Management Team

Chuck Brower, President

Chuck brings over 25 years of multi-disciplinary experience in technology development, product development, and manufacturing. His development experience includes magnetism and magnetic materials, tribology, electromechanical systems, analog and digital design, communications, and embedded networking. Chuck and his team won multiple awards, both domestically and internationally, for an innovative miniature embedded device server. He has managed both product development and manufacturing in the U.S. and abroad. Chuck’s previous management experience includes serving as Vice President of Engineering at CMS Peripherals, Vice President of Engineering at Iupgrade, Director of Advanced Technology at Iomega, Director of Engineering and Director of Manufacturing & Test Engineering at Lantronix, and Director of Engineering at Intelio. He has five patents with additional applications pending. His papers have been published by the IEEE, the Journal of Applied Physics, and Reviews of Scientific Instruments. Chuck holds a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Minnesota.

Robert Lucero, Vice President, Business Development

Having served as a software engineering manager and project leader during his 25 plus years in software and firmware development, Robert has gained extensive experience in project management, medical product architecture development, software requirements development, software design, and software verification and validation for medical devices. He has worked on medical products including core body temperature controllers, ventricular assist devices, medical laser imagers, nutritional gas analyzers, ultrasound tissue characterization systems, patient monitoring systems, blood pumps, cardiac ablation systems, genotyping systems, blood processing devices, spinal disc reconstruction devices, fluid balance and hydration systems, pharmaceutical tablet dispensing device, and ophthalmology devices. Robert holds a BSEE from MIT and an MS in Computer Engineering from USC.

Keith Sather, Vice President, Manufacturing

Keith is a senior manufacturing manager experienced in medical device and other high tech industries. He has implemented Manufacturing Resource Planning systems in three companies, directed implementation of Just-in-Time manufacturing systems, developed statistical quality control systems, managed multiple manufacturing transfer projects and directed implementation of offshore production facilities in Europe and Mexico. Immediately before joining Aubrey Group, Keith was a senior manufacturing manager at Edwards Lifesciences. Most recently, he managed operations for a medical device company as part of an Aubrey Group client project.

Vytas Pazemenas, Founder

Vytas founded the Aubrey Group in 1994, and initially, specialized in electronics and sensors. His vision and passion has made the Aubrey Group a very special and unique organization, recognized for delivering innovation that meets the highest standards of excellence. Vytas succumbed to his battle with cancer on October 23, 2009. Although Vytas is no longer with us, his legacy will live on through the Aubrey Group where we will continue to carry his torch for years to come.