ROBERT H. BUCHER is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Adept Technology, Inc. He has over 23 years of executive management experience within the process automation industry. He held executive positions of various capacities at Measurex Corporation and served as VP of Corporate Marketing and President of Measurex’s Devron subsidiary. His accomplishments also include the successful launch of the first ‘open systems’ based process optimization software. Mr. Bucher was also involved in successfully guiding Measurex and Honeywell International through their merger in 1998. Additionally, from 1998 to 2001, Mr. Bucher held the position of President and CEO of Norsat International Inc., a Canadian company. sector’ application software