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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 Manufacturing 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.
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.
Yoram Cedar
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of SanDisk
Yoram Cedar has served as executive vice president and chief technology officer since October 2010. Previously, he served as executive vice president of OEM and corporate engineering, and prior to that, as senior vice president of engineering and emerging market business development. Cedar began his career at SanDisk in May 1998 when he joined the company as vice president of systems engineering. He has more than 30 years of experience in design and engineering management of electronic systems as well as product definition, marketing and development of systems and embedded flash-based semiconductors. Before joining SanDisk, he was vice president of new business development at Waferscale Integration, Inc. Cedar earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer architecture from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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About Omega Point, SanDisk: SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
Bryan Lynch
Chief Technology Officer of ReliantHeart
Mr. Lynch is the Chief Technology Officer, VP of Worldwide Sales and Co-Founder of ReliantHeart. Mr. Lynch is one of the principle designers of the HA5 LVAD system including the compelling new wireless remote monitoring technology embedded in the new controller. Mr. Lynch began working on the NASA blood pump in 1997. Previously, he served as director of marketing and product development with Komet Medical Inc., a German maker of surgical instruments and hard tissue cutting systems. From 1990 to 1994, he served as manager of engineering, research and development for Surgimedics Inc., a Texas-based medical device company, developing products for minimally invasive surgery, laser surgery, and autologous blood transfusion. He is the inventor and co-inventor of several patents, including catheter access, pulsatile loop and implantable pump patents.
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About Explorer Aircraft, ReliantHeart: ReliantHeart, Inc. is a leading innovator in mechanical circulatory support therapies for advanced stage heart failure.
Ken Washington
Vice President, Research & Advanced Engineering & CTO of Ford Motor
Dr. Ken Washington is Vice President of Research and Advanced Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, Ford Motor Company, effective June 1, 2017. In this role, Washington will continue to lead Ford’s worldwide research organization, overseeing the development and implementation of the company’s technology strategy and plans, and playing a key role in the company’s expansion into emerging mobility opportunities. He reports to Jim Farley, president, New Businesses, Technology & Strategy, Ford Motor Company. Prior to joining Ford, he was vice president of the Advanced Technology Center at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. In this role, Washington was responsible for leading a team of scientists and engineers in performing research and development in space science and related R&D. Previously, he served as Lockheed Martin Corporation’s first chief privacy officer, a role in which he built the company’s privacy program, set the privacy strategy direction and established a team of privacy professionals to execute the strategy. Washington also previously served as the vice president and chief technology officer for the Lockheed Martin internal IT organization, where he was responsible for shaping the future of the corporation’s information technology enterprise. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin in February 2007, Washington served as chief information officer for Sandia National Laboratories, where he also previously served in a variety of technical, management, and program leadership positions. He has a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degree in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a fellow of the MIT Seminar XXI program on International Relations.
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About Ford Motor: Ford Motor is an automotive company that develops, manufactures, and distributes vehicles, parts, and accessories.
Noah Labhart
CTO, Co-Founder of Veryable
Noah has over 10 years of software development experience, a mixture of mobile/web development experience and enterprise systems management. Noah is the owner and lead engineer at Touchtap, a native mobile development agency, and he and his team have designed, developed and implemented award winning apps. Prior to Veryable, Noah was an IT Manager with Alcon Laboratories, supporting the manufacturing processes at both Fort Worth plants, overseeing the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of IT infrastructure. This included SCADA clients, virtualization of servers, network infrastructure and ERP/MES systems. Noah holds two bachelors degrees from Texas A&M University and a MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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About Code Story, Veryable: Veryable is an industrial technology company with marketplaces designed to improve speed, flexibility, and agility in manufacturing.
