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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CTO’ operating in the Electronics space. If you think a CTO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Vikram Singh
CTO of Mixhalo
Vikram Singh is a lifelong tinkerer and general technology enthusiastic. He began working with MIXhalo in 2016 and, since assuming the role of Chief Technology Officer in late 2017, has been responsible for the company’s engineering arm. Prior to joining MIXhalo, Vikram was the technical product manager for Cisco Meraki’s mobility platform, Systems Manager, where he grew the product from a free service to a multi-million dollar platform. With a degree in chemical engineering and bioinformatics from UC Berkeley, Vikram previously worked on creating the world’s first edible IoT sensor for pharmaceutical drugs, hoping to create the first step in meaningfully personalized medication. True to his tinkering self, Vikram has been involved in a multitude of side projects. From successfully licensing a fashion cataloging AI to selling his own video game startups, Vikram’s passion lies in learning new cutting-edge technologies while having fun.
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About Mixhalo: Mixhalo is a real-time audio platform that delivers an immersive experience for live events.
Arie Trouw
CEO & CTO & Founder of XYO
Ten years before Elon Musk wrote his first line of computer code, another young prodigy from South Africa was busy writing software on his TRS-80 Model I. In 1978, at the age of 10, Arie Trouw started developing software on the TRS-80 Model I, moving on to Atari, Apple, and PC. He then ran a series of bulletin boards centering on game-theory modification. Arie is an accomplished serial entrepreneur with a rich history of technological breakthroughs and business successes involving multiple 8-figure exit events. He is a strong believer in decentralization and the creation of the integrated owner/user model. Arie founded XY in 2012 (incorporated as Ength Degree, LLC before it was converted to a C Corporation in 2016). He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to starting XY-The Findables Company, Arie was CEO and Chairman of Pike Holdings Inc and Chief Technology Officer of Tight Line Technologies LLC. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology. Fun Fact: He is a member of one of the first Afrikaans speaking families to emigrate to the US from South Africa in 1976.
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About XY Labs, XY – The Persistent Company, XYO: XYO is a decentralized crypto-location oracle network aiming to provide accurate location data from cars to smartphones.
Michael Leabman
Founder & CTO of Energous Corporation
Mr. Leabman became the Company’s Chief Technology Officer in October 2013. From September 2010 to September 2013, Mr. Leabman served as President of TruePath Wireless, a service provider and equipment provider in the broadband communications industry. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Leabman served as Chief Technology Officer for DataRunway Inc., a wireless communication company providing broadband internet to airlines. Mr. Leabman received both his Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Leabman’s extensive knowledge of the Company, its technology and the consumer and commercial electronics industry position him well for service on our board of directors.
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Suresh Venkatarayalu
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer – Safety & Productivity Solutions of Honeywell
Suresh Venkatarayalu is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Safety & Productivity Solutions (SPS). Suresh is responsible for driving New Product Introduction, Innovation, Technology Roadmaps, Mid-segment Offerings, Internet of Things, and fueling Breakthrough Initiatives. Most recently, he was VP & Chief Technology Officer, Automation & Control Solutions (ACS) leading global technology and engineering organization fueling growth & innovation. Prior to leading technology agenda for ACS, Suresh was President, Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTS), leading more than 50% of Honeywell’s global technology design centers across India, China, and Czech Republic. Suresh has 23 years of technology & IT leadership experience, beginning his career in the aerospace industry with India’s Aeronautical Development Agency. At Honeywell, he contributed to number of avionics products & platforms in Aerospace; strategically applied his business and technical expertise across businesses turning IT into a transformational growth driver; managed technology development and engineering driving and impacting Honeywell businesses and their customers globally He received Honeywell’s 2009 Senior Leadership Award and the 2011 Aerospace Leadership Award for his outstanding and exceptional contributions to the organization. A graduate in Computer Science Engineering from Bharathidasan University (India), he has completed his post-graduation in General Management from IIM (Indian Institute of Management), Kozhikode (India).
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About Honeywell, Honeywell: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Jakob Ehrensvard
CTO & Co-Founder of Yubico
Built his first computer at the age of 15, self-employed software and hardware engineer since 19, designed the security system for Sweden’s largest nuclear plant at 25. Leading inventor of the YubiKey and FIDO/WebAuthn standards.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Robert Buckman
Chief Technology Officer of ActiveProtective
Robert F. Buckman, Jr., M.D. is an internationally- known surgeon and inventor of medical technology. Formerly a full professor of surgery in the Temple University School of Medicine, he served for 15 years as the director of the busiest trauma center in the city of Philadelphia. During this period, he won numerous awards for clinical excellence and surgical teaching. He is the author or co-author of approximately 100 surgical publications and 15 United States patents. Dr. Buckman has been an examiner for the American Board of Surgery. He served for more than a decade in the medical corps of the United States Army Reserve achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. He saw overseas duty with the 300th Field Hospital in Saudi Arabia, during operation Desert Storm. Dr. Buckman is a 1972 graduate of the Duke Medical School, and received his surgical training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers and the University of Maryland Shock /Trauma Unit. He spent three years as a researcher in the division of Surgery at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
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About ActiveProtective, Operative Experience: ActiveProtective is a consumer device company that produces smart garments to reduce traumatic injury using wearable airbag technology.
Praveen Vishakantaiah
Senior Vice President and CTO, Infrastructure Solutions Group of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Frank Molsberry
Technologist – Office of the CTO of Dell
Frank Molsberry is Technologist – Office of the CTO at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Yonatan Hagos
GM Emerging Verticals, CTO Commercial GE Digital of General Electric
Yonatan Hagos is Chief Product Officer of Beyond Limits, a full-stack artificial intelligence software engineering company creating advanced software solutions that combine conventional AI numeric techniques like machine learning with symbolic AI capabilities to create decision support solutions that emulate human reasoning and intuition. As CPO, Yonatan oversees development of products and product suites for Beyond Limits’ global customers. Yonatan has more than 20 years of experience in enterprise and industrial internet software, driving excellence at the commercial and product juncture. Prior to joining Beyond Limits, Yonatan served as GE Digital CTO for the Commercial organization and General Manager of Emerging Verticals Group. He has held various leadership roles at SAP, Business Objects, Visa, and MacAfee. Yonatan is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Beyond Limits, General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Udo Gomez
Chief Technology Officer of Bosch
Udo Gomez is Chief Technology Officer at Robert Bosch GmBH.
