BLG chart, page-306

Agreed, the new management is the difference, BLG is a different beast now.

A couple of quotes below endorsing JH and illustrating what he has brought to the table:

"Jim is a veteran of laser technology with strong business acumen. His skills cover a broad spectrum ranging from biz dev to building teams and establishing winning and metric-driven strategies required for rapid growth. He has a vision and understanding of what is indispensable to fill the pipeline of innovation that is required to continually feed a trail of competitive products. Jim does this with a win-win conviction."

“As an executive with a background in engineering, Jim has been highly successful in the role of COO in bringing a professional thinking and structure into the organization. His skill influenced operation planning and metrics, strategic development and product direction, IT structure, sales, global operations, and guidance to other executives in the organization. Strong decision making skills characterize Jim’s work, which he does without bias utilizing a variety of tools from his study of best techniques. Jim has repeatedly shown ability to coalesce strategy, then develop, track, and execute goals to completion. Equally important, based on situation his tools and thinking can vet what should not be done at the time, and explain why. I would highly recommend Jim to influence any organization at multiple levels”