Management at Ergotron

Joel joined Ergotron in October of 2004 with the responsibility of merging Constant Force Technology L.L.C. (CFT) into Ergotron. With Joel’s leadership, Ergotron has doubled in size by introducing over 30 new products to expand into global mass market opportunities. Prior to joining Ergotron, Joel joined CFT in January of 2002 and in the two and a half years as President and COO he led the company from concept to profitability by doubling the size of the company year over year and increasing the company’s value by over 30 times the initial investment. Other key accomplishments include; securing multiple major customers including Dell and HP, hiring a very strong management team and key infrastructure personnel in Asia and the US, implementing an extremely cost effective high quality manufacturing and supply chain operation, and positioning CFT as a very fast growing and highly recognized technology leader within the monitor and LCD industry.

Joel has over 30 years of Operational, Sales, Product Marketing, Engineering and business experience at the senior management level. Prior to joining CFT, he was Vice President of Sales and one of the Senior Management members with Manufacturers’ Services Limited, which was founded in 1995 and successfully grew to the top 10 within the EMS industry with annual sales of $1.8 Billion by the year 2000. MSL went public in June of 2000 (NYSE - MSV). Prior to MSL he held various senior management positions with AT&T and NCR Corporation. Joel is currently a member of the board of directors of four different companies.

Joel is most proud of the number of jobs he has helped create by building businesses with high integrity, that value employees and that focus on strong differentiation and solving problems for its Customers as well as shareholder value. He finds great pleasure in working with a great team at Ergotron and helping design, manufacture and sell products that make the lives of millions of computer users significantly better.

Joel enjoys spending all of his free time with his wife and two kids enjoying outdoor activities including water skiing, snow skiing, bike riding, golf, four wheeling and other activities.