Brett Goldsmith
Chief Technology Officer of Cardea Bio
A founding member of Nanomed and the company’s CTO, Dr. Goldsmith’s passion is taking nanoelectronic technology out of the theoretical realm to create practical and manufacturable products that better people’s lives. One of the few people in the world with the combined expertise in biology and nanotechnology needed to develop graphene as a viable bio-electronic device, Dr. Goldsmith was the lead researcher on landmark academic papers in Science and Nature Nanotechnology demonstrating the coupling of biochemical systems to carbon nanotubes, for which he won the Nottingham Prize from the Physics Electronics Conference. Following graduate school at UC Irvine, Dr. Goldsmith joined the University of Pennsylvania as an Intelligence Community Fellow and led a project developing nanoelectronic sensing of Lyme biomarkers as well as successfully integrated membrane proteins with nanoelectronic circuits. Leaving his post-doc position to start a nanotechnology group at the Navy’s San Diego laboratory, Dr. Goldsmith identified technological needs in the field and advanced nanotechnology solutions to those needs through partnership with programs including Living Foundries and IVN Dx. Prior to founding Nanomed, Dr. Goldsmith was the CTO of Nanosense in Mountain View where he developed and drove the first successful fabrication of a nanoelectronic sensing system in the chemical manufacturing industry in the form of commercial industrial gas sensors. Dr. Goldsmith brings proven experience in transforming academic learnings into viable commercial fabrications to his role as CTO of Nanomed.
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About Cardea Bio, Nanomed: Cardea is developing a new generation of (bio)technology infrastructure based on proprietary biology-gated transistors.
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.
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.
Dave Hemker
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Corporate Technology Development. of Lam Research
Corporate Technology Development David Hemker is senior vice president and chief technology officer at Lam Research, where he is responsible for long-range research and technology development. Prior to joining the company in 1998, Dr. Hemker was vice president of Technology for PMT/Trikon, where he managed research and development, technology, and engineering. He also spent five years in various technology roles at Applied Materials. He has spent the past 25 years in the semiconductor equipment industry focusing on advanced technology development, holds more than 35 patents, and has authored numerous technical publications and presentations in the areas of semiconductor processing and thin-film applications.
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Chris Clark
Co-Founder & CTO of Grove Collaborative
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About Grove Collaborative: Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first home and personal care products and is the leader in zero-plastic CPG.
Satyen Yadav
CTO, Analytics of The Boeing Company
Satyen Yadav is General Manager of IoT Edge & Device Services at Amazon Web Services. He has global responsibility for innovative end-to-end solutions for Internet of Things including device & edge software and associated cloud services such as AWS Greengrass. Prior to joining Amazon, he was General Manager of IoT and Wearable Solutions at Intel Corporation and led a global organization to deliver hardware (SOC) and software solutions for Internet of Things and Wearable devices. Prior to this, he held global leadership positions in engineering and business functions at Intel and helped establish new businesses in wireless and network security areas. He has been granted 20+ US and international patents. Satyen holds a MBA degree from Northwestern University (Kellogg) and a Master’s in Computer Science degree from Iowa State University.
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About The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Gwenne Henricks
Vice President of Product Development & Global Technology and Chief Technology Officer of Caterpillar
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About Caterpillar: Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Adam Woodworth
CTO of Wing
Adam Woodworth is Wing’s chief technology officer, and has been designing and flying airplanes his entire life. Adam has worked in the aviation industry for more than a decade, and prior to taking on the CTO role to lead all Wing’s engineering, product development, and R&D, he held several other engineering leadership roles at the company.
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About Wing: Wing provides aircrafts that are custom-designed to deliver packages safely, reliably, and efficiently.
Sven Gerjets
EVP, Chief Technology Officer of Mattel
Sven Gerjets has been Chief Technology Officer of Mattel since July 2017. From January 2017 to July 2017, he served as Chief Product Officer of n.io Innovation. Mr. Gerjets was the Chief Information Officer of Time Warner Cable, Inc., from October 2015 to June 2016. Before joining Time Warner Cable, Inc., he was the Chief Technology Officer of Pearson from July 2014 to October 2015.
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About Mattel: Mattel is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of toys and family products.