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About Bosch: The Bosch Group is a global supplier of technology and services.
Harald Schafer
Chief Technology Officer of comma.ai
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About comma.ai: comma is solving self driving cars while delivering shippable intermediaries: openpilot and the comma two.
Thomas Ronacher
Co-Founder & CTO of Freeform
Thomas J. Ronacher is a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Freeform Future.
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About Freeform: Stealth-mode additive manufacturing company.
Ankit Kumar
CTO of Tonbo Imaging
Ankit Kumar is the CTO and co-founder of Tonbo Imaging. His area of expertise spreads across optics, imaging and vision systems. Ankit designs and manages Tonbo’s advanced technology programs that form the basis of the company’s products. Besides technology expertise, Ankit has operational experience executing multi-year contracts for Tier I defense and automotive clients. Prior to his role as the CTO, Ankit was the Director of applied vision at Sarnoff and was responsible for numerous multi-year defense and automotive safety programs. Ankit has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science with a specialization in vision, imaging and machine learning.
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About Tonbo Imaging: Tonbo Imaging offers advanced imaging and sensor systems for military reconnaissance and the security of critical industrial establishments.
Nikhil Bhogal
Co-Founder & CTO of June
Nikhil is the co-founder and CTO at June, where he oversees the engineering and design teams behind the product. He was previously the lead iOS developer for Path. Before that Nikhil was an engineer at Apple, where he worked on the first iPhone through iPhone 5, as well as the first iPad through iPad 3. He’s an inventor on many of Apple’s camera technology patents, including tap to focus, panorama processing, zero shutter lag and lockscreen camera. Nikhil started his career as an engineer at Motorola, focusing on embedded software development for the Razr family of phones. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and little one on the way. In his spare time, Nikhil enjoys cooking, photography, making espresso and building stereos.
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About June: June is a smart oven for your home that makes cooking perfectly easy.
Amos Schallich
CTO & Co-founder of eero
Amos Schallich is a co-founder of eero inc. and serves as its Vice President of Engineering-Software. Amos Schallich previously worked at Tagged and BigTent, where he focused on backend server development and scaling. He studied large-scale distributed systems at Stanford.
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About eero: Eero offers a Wi-Fi system for household use.
Steve Grobman
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of McAfee
Steve Grobman is the Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at McAfee.
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Paul Pickard
Chief Technology Officer of EcoSense Lighting
Paul Pickard is the Chief Technology Officer of EcoSense Lighting, Inc.Paul has an impressive background including 15 years in the lighting industry. Paul was the Systems Architect for Cree Advanced Lighting Technology (ALT), where he served on the leadership team that developed and launched Cree’s line of consumer light bulbs. Paul’s professional experience includes leadership positions in Operations, Product Development and R&D at LLF/Cree Lighting and New Product Engineering at Acuity Brands Lighting. Paul is a Mechanical Engineering graduate with a B.S. degree from the University of New Mexico and holds 70 US patents.
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About EcoSense Lighting: EcoSense Lighting designs and develops lighting solutions for commercial and residential applications.
David Reiff
CTO of uBreakiFix
David Reiff is the founder and chief technology officer of the international electronics repair franchise uBreakiFix.
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About uBreakiFix: uBreakiFix is an international electronics repair franchise that operates in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Chris Jones
Chief Technology Officer of iRobot
Chris Jones is Vice President of Technology at iRobot Corporation. Chris Jones has over 20 years of experience in robotics research and development across academia, government, and industry. At iRobot his responsibilities are centered on strategic technology planning and development and fostering partnerships to advance the state-of-the-art in practical consumer robotics. Prior to joining iRobot in 2005, he was involved in robotics research and development at the Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems at the University of Southern California, the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Zurich, the Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center at Sandia National Laboratories, and the Robotics Research Lab at Texas A&M University. Chris Jones received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University
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About iRobot, iRobot Ventures: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Yimin Li
Co-Founder & CTO of Innovusion
Yimin Li currently works as the Co-Founder and CTO for Innovusion.
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About Innovusion: Innovusion is an autonomous vehicle LiDAR technology developer.
Matthew Eisaman
CTO & Co-Founder of Ebb Carbon
Matthew Eisaman currently works as the CTO and Co-Founder for Ebb Carbon.
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About Ebb Carbon: Ebb Carbon is working on a reverse electrochemical ocean deacidification process that will capture CO2 from the atmosphere.
Omkaram Nalamasu
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Applied Materials
Omkaram (Om) Nalamasu is senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) of Applied Materials, Inc. He brings extensive experience and passion to the role of CTO, where he leads the development of disruptive products to address new markets and businesses and secures government funds for strategic projects. Omkaram Nalamasu has built a world-class leadership team that maintains Applied’s technology leadership in the industries it serves and enables its entry into new markets and businesses while achieving profitable growth. As president of Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital fund of Applied Materials, he also oversees the financial and strategic investments in early and growth-stage privately held companies. A world-renowned expert in materials science and technology and one of our industry’s respected forward-thinkers, Omkaram Nalamasu has championed a renewed focus on the company’s innovation culture through various internal development programs and open innovation methods. He has strengthened Applied’s strategic relationships with universities and research institutes around the world. Omkaram Nalamasu joined Applied in 2006 after serving as vice president of research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He has held key research and development leadership positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, and Agere Systems, Inc., and was director of Bell Laboratories’ Nanofabrication Research Laboratory, MEMS and Waveguides Research, and Condensed Matter Physics organizations. His research interests include nanomanufacturing, nanopatterning, electronic and photonic materials, and lithography, with special emphasis on applying patterning and materials expertise for device fabrication for electronics, photonics and energy applications. Omkaram Nalamasu has made seminal contributions to the fields of optical lithography and polymeric materials science and technology. He has received numerous awards, authored more than 180 papers, review articles and books, and holds more than 150 world-wide issued or pending patent applications. Omkaram Nalamasu is a member of the board of directors of Semiconductor Research Corporation and The Tech Museum, and serves on the National Academies Panel on Materials Science and Engineering. He also sits on several technical advisory boards and university advisory committees. Omkaram Nalamasu received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Prakash Bedapudi
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Lennox International
Prakash Bedapudi became Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in July 2008. He had previously served as vice president, global engineering and program management for Trane Inc. Commercial Systems from 2006 through 2008, and as vice president, engineering and technology for Trane’s Residential Systems division from 2003 through 2006. Prior to his career at Trane, Mr. Bedapudi served in senior engineering leadership positions for GE Transportation Systems, a division of General Electric Company, and for Cummins Engine Company. He holds a BS in Mechanical/Automotive Engineering from Karnataka University, India and an MS in Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
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About Lennox International, The University of Texas At Dallas: Lennox International is a provider of climate control solutions for the heating, air conditioning and refrigeration markets.
