About Us

Anthony J. Bruno was appointed to the Board of Directors and its Audit Committee 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.

Charles E. Dietz was appointed to the Board of Directors effectively on September 14, 2011. He is presently an independent cable industry consultant, providing clients advice with cable system evaluation, design, and digital transition. He is a member of SCTE and Cable TV Pioneers. From 1996 through 2008 Mr. Dietz served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Insight Communication, a multiple system operator. During his tenure at Insight, Mr. Dietz participated in growing the company from 165,000 subscribers to more than 1,400,000.  Prior to his position at Insight, Mr. Dietz spent 22 years with Vision Cable Communications, a MSO with 15 regional cable systems. While at Vision Cable, Mr. Dietz served in various positions including Vice President of Operations.

James A. Luksch serves as Chairman on the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc., which he co-owned in 1989 with Mr. Palle. In 1995, BT became a publicly owned company and currently trades as ticker BDR on NYSE Amex. Under Jim’s guidance, BT has become a highly recognized technology-development company that engineers, manufactures, and sells digital encoding (SDTV, HDTV, IPTV), digital transport, and broadband product solutions. Prior to purchasing Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. in 1965 Jim co-founded Texscan, a CATV equipment manufacturer. He has authored numerous patents and served on the NCTA Engineering Advisory Committee. His career began as a Radar Design Engineer with the Missile & Surface Radar Division at RCA. After completing his Army service in the Korean War, he earned his BSEE from the University of Buffalo, Magna cum Laude, and a MSEE from the University of Pennsylvania.

Robert J. Palle, Jr. serves as President of Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc., which he became co-owners of in 1989 with Mr. Luksch. Bob combines both vision and strategy to provide owners and operators with advanced digital product solutions that deliver the highest quality performance for fewer dollars. Bob drives BT’s sales, marketing and engineering using over 30 years of industry experience. He started his career in the Air Force as a communications operator in the Vietnam War. From there, he continued on to Texscan, a CATV equipment manufacturer and held several positions including Vice President and General Manager of the Theta Com CATV Division for 12 years.

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.

Steven L. Shea , newly appointed to the Board of Directors and its Audit and Compensation Committees as of September 23, 2009. He has fifteen years of investment banking experience, including as Executive Vice President of Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc., from 1999 until the sale of such firm in 2008. Mr. Shea also served as the Executive Director of the Capital Markets Division of Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc. and was a member of such firm’s Board of Directors and Executive and Strategic Alternative Committees of the Board of Directors. Prior to his position at Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated, Mr. Shea was a Vice President with Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Company from 1989 to 1993, and was Vice President at Maryland National Bank from 1981 to 1989.

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.