Jd Margulici
CTO of Infinite Uptime
JD is a systems thinker who blends software engineering, hard science and business management skills. He co-founded VDS after more than a dozen years implementing and marketing IT, with primary applications to traffic management, airport operations, and web analytics.
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About Infinite Uptime: Infinite Uptime is an industrial IoT solution provider for improved quality and productivity in the engineering and processing industries.
Alexandre Pécorilla
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Sweetheart Kitchen
Alexandre Pecorilla id the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Sweetheart Kitchen.
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About Assur.com, Sweetheart Kitchen: Sweetheart Kitchen is a multi brand virtual kitchen that uses advanced cooking techniques to produce and deliver food.
Matthew Grob
Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer of Qualcomm
Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Bradley University; Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University. With Qualcomm: 1991, Engineer; 1997, Co-Project Engineer, High Data Rate programme; 1998, led R&D System Engineering Group; 2006, Head, Qualcomm Research; currently, Exec. VP and Chief Technology Officer, Qualcomm Technologies, responsible for oversight of the company’s technical path, coordination of R&D activities and development of next-generation wireless technologies; directs the company’s portfolio of research projects, leads Qualcomm Research and Corporate Engineering Services, and Member, Exec. Cttee. Member, IEEE. Holder of over 70 patents.
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About Qualcomm, XCOM Labs: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Mark Gosselin
Founder & CTO of Glowforge
Mark did the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, firmware, and v1 software at the past two companies he founded. His last startup sold for $112M. He built a combination plasma torch, 3D printer, laser, & milling machine in his garage. For fun.
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About Glowforge: Glowforge is a manufacturer of 3D laser printers intended to offer printing services on a wide range of materials and many more.
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.
Sean Hunt
Co-founder & CTO of Solugen
Sean’s background in chemical engineering and chemistry led him to pursue his PhD at MIT on sustainable solutions to green chemicals. After hearing about Gaurab’s plant-based hydrogen peroxide discovery, Sean developed a method to make it at scale in an environmentally conscious way using one ingredient—plant starch. That’s when Bioperoxide was born.
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About Solugen: Solugen is a specialty chemicals manufacturer creating chemistries that are safe, cost-effective, and environmentally-friendly.
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.
Samuel Weiss
Founder & CTO of Instrumental
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About Instrumental: Ship hardware products on time with high-resolution manufacturing data.
Neil Kim
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Marvell
Neil Kim is the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Marvell Technology. In this role, Neil oversees Marvells advanced technology and process development efforts. Prior to joining Marvell in 2017, Neil served as the Executive Vice President of Operations and Central Engineering at Broadcom, where he was responsible for all centralized engineering development, global operations and procurement. During his 17-year tenure at Broadcom, he also held a variety of senior management positions in engineering. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2000, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Western Digital. A holder of 33 patents, he earned his BSEE from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Yaniv Kopelman
Networking CTO, Sr. Director of Marvell
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
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.
Keith Kepler
Founder and CTO of Farasis Energy
Dr. Kepler brings over 15 years of Li-ion research and development experience, including Argonne National Laboratory and PolyStor Corporation. He was also a consultant to the U. S. Advanced Battery Consortium and the Department of Energy on electric vehicle battery issues.
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About Farasis Energy: Farasis Energy is a renewable energy company that develops and manufactures lithium ion battery energy storage systems.
Terry Taber
Kodak CTO, VP, Kodak & SVP, Advanced Materials & Chemicals of Kodak
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About Kodak: Kodak is a technology company that provides imaging solutions and services for enterprises and consumers.
Craig Maxwell
Vice President – Chief Technology & Innovation Officer of Parker Hannifin
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About Parker Hannifin: Parker Hannifin is the world’s leading diversified manufacturer of motion.
Angky William
Co-founder & CTO of Stoqo
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About Stoqo: An application that can facilitate business owners in the field of culinary.
