Aubrey Group's Chief, Andre Schwager, Joins ABL Organization

Santa Ana, CA — January 1, 2010 — Andre Schwager, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Aubrey Group, has joined the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization (ABL). As part of California’s leading vertical-industry Chief Executives’ Organization, ABL Members provide one another with executive leadership coaching through its confidential, professionally-facilitated, peer-CEO Advisory Board Round Tables, executive learning workshops, network of CEO peers, and expert resources.

Founded in 1994, Aubrey Group provides a highly skilled and knowledgeable team of engineers, medical, scientific, manufacturing and business professionals focused on engineering and manufacturing medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics. Services include: concept definition; product specification; systems design; engineering – electronic, software, mechanical, RF system, microfluidics, disposables; fluid dynamics and thermal design; risk/hazard analysis; EMC engineering; prototypes; clinical test units; commercial units test engineering; safety and regulatory compliance; verification and validation; and sustaining engineering. Aubrey Group also assists those investigating a launch into the medical device product arena. Its Entrepreneurial Services Program provides education and information, as well as concrete deliverables in the necessary business, funding, financial, marketing, regulatory, manufacturing, and intellectual property areas required for a successful new product development venture or company.

Andre brings more than 35 years of experience in development and management of high technology businesses. Andre has served on Aubrey’s Board of Directors for more than 12 years, became Chairman of the Board in 2008, and assumed the additional role of CEO in late 2009.

Andre’s career includes consulting with companies such as Medtronic to develop transformation strategies. He is a Founder of Satmetrix and served as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board until 2004 for this next-generation customer experience solution provider and co-developer of the Net Promoter® metric. He continues to serve on the Satmetrix Advisory Board. Prior to Satmetrix, Andre was President of Seagate Enterprise Management Software, and President and CEO of Netlabs, which provided software systems to manage networks, systems and software. Before that, he was President and CEO of three start-up companies that were successfully acquired. In addition, he spent 13 years with Hewlett-Packard in positions that included R&D Manager for the HP3000 computers and General Manager of the Information Network Division for four years.

Andre earned his BSEE degree from the University of Utah, and his MSEE from the University of Santa Clara.

"Andre's experience and diverse perspective will be a great asset to the Membership," said Mimi Grant, President of ABL Organization.

About the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization
ABL supports the needs of its Member CEOs by providing a place for top-level executives to draw on the experience, knowledge and skill sets of their peers in a vertical industry, personal advisory board – “multi-coach approach” – setting.

The core component of the CEO Membership experience is the group Round Table meeting. Members meet once a month for a half-day with a group of peer CEOs, Presidents, COOs and Division General Managers from non-competing companies, all from the same industry (healthcare, technology or life sciences), in a trusted and confidential board room-like setting, which allows ABL Members to tackle topics and enhance their decision making and business performance. Topics include: developing and honing new business strategies and best practices, new lines of business, “A-players” on the management team, and an effective board of directors, as well as understanding trends in new markets, mergers and acquisitions, compensation, and other “hot” topics brought to the Round Tables by the Members themselves.

ABL Members also gather several times a year at workshops and conferences to exchange ideas and connect with other chief executives beyond their own CEO peer groups. In effect, ABL Members serve as one another’s business coaches within the Round Tables and are encouraged to connect and leverage their co-Member peers’ particular skills and expertise for additional leadership coaching, one-on-one, outside of their monthly group meeting. In addition, each Round Table’s facilitator also serves as an objective business advisor, offering executive and industry insights and advice.

 ABL's Chief Executive Leadership Development Round Table program is currently offered in California's Greater Los Angeles, Orange and San Francisco County areas. More information about the ABL Organization can be found at http://www.abl.org .