Patrick Edsell

Patrick L.
Edsell worked as Vice President-Finance at GP Technologies, Inc. from 1982 to 1984.
He was Chief Financial Officer at Pharos AB from 1984 to 1991 and also held the Chief Financial Officer position at Swedish Co. He served as President of Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc. from 1990 to 1997.
From 1997 to 2002, he was Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Spectra-Physics, Inc. He was Director at Teledyne FLIR LLC from 1998 to 1999.
He was President & Chief Executive Officer of Gigabit Optics Corp.
from 2002 to 2004.
He held the Chairman role at Captiva Software Corp.
from 2004 to 2005.
He was Chief Executive Officer at NP Photonics, Inc. from 2004 to 2007.
He was Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President at Avanex Corp.
from 2007 to 2008.
He was Chief Financial Officer at SpectraSensors, Inc. from 2008 to 2010.
He has been an Independent Director at H&E Equipment Services, Inc. from 2011 to 2025.
Education includes undergraduate studies at the United States Air Force Academy, graduate studies at The Ohio State University, and an MBA from The University of New Mexico.