Robert Traeger is a Founder and Chief Operating Officer of MXISystems, Inc.  Mr. Traeger has served as COO since the company’s inception in 1999.  Mr. Traeger was a Senior Research Assistant, at Vanderbilt University’s W. M. Keck Free Electron Center and worked on the FEL X-ray development project for seven years.  Prior to Vanderbilt, Mr. Traeger was Vice President/General Manager for Toshiba America Manufacturing/Engineering Division which he established in 1977 as the first Japanese manufacturing facility in Tennessee.  From 1974 to 1977, he was Vice President of Manufacturing/Engineering and Product Service for all of Sony America US operations, which included establishing two new manufacturing plants.  From 1951 to 1974, he was with General Electric Co. in various management positions with the last three years as President Managing Director GE Consumer Products, Ltd.  Singapore. During which time he established, built and managed a plant employing 3,500 people. Mr. Traeger holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington.  Mr. Traeger was also the Chairman of the Engineering Policy Committee for EIA Consumer Products Group for two years.