Government and Commercial organizations’ rapidly changing global security threats and challenges.
Mr. Alston holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida and a M.S. in Business Administration from Keller University.
Paul Morben is President of our OSI Electronics business. Having first joined the Company in 1983, Mr. Morben has over 35 years of experience in the optoelectronics and manufacturing services industries, including 10 years in Asia where he established and led the Company's manufacturing operations in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Mr. Morben was named President of OSI Electronics in 2019 after having spent the past three years as President and CEO of Masterwork Electronics, Inc. Mr. Morben holds a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Northridge and a Master of Business Administration degree from Concordia University, Irvine.
Shalabh Chandra is President of our Healthcare division. Mr. Chandra joined the Company in September 2019. He has more than 20 years in the medical devices and medical diagnostics industries. From May 2018 to August 2019, he served as the VP & GM of the Neurology division for Quest Diagnostics. Prior to that, from August 2010 through April 2017, Mr. Chandra held several positions at Analogic, including President of Analogic Asia and SVP for the Global Ultrasound Business. Mr. Chandra also spent approximately 14 years at Philips as GM of Global MRI Patient Monitoring. Mr. Chandra received his BS in electrical engineering from IIT Kanpur, India, a MS in Biomedical Engineering from Ohio State, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
