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Mr. Glastra was appointed Chair & Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Board of Directors on May 13, 2021 and has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since September 1, 2016. He joined Novanta Inc. [Nasdaq: NOVT] in 2012 as Group President, and was appointed the Company’s Chief Operating Officer in February 2015.Prior to Novanta, he led and grew global technology businesses in advanced manufacturing and medical end-markets during an 18-year career with Philips [NYSE: PHG], both in Europe as well as Silicon Valley. He most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Philips’ Entertainment Lighting and as Chief Operating Officer of Philips Lumileds. Prior to that, he held multiple general manager and leadership positions at various Philips divisions, including the Healthcare division. Mr. Glastra also served as Director of Corporate Strategy in the Philips’ corporate headquarters. He started his career as Product Manager of Computed Tomography in the Philips’ Healthcare division in 1994.Mr. Glastra holds a Master of Science Degree in Applied Physics from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, an Advanced Engineering Degree from ESPCI in Paris, France, and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX).Ms. Betadam has served as the Company’s Chief Information Officer & Chief Information Security Officer since January 2021. She is responsible for strategic direction, cybersecurity, leadership, and implementation of enterprise-wide Digital Transformation and Information Technology (“IT”). She joined Novanta [Nasdaq: NOVT] in 2019 as Vice President of Business Applications and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Global IT in March 2020.Ms. Betadam brings 18 years of experience in global transformation initiatives, strategic business planning, merger and acquisition, and change management. Prior to Novanta, Ms. Betadam held the position of Director and Head of IT, Portfolio and Program Management at Splunk, Inc. [Nasdaq: SPLK]. She also held IT management positions within a variety of industries and multi-billion-dollar organizations.Ms. Betadam holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Applied Arts from San Diego State University, a master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering (specialization in Information Assurance) from Santa Clara University, and holds a Doctor of Engineering, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering from George Washington University.Mr. Buckley joined Novanta [Nasdaq: NOVT] in 2011 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Buckley had a ten-year career at Revvity Inc. (formerly PerkinElmer) [NYSE: RVTY], a life science and diagnostic company selling to pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets, where he served in several financial positions of increasing responsibility.Most recently, Mr. Buckley served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Revvity’s Environmental Health business. Before that, Mr. Buckley was Chief Financial Officer of Revvity’s Asian operations and served in several progressively senior roles in large and global business units. Prior to joining Revvity, Mr. Buckley held management positions with Honeywell International, Inc. [NYSE: HON], most recently in Corporate Development and Investor Relations.Mr. Buckley holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Manhattanville College and an Masters of Business Administration degree from University of California Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.) Anderson School of Management.Prior to this position, Mr. Burke served as Novanta Inc. [Nasdaq: NOVT] Vice President of Global Accounting (from 2021 – 2024), as Vice President of Accounting (from 2017 – 2021) and as Assistant Corporate Controller (from 2011- 2017). Prior to joining Novanta, Mr. Burke worked as the Manager of Technical Accounting and Reporting at MilliporeSigma (formerly known as Millipore Corporation), and prior to that, as an audit manager in the Boston office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.Mr. Burke is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.Prior to joining Novanta, Mr. Ravetto had a 20+ year successful career at Danaher Corporation [NYSE: DHR], where he held various executive and leadership roles in high-tech industrial and healthcare businesses, in both hardware and software. He most recently was the Senior Vice President of Esko in Belgium that includes software, automation, CTP imaging and vision inspection systems businesses. Prior to Esko, he led the KaVo Kerr dental business, based in Germany. He started his career at Videojet in the U.S. in engineering and product management leadership roles.Mr. Ravetto has a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois in Chicago and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.Mr. Lesica has served as the Co-Chief Operating Officer since January 2025. He is responsible for the Medical Solutions segment which focuses on Advanced Surgery and Precision Medicine. He is also responsible for Novanta’s enterprise-wide key account management program.
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