Doug Schatz

Mr. Doug Schatz is a founder and Chairman of Ampt. Before Ampt he founded and funded Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), and was CEO, Chairman and President from 1981 through 2005. He retired from Advanced Energy as Chairman in 2014.

While helping to build Advanced Energy he received the IR-100 R&D award, and lead the company to multiple Inc. 500 awards, including in the top 50. The company remains the world leader in its specialty of precision power sources.

After leaving Advanced Energy Mr. Schatz has become more active in philanthropy through his family foundation and through other directed activities. He has also continued to invest in startups in a range of industries and is on the board of several of these companies.