Dhruvesh Patel
Chief Technology Officer of VOLANSYS TECHNOLOGIES
Dhruvesh has 20+ years of diverse experience building embedded software and systems for IoT, Multimedia, Networking, Wireless, Semiconductor, Telecom and Industrial Automation products. At Volansys, as Chief Technology Officer, Dhruvesh is responsible for steering business towards new technologies, formulating robust technology-centric business strategies, and leveraging technical innovations to address complex challenges. Dhruvesh has held variety of senior leadership roles in both, technology and management since 2001 and has served global markets including U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and India. He has worked with large corporations, as well as SME’s and start-up and has been endorsed for bringing to the table discrete solutions. His passion lies in envisaging cross-domain technology applications that open up diverse avenues for business and is adept at implementing those. Driven by this passion, Dhruvesh founded Xzadium Technologies in 2013, a product design & services company offering broad-based engineering services using a variety of client-partnership models for delivery. Within a span of 2 years, Xzadium gained the reputation of a trusted partner especially among small and medium sized product companies for covering entire product life cycle as well as its sustenance. Dhruvesh holds a master’s degree from IIT, Delhi, one of the most prestigious platforms for thinkers, innovators and learners alike.
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About VOLANSYS TECHNOLOGIES: VOLANSYS is a Digital Transformation and Product Realization company offering an integrated portfolio of IoT services, solutions and IPs
Samuel Weiss
Founder & CTO of Instrumental
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About Instrumental: Ship hardware products on time with high-resolution manufacturing data.
Zhen Peng
Founder, CTO of Leia
Zhen has always been enthusiastic in adopting technologies to enrich life, bringing wow moments to the everyday through nano-photonics. At Leia Inc., Zhen is leading the efforts in nano-fabrication to implement it’s core technology in mass production, putting his fingerprint on a product that can truly make an impact in people’s life.
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About Leia: Leia is an experience platform offering 3D Lightfield products and software applications.
Gleb Yushin
CTO & Co-Founder of Sila Nanotechnologies
Gleb Yushin is a Co-Founder & CTO of Sila Nanotechnologies. He is also a Professor of Materials Science at Georgia Institute of Technology and an Editor-in-Chief for Materials Today. Gleb has co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, and over 40 patents. For his contributions to the development of energy storage materials Gleb has received numerous awards and was recognized as one of the world’s most influential scientific minds by the Electrochemical Society. Gleb holds BS and MS degrees in Physics from Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in Materials Science from North Carolina State University
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About Sila Nanotechnologies: Sila Nanotechnologies is a provider and manufacturer of higher energy density lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
Alec Rooney
CTO and Co-Founder of Minim
Alec Rooney is the Co-founder and CTO at Minim.
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About Minim: Minim (NASDAQ: MINM) was born as a networking company and now delivers intelligent software to protect and improve the WiFi we depend on.
Sakib Sauro
CTO of Backpack
Hacker at Backpack
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About Backpack: Backpack is a website that connects travelers and shoppers globally.
Behrooz Abiri
CTO and Co-Founder of GuRu
A hardware hobbyist and International Physics Olympiad gold medalist – Behrooz has always been an avid inventor. He’s spent his life studying, learning, and exploring emerging technologies. His work at GuRu stems from a wish to share miraculous technology with the world at large. At GuRu, Behrooz is responsible for the ongoing development of core technology and system architecture. Under his leadership, GuRu’s millimeter-wave technology has been developed into an accessible consumer product. Before GuRu, Behrooz helped develop system design and architecture in Caltech’s Space Solar Power Initiative. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech.
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About GuRu: Enables safe, effective and customizable transmission of power over-the-air using proprietary mmWave and Smart RF Lensing technology
Anthony Schiavo
Chief Technology Officer of Trumid
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About Trumid: Trumid is a financial technology company bringing efficiency to credit trading through data, technology, and innovative products.
John Banovetz
Senior Vice President for Innovation and Stewardship and Chief Technology Officer of 3M
As chief technology officer and senior vice president of research and development, Dr. John Banovetz leads more than 8,000 scientists who connect 3M’s 46 technology platforms to solve the real-world needs of customers around the world. In this role, he leverages his many years of experience as both a technology and business leader. John came to 3M in 1995 as a research chemist in the corporate R&D organization, working primarily on acrylic adhesives and tapes. In 2003 he joined McKinsey and Company, and in 2007 rejoined 3M and assumed responsibility for the overall planning and implementation of corporate strategic initiatives. He served in that role until 2012, when he became global business director for 3M’s Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division. Three years later, he was tapped to lead 3M’s corporate research lab. In 2016, John moved to West Europe to serve as Managing Director of 3M’s D-A-CH region, which represents the company’s combined operations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He was appointed 3M’s chief technology officer and senior vice president of research and development in July 2017. In his current position, John remains focused on driving change, challenging the status quo and helping develop the 3M leaders of tomorrow. “Leadership is about serving more than yourself,” he says. “It’s about creating an environment that unlocks the full potential of teams and individuals and, as a result, achieves even higher performance and more engaged employees.” John has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Hamline University. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and still lives in the same neighborhood he grew up in. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids, as well as a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, biking and fishing.
