Kurt Thielen

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Biography

Mr. Kurt Thielen served as General Manager, President & Head, Operations at Qterics. Mr. Kurt Thielen served as President, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at UpdateLogic. Prior to joining UpdateLogic, Kurt Thielen was the Vice President of Engineering at Polaroid Corporation. At Polaroid, he was responsible for Engineering and Product Development of consumer electronic devices. Kurt joined Polaroid after the sale of SoniqCast to Petters Group Worldwide, the holding company which owned Polaroid at the time. In 2001, Kurt founded SoniqCast, a digital audio and video technology company which designed, developed and manufactured portable wireless digital audio and video products. At SoniqCast, Kurt was the President and Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for all day to day operations. In December of 2006, after the sale of Soniqcast to Petters Group Worldwide and the introduction of the SoniqCast products and technology into Polaroid, Kurt and his team joined Polaroid. Prior to running SoniqCast, Kurt was a Director of Product Development at Tellabs. At Tellabs, Kurt managed a multi-million dollar research and development organization and was responsible for product development of Tellabs' flagship digital cross connect product, the Titan 6500. Kurt's previous roles were in management and engineering at companies including StorageTek, Network Systems and AT&T Bell Laboratories. He also serves as the President at Qterics.