Biography

Reece A. Kurtenbach is the President and Chief Executive Officer for Daktronics, Inc. and currently serves as chairman of the Board.

Kurtenbach joined Daktronics in 1991 as an applications engineer focusing on large display projects. Kurtenbach served as Executive Vice President from 2012 until September 2013, Vice President for Live Events and International from 2007 to 2012, Vice President for Video Systems from 2004 until 2007, and manager for video products engineering from 1994 until 2004. Prior to joining the company, Kurtenbach worked for two other technical companies. Kurtenbach also worked as a student employee at Daktronics with various responsibilities from 1983 to 1987. He was named CEO in September 2013.

Kurtenbach holds a Bachelor of Science degree from South Dakota State University in electrical engineering, with minors in mathematics and computer science.