Leadership
Board of directors.
Dwight Carlson Chief Executive Officer, Chairman
Mr. Carlson drives the company’s global vision and strategy. He has built Coherix into a leader in the 3D machine vision industry. He also serves on the Leveraging Innovation Technology (LIT) Team, an organization that works to accelerate innovative manufacturing technology into the auto industry. An entrepreneur, Mr. Carlson founded Perceptron and Xycom.
Philip Rice II Director
Mr. Rice is the Chairman of the Board and CFO of Zivo Bioscience, Inc., a publicly held company. Mr. Rice is the managing partner and founder of Legacy Results, a firm providing strategic advisory and financial services to growing companies. Prior to founding Legacy Results in 2001, Mr. Rice held various leadership positions such as COO at Stahl’s Inc., CFO at Gallagher-Kaiser Corp., and President and CFO at Speedy International, Inc. He started his professional career at Deloitte & Touche, where he became a Certified Public Account (CPA) in 1979.
Jun Ni, PhD Director
Professor Ni is a Chaired Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Director of the S.M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center, and also serves as the Dean of the Joint Institute between Michigan and Jiao Tong University. In addition, he is Co-Director of the Multi-Campus National Science Foundation Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems, a Deputy Director of the NSF-Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, a Collegiate Professor for the S.M. Wu Center for Manufacturing Science. Dr. Ni holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin plus a B.S. in Mechanical and Production Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests include: manufacturing process modeling, analysis and prediction, precision engineering and metrology, cutting tool development, quality control methods, intelligent maintenance systems, and fault monitoring and diagnosis.
Jinyang Wen Investor Director
Ms. Jinyang Wen was elected to the Coherix, Inc. Board of Directors on October 19, 2018 to serve as Investor Director for Xintai U.S. Investment, LLC. She studied in the Beijing Xindongfang English School and has attended the University of Washington since 2015, majoring in Communications. Some of her social and volunteer work includes China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center, the University of Washington Orc Outdoor Organization and employment at the University of Washington Library. She speaks fluent Chinese and English.