Bob Lamson is a seasoned business development professional with a career spanning some 40 years of C-suite positions in both large and small firms. Presently he is co-founder and CEO of Precision Appliance Technology, Inc. of Seattle (PAT). PAT’s sous vide and related precision food management equipment carry the Vest Precision brand. An economics graduate of Yale University and Ph.D. economist from the University of Washington, he is co-author of a book on defense economics, Beyond Guns and Butter, and recently completed his second book, On the Monster’s Back, recounting one man’s remarkable escape from the WWI Armenian Genocide.