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About 3M: 3M operates as a diversified technology company, manufacturing more than 55,000 products, including adhesives, laminates, and many more.
Mark Cutkosky
CO-CTO of Moley Robotics
Mark Cutkosky is CO-CTO at Moley Robotics. He is also a professor at Stanford University. Professor Mark’s specialties are in robotics, rapid prototyping, and haptics.
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About Moley Robotics: Moley Robotics develops robotic kitchen with oven, hob, sink, and two dexterous robotic arms that allow it to cook.
Christopher Mueller
Co-Founder & CTO of Bitmovin
Christopher Mueller is CEO and Co-founder of bitmovin and Head of Technology. He received his M.Sc (Dipl. Ing.) in Computer Science from the Aplen-Adria University Klagenfurt with distinction. He gained practical expertise in various companies, notably Infineon Semiconductors and Dolby Laboratories Inc. Los Angeles, USA. His main research interests are multimedia streaming, networking, and multimedia adaptation. In his position as an Assistant Professor (Univ. Ass.) at the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, Institute of Information Technology (ITEC), Multimedia Communication Group (MMC) he has published more than 20 papers in these areas and currently holds 2 U.S. patents. He participated in the MPEG-DASH standardization and is the author of the MPEG-DASH reference software libdash. He contributed several open source tools, notably MPEG-DASH VLC plugin and libdash, worked in various EC-funded projects, e.g., ALICANTE and SocialSensor, and he is the supervisor and main contributor of the MPEG-DASH ITEC blog (dash.itec.aau.at) with more than 100k views per year.
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About Bitmovin: Bitmovin is a multimedia technology company providing adaptive streaming video infrastructure for global digital media companies.
Simon Weaver
CTO & Co-Founder of HomeX
Simon Weaver is a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of HomeX. He currently leads the technology innovation efforts of the company, with a determination to build quantifiably better experiences for HomeX customers by solving previously unsolved problems in the engineering and science fields. Simon has been devising and building distributed and autonomous systems for 20 years, solving problems for Salesforce and Microsoft in the fields of big data, lights-out infrastructure, and artificial intelligence. Born and raised in England, Simon moved to the United States in 2004. He now resides in the Bay Area with his wife, three children, and their Siberian Husky. He enjoys serving on the board at his children’s school and advises a number of companies.
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About HomeX: HomeX is a home services platform designed for homeowners and service providers offering virtual solutions with remote assist.
Ken Goto
Co-Founder and CTO of Level Home
Ken Goto is the co-founder and CTO of Level Home Inc.
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About Level Home: Level Home is a startup that specializes in home automation and smart home control.
Jason Kirk
Chief Technology Officer of REPAY
Jason Kirk serves as REPAY’s Chief Technology Officer. Jason has worked in the payments technology industry since 2001 and joined REPAY in 2014 to quickly expand REPAY’s technology products to help Merchants achieve their current and future business goals. Prior to REPAY, Jason led the team that developed the CCBill SaaS payment processing platform including a multitude of products including Credit/Debit card, ACH, and Alternative payment methods as well as Reporting, Access Management, and Business Intelligence toolsets. Jason also participated with the rapid introduction of technologies while serving in the United States Marine Corps and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Management/Computer Information Systems from Park University.
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About REPAY: Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY) is a full service provider of electronic transaction processing services for retail merchants.
Zack Bomsta
Co-Founder & CTO of Owlet Baby Care
Zack Bomsta is Founder and CTO at Owlet Baby Care.
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About Owlet Baby Care: Owlet Baby Care offers a health monitor that allows parents to view their child’s vital signs in real-time.
Franz Garsombke
Co-founder/CTO of Rachio
Experience in full life cycle system development from startups to enterprise organizations. Expert in agile development methodologies. Job roles have included CTO, enterprise architect, technical lead, software developer, and consultant. Skilled at delivering highly available, scalable, transactional systems. Wide breadth of industry and technological experience. Capable of architecting, designing and implementing flexible solutions to real world business problems. Passionate about delivering quality, timely software. Co-founder of Open Source Java mapping framework Dozer.
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About Rachio: Rachio is a software and hardware company that focuses on improving the water efficiency of homes.
Nelson Vazquez
Co-Founder & CTO of Revl
Nelson Vazquez is a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Revl.
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About Revl: AI Powered Video Souvenirs as a Service. Full end to end solution for roller coasters, skydive drop zones, race tracks, and zip lines.
Scott Hanson
Founder & CTO of Ambiq Micro
Scott Hanson is an expert in ultra-low energy and variation-tolerant circuits. He championed the development of Ambiq Micro’s SPOT Platform at the University of Michigan along with Ambiq Micro co-founders Dennis Sylvester and David Blaauw. Since Ambiq Micro’s inception, Scott has guided Ambiq Micro’s product development efforts and new technology development efforts. He speaks widely on energy-efficient circuits at trade-shows and conferences and has more than 30 publications and 7 patent filings on related topics. He received his Ph.D., Master’s, and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Michigan.
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About Ambiq Micro: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
Jonathan Farringdon
CTO & Co-Founder of Bryte
Jonathan Farringdon is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Bryte. He was the Director of Informatics at Jawbone and BodyMedia before that.
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About Bryte: Bryte is a sleep technology company that designs and sells restorative intelligence products and services.
Julia Song
CTO of ESS
Julia Song is Founder at Energy Storage Systems.
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About ESS: ESS is a provider of long-duration energy storage solutions ideally suited for C&I, utility, microgrid, and off-grid applications.
Ryan McCaughey
Chief Technology Officer of Antenna79
Dr. Ryan McCaughey joined Pong in June 2011 and is the Chief Technology Officer for the company, where he leads the technical team that designs and tests the Pong technology. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Manchester (UK) for his thesis on Laser Stimulation of Nerves. He also received a Masters in Physics with Technological Physics from the University of Manchester. Dr. McCaughey grew up in Northern Ireland, before moving to the United States in 2007 for a research position at the Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, where he researched laser surgery of the bones in the ear. In 2009, Dr. McCaughey joined the International Foundation for Science, Health and the Environment (IFSHE) in Los Angeles, where he worked on development of a plasma centrifuge for isotope separation and the genesis of the technology that became the foundation for Pong Research Corporation. Dr. McCaughey is the author of 4 peer-reviewed journal articles. In his spare time Ryan enjoys playing and watching sports, including soccer, rugby and gaelic football. Ryan’s perspective on what motivates him daily about being part of the Pong team: “Pong is the perfect opportunity for me to use by physics background to develop a technology that has a direct benefit to people’s lives.”