Ming Yan
Co-Founder and CTO of Cytek Biosciences
Ming Yan is a co-founder of Cytek Biosciences, Inc. with over 20 years of R&D experience in leadership and innovation. Prior to Cytek, Ming Yan held research and development positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Labs and BD Biosciences. He is one of the thought-leaders in flow cytometry instrumentation and standardization. Ming Yan has published several research papers relating to laser spectroscopy and cell analysis in top peer-reviewed journals. He has over a dozen patents and patent pending applications for his innovations.
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About Cytek Biosciences: Cytek Biosciences is a manufacturer and supplier of flow cytometry products and services.
Philip Ross
CTO of MycoWorks
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About MycoWorks, Stanford University: MycoWorks is a biotech company that delivers commercially viable non-plastic and non-animal materials to the market.
David S. Bem
CTO, VP Science & Technology of PPG Industries
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About PPG Industries: PPG Industries is an American global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass, and fiberglass.
Emmanuel Miran
Global Chief Technology Officer, Digital Transformation & Innovation of Mondelez International
Emmanuel Miran is Global Chief Digital Officer at International SOS
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About International SOS, Mondelez International: Mondelez International is a branded food and beverage company that specializes in snack foods such as biscuits, chocolate, gum, and candies.
Rob Wetzeler
Chief Technology Officer of John Deere
Rob Wetzeler is the Chief Technology Officer of John Deere. He has a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems at the University of Northern Iowa.
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About John Deere: John Deere manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery.
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.
Dr. Alicia Kavelaars
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of OffWorld
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About Laser Aerospace, OffWorld: OffWorld is developing a learning robotic workforce for heavy industrial jobs on Earth, Moon, asteroids & Mars.
Darryl Maraj
Chief Technology Officer, Digital Innovation Group of GA Telesis
Darryl Maraj is the Vice President of Global Technology Solution at GA Telesis, a leader in commercial and government integrated aviation solutions with operations worldwide. Darryl is responsible for finding, implementing, and delivering technology solutions that drive business efficiency and customer value. In this role, Darryl and his team manage global architecture and operations, security, custom application development, and business intelligence. Darryl manages a team of IT professionals, providing all levels of support but more importantly focuses his team on driving higher operational productivity through business automation and cross-platform integration. Overall, Darryl works closely with each business unit to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and increase customer value; he is an integral part of the GA Telesis leadership team. Prior to joining GA Telesis, Darryl spent 12 years at Florida Atlantic University in various roles planning and implementing projects in architecture, business intelligence, business process automation, cross-platform integration, enterprise resource planning systems, entrepreneurship, and data security. Darryl received his Master of Business Administration with a track in Finance and Bachelor of Science majoring in Marketing from Florida Atlantic University. His business background helps drive operational effectiveness that focuses on business objectives at GA Telesis.
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About GA Telesis: GA Telesis a world-leading commercial aviation company.
Scott Watson
Chief Technology Officer of Rubicon Oilfield International
Scott Watson co-leads the investment activities and executive management within Rubicon, and also guides the engineering strategy and execution of the enterprise. Scott is a performance-driven executive with nearly 30 years of engineering and operational experience in the oil & gas service industry. Scott spent the majority of his career with Scientific Drilling, holding various engineering, sales and operational leadership roles in both the domestic and international markets. Prior to joining Rubicon, Scott was Executive Vice President of Operations for SDI, assisting in growing the company into the largest privately held directional drilling service provider in the business. Scott is a professional and accomplished communicator with a motivational management style, and a reputation for promoting internal and external relationships-both by instilling customer confidence, and building highly effective cross-disciplinary teams in the domestic and international markets. Scott studied mechanical engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and holds a degree in Math and Science. He and his wife have two daughters. In his free time, Scott enjoys embarking on exciting hunting and fishing adventures.
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About Rubicon Oilfield International: Rubicon Oilfield International designs, manufactures and sells and/or rents oilfield products in every major oilfield market.
