NORTH READING, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) announced the election of Marilyn Matz to its Board of Directors effective July 3, 2017. Ms. Matz was also appointed to the Board’s Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Ms. Matz has more than 35 years of experience in automation, machine vision and software analytics related technologies. After cofounding Cognex, a leader in vision systems, Ms. Matz held a variety of leadership positions in engineering and business operations at the company. She is a cofounder and current CEO and board chair of Paradigm4, a scientific analytics software company empowering data scientists, bioinformatics researchers, and scientists to tackle data management and complex analytics challenges with big and diverse data. Ms. Matz earned degrees in computer science from Syracuse University and MIT.

“We are very pleased that Marilyn is joining our Board of Directors,” said Roy Vallee, Teradyne Chairman. “Her technical expertise and experience in the automation and vision fields will be especially valuable to our Board as Teradyne continues to strengthen its position in the global electronics and industrial automation industries.”

About Teradyne

Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of automation equipment for test and industrial applications. Teradyne Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) is used to test semiconductors, wireless products, data storage and complex electronic systems, which serve consumer, communications, industrial and government customers. Our Industrial Automation products include Collaborative Robots used by global manufacturing and light industrial customers to improve quality and increase manufacturing efficiency. In 2016, Teradyne had revenue of $1.75 billion and currently employs approximately 4,300 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com. Teradyne(R) is a registered trademark of Teradyne, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.