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About Antenna79: Antenna79 is a consumer electronics company that design and market products with built-in antenna technology.
Eric Jensen
Co-Founder & CTO of Aura Frames
Eric Jensen is a chief technology officer at Pushd, Inc. He also co-founded Summize, Inc., which was later acquired by Twitter. Prior to Pushd, Inc., Jensen worked at Twitter as a relevance tech lead. Jensen earned his PhD in computer science from [Illinois Institute of Technology](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/illinois-institute-of-technology-chicago).
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About Aura Frames: Aura Frames is a smart picture frame designed to fill their home with beautiful photos of their family and friends.
William Wismann
Chief Technology Officer of eSurface
Dr. William E. Wismann received his doctorate of science and technology from the International Academy of Sciences in Moscow and has developed, engineered and designed hundreds of products for companies worldwide. He has invented, patented or trade secreted technologies and products in the field of medicine, computers, aerospace, construction materials, automotive, petroleum and chemical industries for over 30 years, and he is the inventor of the eSurface technology. He has successfully licensed and transferred technologies globally for over 15 years.
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About eSurface: EarthOne Circuit Technologies Corporation “dba eSurface ” was established in August, 2010.
Shawn Murphy
Founder | Chief Executive Officer | Chief Technology Officer of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
Shawn Murphy is the co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions.
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About Titan Advanced Energy Solutions: Titan Advanced Energy Solutions is a provider of ultrasound-based battery management solutions
Thomas Cheng
Co-Founder & CTO of Brava Home
Thomas Cheng is the co-founder and COO at Brava Home Inc Prior to his current role, he worked as advisor, head of hardware, at August Home, Inc., as technical co-founder at Streetline Networks, and as an engineering consultant at Dust networks. Cheng, through his businesses, has also won various awards including Global Entrepreneur of the year from IBM, Technology innovation award in transportation from the Wall Street Journal, and 10 most innovative companies in transportation from the Fast Company magazine.
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About Brava Home: Brava Home is an IoT and domestic automation company that integrates technology and design to enable joyful experiences in the home.
Robert Martinsen
CTO of nLIGHT
Robert Martinsen is the CTO at nLIGHT.
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About nLIGHT, nLIGHT: nLIGHT is a technology company that manufactures a range of fiber lasers based on diode and fiber technology.
Nicholas Singh
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Seeonic
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About Seeonic, Seeonic: Seeonic, Inc. offers inventory management solutions. The company also offers SightWare electronic module that automatically gathers
Joseph Armstrong
Founding Member & CTO of Ascent Solar Technologies
Joseph Armstrong served as the Manager of ITN’s Advanced Photovoltaic Division from 1995 until joining Ascent Solar in October 2005.While at ITN, Dr. Armstrong led its advancement into thin-film CIGS flexible Photovoltaic products. Prior to joining ITN, Dr. Armstrong was employed for 10 years by Martin Marietta Corporation (now Lockheed Martin), where he managed Photovoltaic research projects. He is a named inventor on four U.S. patents in areas including shape memory alloys, thin-film PV technology and electronic circuit assembly. Dr. Armstrong holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Lewis University in Illinois and a M.S. degree and Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from the University of Denver.
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About Ascent Solar Technologies: Ascent Solar Technologies is a developer of thin-film photovoltaic modules based on substrate materials.
Scott Novich
Co-Founder & CTO of Neosensory
Scott Novich is the Co-Founder & CTO at Neosensory, Inc.
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About DEF CON, Neosensory: Neosensory gives people new senses via haptic feedback.
John Paul Benini
Co-Founder & CTO of Elemental Path
John Paul (JP) Benini is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Elemental Path — the company making smart toys smarter through its flagship product, the CogniToys Dino.
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About Care.com, Elemental Path, Majestyk Apps, Queerly Health, Velocimetrics: Voice intelligence platform easily customized to quickly launch voice enabled products. Launched CogniToys in 2015.
Chris Parkinson
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of RealWear
Co-founder of RealWear inc., a re-launch company bringing years of combined experience in enterprise wearables to the frontline. RealWear is building the world’s first REAL hands-free and fully rugged head-mounted tablet solution for connected industrial workers. Previously the CEO of WearNext, and a founding member and software lead on the Golden-i headset computing program at Kopin Corporation. Responsible for a very extensive patent portfolio around hands-free computing especially focused in the domain of software architecture, application and implementation for voice-driven, gesture-controlled, near-eye, hands-free systems. Board Member and Technical Advisor to a number of Software Startups focused on hands-free computing solutions. Specialties: Wearable Computing – Software and Hardware
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About RealWear: RealWear develops a small screen tablet to be worn with an industrial helmet for workers in the field, factory, or warehouse.
Dale Dell’Ario
Founder and CTO of Ario
Dale is the Founder and CTO of Ario, a company he started as a result of his interest and work in lighting, and the realization that the environment created by built spaces can and should be as dynamic as nature. Prior to Ario he was a mechanical engineering consultant developing products for commercial and medical companies. Before that his design career included nearly 20 years with medical companies, Olympic Medical, and SpaceLabs medical, building photo therapy and monitoring products in the roles of mechanical engineer, project manager, program manager, and engineering manager. He contributed to the development of commercial and computing products in similar roles for Hinds-Bock Co,, Ridge Computers, and Hewlett-Packard. His technical expertise lies in Product and Industrial design, and includes design management, engineering analysis, and regulatory compliance. Personal interests include lighting as functional art sculpture, home building, small land owner forestry, and yoga.
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About Ario: Ario creates circadian lighting solution that makes it easy for people to lead healthier lives.
Nezare Chafni
Founder & CTO of Chui: The World’s Most Intelligent Doorbell
Founder at Chui: The World’s Most Intelligent Doorbell.