Vishal Singh
Co-Founder & CTO of LINK3D
Vishal is a computer scientist with nearly 15 years of combined research and software development experience. He has led the development of several products both in enterprise and startup environments focused on security, analytics, and machine learning. He previously co-founded 2 technology startups in New York City focused on networks and big data analytics. He is also an accomplished researcher and has authored several approved US patents and scholarly papers in different top-notch conferences. Vishal’s passion lies in applying the research and growth in software technology to the Additive Manufacturing industry.
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About Dualities Inc., InnCreTech, LINK3D, MyLegalCoverage: Link3D is a SaaS-based solutions to help organizations scale and optimize their additive manufacturing ecosystems.
Ken Schroder
Chief Technology Officer of S2 Security Corporation
Ken is an accomplished engineering professional whose background in IP network device development, hardware engineering, and education software makes a solid foundation for leading their diverse engineering teams.
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About S2 Security Corporation: S2 Security Corporation, develop a unique line of open architecture, scalable, IP network-ready products.
Dan Scheffer
Chief Technology Officer of Vorbeck Materials
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About Vorbeck Materials: Vorbeck Materials is a manufacturer of graphene and graphene enabled products and solutions.
Julia Brown
Senior Vice President & CTO of Universal Display Corporation
Julia Brown, Ph.D. is Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer. Julia joined UDC in June 1998 as Vice President of Technology Development. Prior to joining UDC, Julia was a Research Department Manager at Hughes Research Laboratories where she directed the pilot line production of high-speed Indium Phosphide-based integrated circuits for insertion into advanced airborne radar and satellite communication systems. Julia received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering/Electrophysics at USC under the advisement of Professor Stephen Forrest. Juliais a Fellow of the IEEE and also an SID Fellow. Julia has numerous scientific publications and patents in the fields of III-V compound semiconductors, Si MEMs, and organic electronic devices and systems.
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About Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Universal Display Corporation, University of Southern California: Universal Display Corporation is a leader in the research, development and commercialization of organic light emitting diode.
Clara Vu
Co-Founder & CTO of Veo Robotics
Clara Vu has been building autonomous robots for over 20 years. She began her career at iRobot in its early days, where she developed robots for oil well exploration and wrote the programming language behind Roomba. After iRobot’s IPO, she went on to found Harvest Automation, where she led software development for their autonomous agricultural materials handling system. This was the world’s first product that combined fully autonomous mobility and manipulation in an unconstrained environment. Clara connected with Patrick Sobalvarro through Rethink Robots, where she became interested in the challenge of human-robot interaction for manufacturing. As CTO of Veo Robotics, Clara leads the company’s advanced technology development and product roadmap planning to solve fundamental problems in durable goods manufacturing.
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About Veo Robotics: Veo Robotics develops smart device solutions to enable high performance collaborative industrial robotics.
John Herslow
Founder, Chief Technology Officer of CompoSecure
John Herslow is the Chief Technology Officer of CompoSecure and oversees all R&D activities including new product and materials development, as well as equipment acquisition and design. John serves on the leadership team, is a minority owner and is the most senior technical engineer in the business with over 45 years of direct industry experience. In 1967, John joined the family business, Sillcocks Plastics International, after working for Esso (now Exxon) as a Chemical Process Engineer. Sillcocks was known for innovation throughout his tenure, and John was instrumental in the company’s innovative contact smart card work and development of composite materials for long ID card life. John managed Sillcocks until the selling of its assets in 1997 before founding CompoSecure in 2000 with the help of Michele Logan and Luis DaSilva. John continues to be recognized as an industry innovator, as evidenced by the many Elan awards CompoSecure has won from the International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA). As a result of John’s work CompoSecure, LLC holds 3 patents and 15 over pending patent applications. John graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Chemical Engineering.
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About CompoSecure: CompoSecure is designing and manufacturing of premium metal financial cards.
