OMAX has announced Doug Kelley as its new Vice President of Product Engineering. Kelley holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington. Kelley’s career diversity ranges from utility subsurface installation services to enhanced oil well drilling technology to new developments in supercomputers. He has spent more than 30 years as an engineer for a variety of global high-tech industries and has earned 15 patents in a variety of technical applications. His most recent patent came in late 2011 for air conditioning systems for computer systems and associated methods. “Our talented engineering team is constantly developing new and improved abrasive waterjet technologies to meet the diverse and ever changing needs of manufacturers worldwide,” said Dr. John Cheung, CEO of OMAX Corporation. “We are extremely excited to have Mr. Kelley as part of our team. His engineering expertise and proven successes will be a great asset to us and our customers.” Before joining OMAX, Kelley spent 13 years as a senior mechanical engineering manager for Cray, Inc., a company that designs and manufactures world-class supercomputers. In this position, he conceptualized and orchestrated the company’s first commercial research and development contract and developed an innovative two-phase cooling system, allowing the world’s most powerful computer to save 1MW of power, according to the company. Kelley was Cray’s only hardware engineer to meet for six consecutive years with key customers at the International Supercomputing Convention, the world’s oldest and one of the most important conferences for the high performance computing community, the company said. Prior to Cray, Inc., Kelley was the founding engineer for the start-up UTILX Corp. and was involved in the concept and commercialization through an initial public stock offering of proprietary technology used to install underground utilities without surface restoration. He also was Director of Engineering for FlowDril Corp., where he promoted leading-edge designs and analysis for high-pressure technology for the oil and gas drilling industry. For more information contact: OMAX Corporation 21409 72nd Ave. South Kent, WA98032 253-872-2300 omax@omax.com www.omax.com www.maxiemwaterjets.com