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About 500 Startups, Chui: The World’s Most Intelligent Doorbell, Trueface: First product – Intelligent doorbell that uses facial recognition and proprietary tech to make the front door a gateway to a connected home.
Tim Burke
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Arch Systems
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About Arch Systems: Industry 4.0 machine data and AI platform for electronics manufacturers
Uday Mathur
Chief Technology Officer of RED Digital Cinema
Uday Mathur is the Chief Technology Officer of RED. Uday has an extensive background in systems and application engineering. He began his career in image sensors and ASIC design at Biomorphic VLSI as a chip designer, and later as an applications engineer at Micron Technology where he focused on digital processors and camera modules. Uday joined RED in 2008 as a digital system designer and was responsible for the embedded system design of the Academy Award-winning RED Epic. He later led the design of RED’s DSMC2 line of cameras, the Panavision DXL, and several custom cameras built with RED technology.
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About RED Digital Cinema: Red.com is an American manufacturing company that produces digital cinema cameras.
Chris Harrison
CTO, co-founder of Qeexo
Chris Harrison is an assistant professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University, directing the Future Interfaces Group. He is focused on creating new sensing and interface technologies that aim to make interactions between humans and computers. He is also a cofounder and CTO of Qeexo, a startup developing rich-touch interactive technologies. Harrison spent two years working at Curtis Instruments as a student researcher. Then he joined IBM Research as an intern in 2005. He served as a research intern at AT&T Labs, developing a novel television application; at Microsoft Research, investigating input mechanisms for on-body and on-environment computing. Harrison was recently named as one of the top 30 scientists under 30 by Forbes, a top 35 innovator under 35 by MIT Technology Review, and one of six innovators to watch in 2013 by Smithsonian. He has been awarded fellowships by Google, Microsoft Research and Qualcomm. Harrison obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and then went on to Carnegie Mellon University to obtain his PhD in computer science.
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About Qeexo, Zensors: Qeexo develops machine learning solutions for edge that generate actionable insights from sensor data.
Ruben Toubiana
Co-founder, CTO of De-Ice
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About De-Ice: De-Ice is developing an electric de-icing solution for aerospace industry.
Mark Frichtl
Co-Founder/CTO of Ouster
Mark Frichtl is the co-founder and CTO at Ouster.
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About Ouster: Ouster builds high-resolution lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and many other applications.
James Blackwell
Founder & CTO of Roost
James is a wireless industry veteran with over 20 years of leadership experience in the design and manufacturing of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi systems, including CSR and Ozmo Devices.
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About Roost: Roost is a Sunnyvale, CA-based developer of affordable smart home technology.
Anthony Stratakos
Senior Vice President of Advanced R&D & Chief Technology Officer of Maxim Integrated
Tony Stratakos became Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2015. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Advanced R&D. Tony is responsible for Technology Development, Advanced Packaging, Platform IP Creation, and new product line incubation. Tony joined Maxim in 2013 as part of the acquisition of Volterra Semiconductor where he served as CTO and Senior Vice President. Tony cofounded Volterra in 1996. SeTony holds a BSEE and MSEE from The Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He has 28 issued patents.
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About Maxim Integrated: Maxim Integrated designs, manufactures, and sells analog and mixed-signal products and technologies.
Brian Bolze
Co-Founder, CTO / CPO of Core
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About Core: Core provides a meditation experience device that uses haptics and biofeedback to guide progress and personalize techniques.
Elad Alon
CTO and Co-Founder of Blue Cheetah Analog Design
Elad Alon currently works as Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Blue Cheetah Analog Design, Inc.
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About Blue Cheetah Analog Design: Blue Cheetah Analog Design develops generators that can produce customized designs in a variety of process technologies.
Geena Kim
Cofounder and CTO of ChemiSense
Geena Kim is Founder at ChemiSense.
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About ChemiSense: ChemiSense manufactures wearable air quality monitors.
Richard Hall
Founder and CTO of Kokoon Technology
Richard Hall is Founder & CTO at Kokoon Technology Ltd.
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About Kokoon Technology: Kokoon Technology is a digital health platform applying data to provide a personalized path to better sleep and mental health
Michael Audi
CTO and Founder of Blustream
Michael Audi serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Founder of Blustream.
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About Blustream: Blustream is an after-sale customer engagement platform that connects physical goods companies with customers using product usage data.
Hao-Yen Tang
Co-Founder & CTO of UltraSense Systems
Hao-Yen Tang is a Co-Founder and the Chief Technology Officer at UltraSense Systems.
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About UltraSense Systems: UltraSense Systems offers sensor solutions for smartphones, home appliances, automotive, and medical industries.
Eugene Ma
Co-Founder & CTO of RedShift BioAnalytics
Eugene Ma is the Co-Founder & CTO at RedShift BioAnalytics.
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About RedShift BioAnalytics: RedShift BioAnalytics is a developer and manufacturer of bioanalytical tools for the life science market.
Vivek Khandelwal
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Locix
Vivek Khandelwal is the VP of Business Development at Locix. Prior to joining Locix, Vivek served as the VP of Business Development and Marketing at PROWLER.io. He holds an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship from Santa Clara University.
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About Locix: Locix develops solutions to provide spatial and contextual awareness to buildings, homes, and connected devices.
Kevin Bourg
Office of the CTO, Director, Commercial Technology – 5G/Access Networks of Corning
Kevin Bourg joined Corning Optical Communications in 2014 serving as Optical Network Architect within Corning’s Market Development Organization. Kevin works together with network operators in the deployment of FTTx Networks throughout the world. Kevin has over 20 years of industry experience in system engineering, software development and sales in the telecommunication industry. Prior to working for Corning, Kevin worked for Aurora Networks, A Pace Company, Wave7 Optics, World Access and Nortel Networks. Kevin co-authored “FTTx Networks Technology, Implementation and Operation”, an industry resource for evolving fiber networks in 2017.
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About Corning: Corning is a manufacturer of building materials including glass, ceramic, related materials and technologies, and more.
Dr. William Parrish
Co-Founder & CTO of Seek Thermal
Dr. William Parrish is the Co-Founder and CTO of Seek Thermal.
