Members of the management team at Alara are dedicated to developing, manufacturing, selling and servicing quality products for its customers.  We believe in putting the "Customer First" in our priorities.  

Stephen J. Weiss
Chairman and CEO

Mr. Weiss has managed technology companies for over 20 years. Mr. Weiss served as Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of Lumisys Inc. from 1990 through 1998. During the time period 1985 through 1989, he co-founded Virtual Imaging, an imaging company, where he last held the position of President and remained as a Director through June 1990. From 1971 to 1985, Mr. Weiss held various executive positions with ADAC Laboratories, a medical imaging company, where he last held the position of Executive Vice President.

Mr. Weiss returned to the entrepreneurial business environment in 1998 to help companies with their funding and operational strategies. He currently serves as a Board Member at Alara Inc. and Medical Tactile, Inc.

David Butler

President and Chief Financial Officer
Joined in 2005

Mr. Butler is responsible for all financial, operating and administrative activities including manufacturing, human resources and legal affairs. He has over 28 years of experience at technology companies such as Fujitsu, Plextor and Diamond Multimedia. Most recently he was VP of Finance at Rivio until it was sold to a for-profit subsidiary of the AICPA, and then Chief Financial Officer of Integrated Insurance Technologies Corporation.
Mr. Butler received his bachelor's degree from San Diego State University and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Kuldip K. Ahluwalia
Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Business Development
Joined in 2005

Mr. Ahluwalia joined Alara to head the Sales and Marketing Group. Prior to joining the company Kuldip K. Ahluwalia headed LaunchCommand a Strategic Marketing and Implementation firm where he helped companies re-engineer their sales and marketing groups.

Mr. Ahluwalia's corporate background covers several years within the medical industry with companies like GE Medical, Thompson (CGR), Toshiba Medical, and Lumisys where he developed and implemented sales and marketing initiatives that helped these companies become leaders in their markets.

Mr. Ahluwalia holds a M.S. in Medical Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BSc. (Hons) in Medical Physics from the University of Salford, UK.

Christopher Mitchell
Chief Scientific Officer
Joined in 1998

Dr. Mitchell's responsibilities include the design and development of new products, investigation and development of technologies leading to new products, scientific support of clinical studies, and the establishment of Alara intellectual property. Dr. Mitchell’s expertise is in the design, development, and characterization of x-ray based imaging systems. He led the development of MetriScan, and is the inventor or co-inventor on a number of patents underlying Alara technologies. Prior to joining Alara, Dr. Mitchell was with Advanced Research and Applications Corporation (ARACOR), where as Manager of the Imaging Technology Group he was responsible for numerous research and development projects in the field of medical and industrial x-ray imaging.

Dr. Mitchell received his bachelor's in applied mathematics from Weber State College; a master's in bioengineering and a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Utah.