Jiangwei Li
Co-Founder and CTO of XTAL
Jiangwei co-founded XTAL in January 2014 and brings 20 years of experience in commercial EDA software development. Prior to XTAL, Jiangwei spent 2 year in Beijing working on machine learning application for online advertisement. Previous to that, Jiangwei was the Senior Director of Engineering at Brion (acquired by ASML in 2007) responsible for OPC product. Jiangwei was Senior Software Architect at Synopsys (through the acquisition of Avant! in 2002). Jiangwei started out his career as R&D Engineer at TMA (which was acquired by Avant! in 1997) after graduating from Stanford and USTC.
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About XTAL: XTAL Incorporated is founded by industry veterans in Silicon Valley.
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.
Riley Reese
CTO and Cofounder of ARRIS
Riley Reese is the CTO and co-founder at Arris Composites.
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About ARRIS: ARRIS is a technology company enabling the design and manufacture of the highest-performance products at scale.
Glen McLaughlin
President, Founder,CTO of Zonare Medical Systems
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About Zonare Medical Systems: Zonare Medical Systems develops compact ultrasound systems that are used for diagnostic imaging activities in clinical applications.
Ajeet Rohatgi
Founder, CTO of Suniva
Dr. Ajeet Rohatgi is a Regents’ Professor and a John H. Weitnauer, Jr. Chair in the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined Georgia Tech’s ECE faculty in 1985 and is regarded as one of the world’s leading research scientists in photovoltaic (PV) technology. Dr. Rohatgi is also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, the founding director of the University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaic Research and Education (UCEP, where Suniva got its start) and the founder and CTO of Suniva®, Inc. Dr. Rohatgi has positioned Suniva as a U.S. leader in the research, development and manufacturing of high-efficiency, low-cost crystalline silicon cells using unique technology that evolved from his work at UCEP. Under Dr. Rohatgi’s leadership, Suniva has accomplished several industry firsts and achievements, including the fastest ramp-up to 100MW production in the industry (and current expansion to 170MW); the raising of $270 million in capital since Suniva’s inception; the successful production of cell efficiencies exceeding 19%, and R&D cell efficiencies exceeding 20%. Dr. Rohatgi received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 1971, and a M.S. degree in Materials Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA in 1973. He received a Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Material Science from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, in 1977. Prior to joining the Electrical Engineering faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Rohatgi was at the Westinghouse Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh, PA in 1977 and became a Westinghouse Fellow while working on the science and technology of photovoltaic and microelectronic devices.
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About Georgia Institute of Technology, Suniva: Suniva develops, manufactures and markets PV solar cells for clean, earth-friendly power generation.
Robert Dobkin
VP & CTO of Linear Technology
Mr. Robert C. Dobkin, Bob Co-founded Linear Technology Corp. and has been its Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technical Officer since April 1999. Mr. Dobkin serves as Technology Advisor at Aerielle Group International, Inc. He served as Vice President of Engineering of Linear Technology Corp., from September 1981 to April 1999. From January 1969 to July 1981, he was employed in various positions at National, where his most recent position was Director of Advanced Circuit Development. He has been a Director of Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. since March 20, 2013. He has extensive experience in linear circuit design. He has been a Member of Advisory Board of Quellan, Inc. since September 2007. Mr. Dobkin attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Linear Technology: Linear Technology Corporation has built a reputation as the premier analog semiconductor company in the industry.
Jim Kemerling
Founder, CTO & Executive VP of Triad Semiconductor
Jim Kemerling Over 25 years of experience in integrated circuit and system-level design Prior to founding Triad, worked with MX-COM, Aritech, GE/Ericsson, Lynch Communication Systems, and Rockwell International in the development of full custom analog/digital ICs Holds a BSEE from SDSU and a MSEE from the University of Nevada
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About Triad Semiconductor: Triad Semiconductor develops configurable analog and digital technology and prototypes for the mixed-signal ASIC market.