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About Seek Thermal: Seek Thermal engineers, designs, manufactures, and markets thermal imaging products and sensors.
Andres Gonzalez
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Swapps LLC
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About Swapps LLC: Websites maintenance and support for nonprofit organizations. Agile web development for web and mobile apps. Based in Washington DC.
Alexander Kalish
Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of Deep Imaging Technologies
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About Deep Imaging Technologies: Deep Imaging Technologies develops systems for imaging geological features using electromagnetic fields generated at very low frequencies.
Trevor Pugh
Founding President, CTO of Deep Imaging Technologies
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About Deep Imaging Technologies: Deep Imaging Technologies develops systems for imaging geological features using electromagnetic fields generated at very low frequencies.
Greg Hitz
Founder and CTO of ION Storage Systems
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About ION Storage Systems: ION Storage Systems is an energy startup developing Solid State Lithium Metal Batteries.
Aaron Zarraga
Co-founder, CTO of Sensel
Aaron Zarraga is the co-founder and CTO of Sensel.
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About Sensel: Building the next wave of touch, force, and haptics technologies to revolutionize interaction with the digital world.
Joe Flynn
Co-Founder & CTO of QM Power
Mr. Flynn has 35 years of experience as a direct or contract R&D engineer, program leader, and senior technical consultant for a variety of major corporations. Those corporations include: Hallmark, Jakel Motors, Boeing, Baker Hughes and Seagate. As an R&D engineer and program leader, Mr. Flynn has had primary responsibility for the pre-production development of more than 150 commercial products, some representing more than $30 million per year in revenues for the contracting companies. Mr. Flynn is the inventor of Q-Sync and Parallel Path Magnetic Technology (“PPMT”). He has designed, developed, and constructed more than 50 devices based on PPMT principles. Mr. Flynn holds 8 patents and 5 provisional patents in the field of electrodynamics, including the patents covering QM Power’s technology.
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About QM Power: QM Power is a small business (SBA) Delaware C Corporation founded in 2006 to capitalize on proprietary and patented advances in new.
Marc Verdiell
CTO of Samtec
Marc Verdiell is a CTO at Samtec.
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About Samtec: Samtec, Inc. is a $480,000,000 worldwide manufacturer of a broad line of electronic interconnects including High Speed, Micro, Edge Card,
Scott McMorrow
CTO Signal Integrity Group of Samtec
Scott McMorrow is an expert in high-performance design and signal integrity engineering, with a broad background in complex system design, interconnect and signal integrity engineering, modeling and measurement methodology, and professional training, spanning over 25 years.
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About Samtec: Samtec, Inc. is a $480,000,000 worldwide manufacturer of a broad line of electronic interconnects including High Speed, Micro, Edge Card,
Feng Zhang
CTO & Co-Founder of H3D
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About H3D: It offers the world’s highest-performance imaging spectrometers.
Brad Pritchard
CTO of Payzer
Responsible for Technology Development & Production Systems. Broad and varied background developing, supporting, and maintaining enterprise-grade systems. History of working with startups, mid-size companies, and Fortune 500 clients including Southwest Airlines, Verizon Wireless, and Bank of America. Well-versed and proficient in a broad spectrum of technologies, but most satisfied by delivering easy-to-use systems that delight customers and make their lives easier.
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About Payzer: Payzer is the All-in-One Financial Tool that helps contractors grow their business.
Geng Lin
CTO & Executive Vice President of F5
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About F5: F5 Networks provides application security and delivery tools.
Nathan Pearce
CTO of F5
Nathan Pearce is a Solutions Architect within the Programmability & Orchestration Product Development team at F5 Networks. He’s held positions across 3 continents in multi-national organizations, consulting practices, and start-ups. Nathan is focused on CI/CD pipeline integrations, ChatOps, and making everything into a declarative interface.
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About F5: F5 Networks provides application security and delivery tools.
Alex Neskin
co-founder & CTO of Petcube
Tech entrepreneur
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About Petcube: Petcube is a worldwide leader in pet cameras & software, connecting pets to the internet and giving them a voice.
Christopher Dow
CTO, Smart Residential Solutions of ASSA ABLOY Group
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About ASSA ABLOY Group: ASSA ABLOY Group is a door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for security, safety, and convenience.
Amit Likhyani
Interm CTO of Phox Charge
Amit Likhyani is Interm CTO @ Phox Charge.
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About Phox Charge: Phox Charge is a charging phone box designed for a variety of venues, conferences, tradeshows, locations, phones, and situations.
Abhishek Datta
CEO & CTO of Soterix Medical
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About Soterix Medical, Soterix Medical, Soterix Medical: Soterix Medical develops devices and accessories based on neuromodulation and brain stimulation technologies.
Ilya Osipov
Founder, President, CTO of WOWCube® System (CubiOs Inc.)
Ilya Osipov (Russian: Илья Викторович Осипов) An entrepreneur with 18 years experience in web-based and mobile applications. Expert in gamification, HCI, and TUI. I participated in various projects as a founder, investor, mentor and manager. Author of 17 scientific articles: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8017-8153 https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56622574600 Founder of WOWCube.com, Numbuster, NN.RU, nnov.org, FedSP.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_V_Osipov
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About i2istudy INC., NN.ru, Numbuster Ltd, WOWCube® System (CubiOs Inc.): WOWCube system is a puzzle cube with tangible interface where virtual gameplay is controlled by physically tilting, twisting shaking.
Matthias Pfeiffer
CTO – Display Solutions of New Vision Display (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Matthias Pfeiffer received his degree as a Doctor of Engineering from the University of Darmstadt in 1993 where he specialized in physical chemistry and chemical technology. His research for both his masters and Ph.D. theses was on the molecular dynamics of ferroelectric liquid crystals and liquid crystal polymers. Later in 1993 Matthias joined the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University as a research associate where – in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart – he developed one of the first e-book/document reader devices and a scattering mode active matrix display . In 1995 Matthias joined Three-Five Systems, Inc. as a senior member of the R&D staff, where he was involved in optimization of performance and production processes for passive matrix displays and led the development of LCoS micro-displays and reflective color displays. In 2001 Matthias joined Brillian Corporation (later Syntax-Brillian), a spin-out company formed to commercialize LCoS micro-displays, projectors and television sets. He was responsible for further development of the display and the entire optical train of the projection system. The technology led to one of the first progressive scan HDTV sets with 65-inch diagonal screens. In 2008 Matthias joined Flextronics International’s Technology Leadership Group as a Senior Director, becoming the resident corporate expert for displays. He later took on responsibility for developing display technology in Flextronics’ Multek Display and Touch factories. Matthias is married, has one son and lives in Boulder, Colorado, USA and frequently travels to NVD’s China factories. He is fluent in English and German.
