EXHIBIT 99.3

                Written Statement of the Chief Executive Officer
                       Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

        Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, I, the
undersigned Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director of FARO Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby certify, based on my
knowledge, that the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended
December 31, 2002 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in
the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company.


/s/  Simon Raab
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     Simon Raab
     March 31, 2003