Management
Management Profiles
David Brown, President
David Brown has been president of Berkeley Nucleonics since 2001, seven years after he joined the company. During that time, he has grown the company in both the test & measurement and radiation detection fields. Brown was instrumental in the R&D and manufacturing of the Model 935 SAM system, a world-class isotope identifier that changed the field operations of many remediation agencies. Successful project management activities in recent years include development of the SAM Defender LaBr radionuclide identifier; development of the industry-leading PB-5 NIM Pulse Generator; and development of a customized training and equipment support program for the U.S. Air Force. Brown holds a B.A. in entrepreneurial management from San Francisco State University. He is the second-generation operator of Berkeley Nucleonics and regularly discusses strategic opportunities with an Advisory Board. He resides in San Rafael, California, with his wife and two children.
Allan Gonzalez, Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Allan Gonzalez joined the company in 2012 and now leads the Domestic Sales and Marketing teams. During his early years with BNC, Allan developed a market for the company’s evolving line of RF equipment. His assessments of the market requirements were used by engineering to further develop top performing phase noise test systems and fast switching RF signal generators. Allan later took on and succeeded at the successful launch of the SAM III Series, a new, state-of-the-art family of nuclear detection, isotope identification equipment, and reachback tools. Allan’s many hours on site with customers has given him a deep understanding of the challenges that customers face in outdoor, and often harsh, environments. A Bay Area native, passionate football fan, and training enthusiast, Allan enjoys the many opportunities to talk sports and cheer his local teams. Allan earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of California, Davis.
John Reynolds, Vice President of Operations
John Reynolds joined Berkeley Nucleonics in 2008. Starting his journey in the marketing department, he quickly became familiar with Berkeley Nucleonics’ customers and technical community before taking over as the Director of Operations. He manages many of the company’s day-to-day operations, including purchasing, high-level account management and logistics. His ability to weave his sales & marketing experience with this new role has improved efficiency and streamlined company standard operating procedures. Reynolds holds a BS in Business Marketing from Sonoma State University and is an avid San Francisco Giants, Golden State Warrior, San Francisco 49ers and Michigan Wolverine fan.
John Lauder, Chief Technical Officer
John Lauder joined Berkeley Nucleonics in 2008 as an applications engineer. During his time at BNC he has risen to Chief Technical Officer of our T&M and RF/Microwave equipment. He has been instrumental in assisting relationships with existing customers. He has provided leadership and technical know-how over the past 7+ years and can routinely be found on the phone assisting engineers with their applications. He enjoys cycling on the weekends and had he discovered this passion earlier might have trained for and competed in a Tour de France!
Mark Slattery, Applications Manager
Mark joined the applications team at Berkeley Nucleonics in 2008 and now manages the department. Mark brings a considerable background in engineering and customer interaction to Berkeley Nucleonics, having over 30 years of experience in technical positions. Mark started his engineering career in as an Applications Engineer for a Bay Area Motion Control company. His commitment to customer experience is immediately apparent and valued, and he has always found management encouraging him to take on the most demanding technical challenges. From Industrial Machines to Nuclear Detection to Test and Measurement, Mark brings a strong track record and ethic for premiere customer service and technical communication. What’s more, Mark is the guy that you want on your team for Trivia Night!
John Yee, Application Engineer (1971-2016), In Memory
John Yee started with Berkeley Nucleonics in the early 70’s as a bench Engineer at advanced rapidly into Application Engineering and later Application Management. Yee was with Berkeley Nucleonics for 45 years. Besides his oversight of test & measurement applications for the last 25 years, he was a co-instructor for product lines ranging from radiation detection instruments to light pulse generators. He was instrumental in the R&D and enhancements of such product lines as our benchtop arbitrary waveform generators and high-power light pulsers. More recently, he oversaw development of new benchtop instruments that combine modern designs with low-cost manufacturing techniques. (Value to the customer is a widely recognized trademark of Berkeley Nucleonics.) Yee, who holds electrical engineering degrees from Stanford and the University of California at Berkeley, was a finalist for the Arnold Schwarzenegger Older Worker Award in 2002, when his post-9/11 efforts were widely recognized in the health physics and nuclear industries.
Mel Brown, Founder, Chief Engineer (1963-2016), In Memory
Mel Brown was employed as a design engineer by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) from 1956 to 1963 before leaving LBNL to launch Berkeley Nucleonics. The company’s first instruments were precision amplitude pulse generators, which were used to simulate radioactive pulses. In the 1970s, he turned his attention to the development of digital delay generators with precise timing and resolution to one nanosecond. (Light travels a foot in a nanosecond.) These instruments were used in the development of sophisticated radar equipment. In the 1980s, he refocused his interest on instruments employing solid-state lasers for applications in communication and military equipment. He holds B.S and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Although Mel passed in 2016, the management philosophy and eye for detail have been handed down to the next generation, evidenced by the companies advancements in RF/Microwave, femtosecond timing and growing family of App-Based Isotope Identification technology.