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About New Vision Display (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.: New Vision Display is a manufacturer of custom LCD/OLED display and PCAP touch solutions for OEMs worldwide.
Howard Turner
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Halio
Dr. Howard Turner is a co-founder of Kinestral and was formerly VP R&D at Symyx Technologies where he pioneered the use of combinatorial methods for the discovery and optimization of functional materials. Dr. Turner started his career with Exxon having obtained his PhD from MIT. He is the author of more than 60 scientific publications and 100 issued patents.
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About Halio: Halio is developing adaptive, dynamic glass for the commercial, residential, and automotive markets.
Art Shulenberger
CTO of Parle Innovation Inc. (Pi)
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About Parle Innovation Inc. (Pi): Transforming fan engagement at live events.
Jeffrey Sieracki
Co-Founder and CTO of Reality AI
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About Reality AI, University of Maryland College Park: Reality AI offers a complete engineering environment for Edge AI / Tiny ML product development using sensors.
Jacob Loverich
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of KCF Technologies
Jacob Loverich is the CTO and Director of Research for KCF Technologies. He has been developing electromechanical devices for the past ten years and has focused that last three years on wireless sensors and energy harvesting technologies. This work has spanned secure wireless sensor networks to acoustic sources for filter cleaning to piezoelectric atomizing devices. In his previous position a as a JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Fellow at Kyoto University in Japan, Dr. Loverich developed a new class of all polymer micropumps and invivo energy harvesting devices. He earned his Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the Center for Acoustics and Vibration at Penn State University. His doctoral research work involved novel smart material actuators for aircraft morphing structures. He is currently His professional experience includes working at IBM and Boeing on various projects involving vibration control and isolation.
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About KCF Technologies: KCF Technologies is a technology development company.
Arup Bhattacharya
CTO and Co-Founder of GRYPHON
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About GRYPHON: GRYPHON is a cloud-managed network protection software for homes and small businesses.
Dan Kinzer
Co-Founder, COO, CTO & Director of Navitas Semiconductor
For 25 years Dan has led R&D at semiconductor and power electronics companies at the VP level or higher. His experience includes developing advanced power device and IC platforms, wide bandgap GaN and SiC device design, IC and power device fabrication processes, advanced IC design, semiconductor package development and assembly processes, and design of electronic systems. Before Co-founding Navitas, Dan served as VP R&D, VP Advanced Product Development, and Chief Technologist at International Rectifier, and SVP Product & Technology Development & CTO at Fairchild Semiconductor. Dan holds about 100 US patents, and a BSE degree in Engineering Physics from Princeton University.
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About Navitas Semiconductor: Navitas Semiconductor develops a range of GaN power ICs for the power supply markets.
Todd Carper
CTO/Advisor of Drone Aviator
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About Drone Aviator: Drone Aviator is a seed-stage software development firm providing technology solutions to the emerging drone industry.
James Mitchell
CTO of Rufus Labs
James Mitchell is the CTO at Rufus Labs.
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About Rufus Labs: Rufus builds enterprise tools that make workers more productive, more efficient and keeps them safer on the job.
Julian Palmer
Founder & CTO of Visualware
Palmer is the co-founder of Visualware and is responsible for technical architecture of enterprise software and hardware product offerings. He is also heavily focused on customer relationships, especially for large corporate accounts. Prior to Visualware, he was CTO at Datametrics, a Zitel subsidiary, and a colleague of Harris. He is a highly skilled technologist who has held many leadership roles in the high-tech industry, including founding Palmer and Webb Systems, an enterprise automated operations solutions provider which he directed for 15 years. Prior to P&W, he also founded Resource Management Systems Bahamas, which he later sold into the European market. He was educated in the United Kingdom and his qualifications include 5GCE in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Technical Engineering. He also received a Higher National Diploma in Physics, Technical Design and Drawing, and Mechanical Engineering. Harris and Palmer’s innovative spirit and the strong desire to deliver internet-focused solutions that accurately assess Online connections, to provide the ultimate user experience (UX) became the catalyst. The enthusiasm and passion of these two Founders (along with a 3rd Founder who had retired) generated a solid motivation to develop a unique technology platform for Network Application and Performance Assessment, thus Visualware was formed.
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About Visualware: Visualware is a private network application and performance management assessment company.
Sailesh Chittipeddi
Vice President, Global Operations and Chief Technology Officer of Integrated Device Technology
Sailesh Chittipeddi is IDT’s vice president of global operations and CTO, focused primarily on corporate growth and differentiation. In addition to managing the company’s operations, procurement, quality, supply chain, foundry engineering, assembly engineering, test engineering, facilities and design automation groups, Chittipeddi helps IDT leverage its existing strengths to increase corporate value while driving the rapid delivery of new products. Prior to joining IDT, Chittipeddi was President and CEO of Conexant Systems and served on its Board of Directors. He led the company in its transition from a public company to private ownership and through its debt restructuring efforts. Before that, he held several executive roles at Conexant Systems, including COO , co-President, EVP for Operations and Chief Technical Officer, with responsibility for global engineering, product development, operations, quality, facilities, IT and associated infrastructure support. Chittipeddi started his career in technology with AT&T Bell Labs and managed progressively larger engineering and operations groups with AT&T Microelectronics/Lucent and Agere Systems. Chittipeddi also serves as a technology advisor to Pelican Point Capital Management based in Newport Beach, California.
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About Integrated Device Technology, Renesas Electronics Corporation, Renesas Electronics Corporation: Semiconductor designer & developer
