Bob Caspe
Bob Caspe has served as CEO of several companies that he founded, in several industries. These include: medical electronics, machine vision, graphic arts, photojournalism, and consumer electronics. These companies have developed, under Bob’s leadership, everything from integrated computer system products and software, to embedded systems and custom integrated circuits. Common threads throughout all of these companies are the fields of signal processing and imaging.
Bob has an engineering background and has expertise as a software and hardware designer. As well he has a solid theoretical understanding of many signal processing algorithms.
Professional Experience
2003 – Present
The Caspe Group LLC ( http://www.caspegroup.com )
Sherborn, MA 10770
Founder and President. The Caspe Group is a consulting organization that assists corporations with marketing, sales and product development and overseas manufacturing. As well, the Caspe Group performs due diligence reviews for venture investors.
1995 - 2003
Sound Vision, Inc
Framingham, MA 01701
Founder and President. Sound Vision is a new Massachusetts company built with many of the same members of Leaf. Sound Vision introduced the world’s first 800k pixel CMOS digital camera. It then produced the world’s first ARM ASIC specifically designed for low cost digital cameras. In 2001, Sound Vision created a series of TVcentric digital image viewing products that were sold through a number of OEM resellers. In 2002, SVI pioneered the creation of innovative television direct marketing channels for digital cameras in order to expand the market to new, less PC capable, customers.
1986 - 1995
Leaf Systems, Inc
Southboro, MA 01701
Co-Founder and President. Leaf Grew to over 30M in sales without the need for any external financing and was subsequently sold in 1992 to Scitex, Inc., a public corporation. Leaf successfully dominated the photojournalism market with innovation in image processing equipment used by newspapers and magazines. Leaf also lead the field of digital photography with several innovative products.
1974 - 1986
CDA, Inc
Waltham, MA 01701
Co-Founder and President. CDA grew to over 15M in sales and was subsequently sold to Analogic Inc., a public corporation. CDA lead the array processor market with the first microprocessor based array processor which was sold to several CAT and MRI system manufacturers. CDA developed a direct end user business with its own
innovative Nuclear Medicine System which was subsequently licensed to Siemens Medical Systems. CDA was venture financed by several large venture capital firms.
1971 - 1984
Signal Processing Systems, Inc
Waltham, MA 01701
Lead hardware engineer for the development of a programmable Array Processor. SPS was a small startup.
1969 - 1971
GTE Sylvania, Inc
Needham, MA 01701
Engineer working on signal processor designs.
Education
1965 - 1969
New York University School of Engineering and Science BSEE, 1969, Member of Etta Kappa Nu, engineering honor society.
Organizations
2005 – Present
MIT Venture Mentoring Services – Mentor to entrepreneurs
2005 – Present
Babson College MBA Entrepreneurship Program – Mentor to entrepreneurs
1994 - 2001
Sherborn Dollars for Scholars, Director
Awards
Wynton J. Lemmon Award
Award for technical contribution to Photojournalism
SBANE Entrepreneur of the Year
Award for leadership in small business
Seybold Product Concept of the Year
Award for the development of the HDR concept in publishing
The Arts
Mr. Caspe is an accomplished artist who works in a variety of media including watercolor, oil, wood, photography, ceramics, copper and, most recently, glass.
Some of his works can be view on his personal website
http://www.betweenthebeads.com
