Officers & Directors

Anthony J. Bruno, newly appointed to the Board of Directors and Audit Committee effective as of February 1, 2008. He first served as a certified public accountant, and later as a financial executive and consultant, in the provision of auditing services for various companies, financial reporting, corporate acquisitions and financial due diligence. For the past year, was a consultant to Besam Entrance Solutions, the United States subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems, a Swedish Company, handling various aspects of corporate acquisitions. Prior to that, served as Vice-President of Finance for Besam Entrance Solutions for 18 years. Mr. Bruno served as Blonder Tongue's Vice President of Finance from 1981 to 1989.

Robert E. Heaton has been a Director of the Company since March, 1998. He also presently serves on the Board of Directors of Calstrip Steel Corp. and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. From April, 1993 through April, 1995, Mr. Heaton served as Vice Chairman of the Stainless Steel Group of Lukens, Inc. From April, 1981, through April, 1993, Mr. Heaton was President and Chief Executive Officer of Washington Steel Corporation until it was acquired by Lukens, Inc. Mr. Heaton is a past Chairman of the Specialty Steel Industry of North America.

Robert B. Mayer has been a Director of the Company since December 14, 1995. From 1966 to 1991, he served in various executive positions, including Director and Regional President of Norstar Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Liberty National Bank & Trust Co.), a member of Fleet Financial Group. Mr. Mayer has from time to time served as a part-time instructor at State University of New York at Buffalo and is currently a Director of People, Inc. and a member of the Loan Committee, Erie County Regional Industrial Development Corporation.

Gary P. Scharmett has been a Director of the Company since December, 1997. Since January, 1989, Mr. Scharmett has been a partner in the law firm of Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP, the Company’s outside counsel, and served on the Board of Directors of that firm from January 2001 until December 2003.

James F. Williams has been a Director of the Company since September, 1993. He has also served as the President and a Director of Ontario Consolidated Leasing, Inc., a heavy equipment leasing company, since March, 1997. Since April, 1996, Mr. Williams has also been the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Waste Services, Inc.

Senior Management

James A. Luksch is the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Blonder Tongue Laboratories . With his partner, Bob Palle, Jim purchased the company in 1989. He has been Chairman of the Board since 1994 and served as President of the Company from 1989 until 2003. Under his tenure, Blonder Tongue completed a successful independent public offering in December 1995 (trading on AMEX: BDR) and increased revenue from $10 Million to approximately $40 Million a year. Mr. Luksch leads all business operations directing activities of nearly 250 personnel in manufacturing, production operational services, finance, and sales. Mr. Luksch has been involved in the cable industry since 1965 when he co-founded Texscan Corporation. He has authored multiple patents and served on the NCTA Engineering Advisory Committee. After completing his army service in the Korean War, Mr. Luksch received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Buffalo, Magna cum Laude, followed by an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Jim began his career as a radar design engineer with the Missile and Surface Radar Division of RCA.

Robert J. Pallé, Jr. brings over 30 years of experience in cable television equipment manufacturing, serving both the franchise and private cable industries. Prior to being appointed President of Blonder Tongue in 2003, Bob served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 1989. Bob has been one of the true visionaries of the MDU broadband and telecommunications industry and continues today to provide strong direction and leadership to both owners and providers in their effort to deliver the highest quality cable, Internet and telephone service to properties. He was recently awarded the Cornerstone Award for Industry Leadership from Broadband Properties Magazine. With product and marketing vision, Bob drives the marketing, product management, engineering and technical services of Blonder Tongue. Bob began his career in the Air Force as a communications operator in the Vietnam War. He served in several positions with Texscan, including Vice President and General Manager of the Theta Com CATV Division from 1973 to 1985.

Peter Daly, has served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing since February 2007. Mr. Daly has been with the Company since 2004, serving as Vice-President – Sales. Prior to joining Blonder Tongue, he was the co-founder, Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer at Lamont Digital Systems, Inc. (LDS). Mr. Daly was also the Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of the Campus TeleVideo division of LDS for eight years, where he was responsible for the growth of the cable integration business.

Emily Nikoo, has served as Senior Vice President of Operations since February 2007. Ms. Nikoo has been part of the Company's executive group since 2004, holding the position of Vice-President – Marketing and Technical Services. She joined Blonder Tongue in 1995 as a product manager and has been promoted steadily to several supervisory and management positions. Ms. Nikoo was previously with Lockheed Martin and holds a B.S.E.E. from Purdue University and M.E.E. from the University of Houston.

Eric S. Skolnik, has served as Senior Vice President of the Company since May, 2003 and Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of the Company since May, 2001. He served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company from January, 2001 through April, 2001. Eric was hired by the Company in May, 2000, as Corporate Controller. Before joining Blonder Tongue’s management team, he worked as a CPA/Audit Manager for six years with BDO Seidman, LLP, the Company’s independent auditors and prior to BDO Siedman, held various positions in a medium sized accounting firm for seven years. He graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Accounting.

Norman A. Westcott, has served as Senior Vice President - Operational Services of the Company since October, 1999 and was a Vice President of the Company from July, 1994 until October, 1999. Mr. Westcott is in charge of all production planning and shipping forecasts. Additionally, he is responsible for the departments that implement scheduling and support manufacturing. From June 1985 to July 1994, he served as Vice President of Operations at Tecma, Inc. an independent outsourcing company with operations based in Juarez, Mexico. From 1965 to 1985, he served in several positions with Texscan Corporation in Indianapolis, IN, including Vice President and General Manager of the Test Equipment Division. Before immigrating to the U.S. in 1964 to join Telonic Industries in Beech Grove, IN, Mr. Westcott began his career at KDG Instruments in England, where he attended London University.

Allen Horvath, has served as Vice President - Manufacturing of the Company since May, 2003. Mr. Horvath served as the Manufacturing Manager for the Company from 1998 until May 2003. Since 1976, Mr. Horvath has served the Company in several management positions in the areas of Production Testing, Engineering, Quality Control and Manufacturing. Mr. Horvath is responsible for the Company’s manufacturing activities.

Kant Mistry, has served as Vice President - Engineering of the Company since May, 2003 and as Chief Technical Officer of the Company since July, 2000. From October, 1990 to July, 2000 Mr. Mistry served as the Chief Engineer of the Company.