Bart Norton

Bart is acting in a dual capacity at KONTAK, based on his strong background in both engineering and finance. Bart is a seasoned entrepreneur who has helped envision, design, produce and bring to market a series of successful products and businesses. Previously, he was the CFO and VP of Marketing and Product Planning, 2005-2012 for Asemblon. Asemblon developed an organic compound to act as a liquid organic carrier for hydrogen.

He was also the VP or Engineering, 2000-2001 at CombiMatrix Corporation, a biotech venture, where he helped design six innovative products. These products helped close deals with Roche Diagnostics and NASA and the Director of Marketing for Teletrac Corporation, which produces measuring instruments, 1991-1999. Grew sales 750% in 6 years resulting in a successful sale to a high technology conglomerate. Bart was the Executive Vice President, 1988-1991, Pacific Precision Laboratories, which makes high-tech test and measuring equipment. He initiated a highly successful strategic marketing program, whereby sales tripled in less than three years. He was named inventor on two US patents.

He earned a BS in 1965, and a master's in 1966, both in Electrical Engineering, from Cornell University. He also earned an MBA in Finance and Marketing, 1968, from Carnegie-Mellon University.