George M. Thomas is president of Contemporary Controls that designs, manufactures and markets industrial networking products worldwide.

Mr. Thomas received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois. He completed the American Electronics Association/Stanford University Executive Institute for managing high-tech companies. He has served as a director on several boards such as the MIDCON Electronics Show and Convention, the IEEE-Chicago Section, the STD Bus Manufacturer's Group, the ARCNET Trade Association, the American Electronics Association, the Chicago Manufacturing Center and the Management Association of Illinois. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and past chairman of the Chicago Section. He is a senior member of the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation society.

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