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Exponent, which bills itself as “an engineering and scientific consulting firm that provides solutions to complex problems”, may have to forego $740,000 owed it by Chrysler, the troubled (is there any other kind these days?) auto manufacturer that filed for bankruptcy protection last month.

The fact was noted in the company’s quarterly financial form known as a 10-Q, which it filed Wednesday. Exponent said that the ultimate loss, Read the rest of this entry »

Exponent, the Menlo Park engineering and scientific consulting firm, said today that it will make its current chief operating officer Paul Johnston (pictured) ,who’s been with the company for 28 years, its chief executive as of the company’s next annual meeting on May 28. At that time the current CEO, Michael Gaulke, 62, will become executive chairman of the board of directors, a role he will serve for a year. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Lange has rejoined Exponent (Nasdaq:EXPO), the Menlo Park engineering and scientific consulting firm that was known as Failure Analysis when Lange left the company in 1994 to join General Motors. (We always got a kick out of its former ticker symbol, FAIL.) Lange is now a group vice president responsible for vehicle engineering, biomechanics, human factors, data & statistical sciences and visual communications practices.

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Barbara Barrett resigned as a director on the board at Exponent, the Menlo Park science and engineering consulting firm, after being confirmed May 1 by the U.S. Senate as the ambassador to Finland, the company reported in a filing Tuesday. (That’s its flag to the left, by the way.) Barrett, described as an “international, business and aviation attorney” (we assume that doesn’t refer to pro bono work on behalf of the Audobon Society), has served on Exponent’s board since 1997.

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