Joel Ong
Founder & CTO of Origin
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About Origin: Origin is an additive manufacturing platform designed for mass production
Steven M. Bessette
Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer of EcoSMART Technologies
Steven M. Bessette is the Company founder, and he has served as our President and Chief Technology Officer since May 19, 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Bessette served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2002 to April 2006. Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Bessette was in private law practice. Mr. Bessette received his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Rhode Island and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law. Mr. Bessette is a member of the Florida Bar and is licensed as a certified public accountant in Florida and Tennessee. Mr. Bessette is involved in all aspects of the Company’s strategic planning, management, development and operations, and he chairs the Company’s Scientific Advisory Panel.
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About EcoSMART Technologies: EcoSMART Technologies develops and markets proprietary pesticide products derived from natural plant oil.
Erik Gentalen
CTO & Co-founder of Intabio
Erik is the inventor of Intabio’s microfluidic-based innovations, and is responsible for advancing the technology and the overall development of the BlazeTM system. Erik has spent over 16 years developing microfluidic tools for the analysis of proteins and nucleic acids. Prior to Intabio, Erik was the Director of Systems Integration at ProteinSimple where he led the R&D team developing the Simple Western capillary immunoassay from invention to launch, and also led product support for the iCE3 capillary-based IEF system. Prior to ProteinSimple, he was the Program Manager at Caliper Life Sciences, where he led the system integration for a microfluidic research system, developed chip designs for customer applications, and managed application development collaborations with pharmaceutical partners. Erik was also an early employee at Affymetrix and Combimatrix, where his responsibilities included designing instrumentation, developing synthesis methods, managing the DNA array production facility, and collaborating on novel array applications. Erik is also a registered patent agent.
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About Intabio: Intabio is a developer of a real-time protein analytics platform used to transform the development of biotherapeutic drug.
Nathan Oostendorp
CTO & Co-Founder of Sight Machine
Nathan Oostendorp is the CTO of Sight Machine, he co-founder the company in 2011. Nathan started his career as a controls engineer at Donnelly Corporation (now Magna Mirror) where he worked on PLC programming, computer vision, data acquisition, and robotics for a major automotive supplier. In 1996 he co-founded Slashdot.org, a major tech news blog which was the center of the Linux and Open Source Software movement. During this period he spun off several other successful open online communities including Everything2.com (an early precursor to Wikipedia) and PerlMonks.org, the central hub for the Perl programming Language. He also created the first Open Source advertising and analytics platform. He then joined SourceForge.net as the site architect and ushered it through a period of growth where it became a top 100 website globally, and hosted several hundred thousand software projects. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Hope College in Holland Michigan, and an MSI in Information Science from the University of Michigan.
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About Sight Machine: Sight Machine provides analytics platform that helps address critical challenges in quality and productivity throughout the enterprise.
Mikhail Reginevich
CTO & Co-Founder of Regher Solar
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About Regher Solar: Regher Solar is developing cutting edge silicon solar panels to power the future space economy.
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.
Mehdi Asghari
CTO of KOTURA
Mehdi Asghari is the President & CEO of SiLC.
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About KOTURA, SiLC Technologies: Kotura designs, manufactures and markets application specific silicon photonics circuits.
John Absmeier
Chief Technology Officer of Lear Corporation
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About Lear Corporation: The Lear Corporation is a Fortune 500 company with world-class products designed,
Jason Jho
CTO of Anvyl
Jason Jho is the Chief Technology Officer at Anvyl.
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About Anvyl: Anvyl is a technology platform that uses data analytics to reinvent supply chain processes, making products better, smarter, and easier.
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
Dane Davis
Chief Technology Officer of Nikola Motor Company
Dane Davis is the chief technology officer of Nikola Motor Company. Part of his role is to oversee control teams including vehicle, body, battery, ADAS and human interface systems. He also oversees the Functional Safety activities and requirements management activities. Dane holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University-Idaho.
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About Nikola Motor Company: Nikola Motor Company designs and manufactures electric components, drivetrains, and vehicles.
Yoke Chung
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder of Footprint
Yoke Chung is the CTO & Co-Founder of Footprint.
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About Footprint: Footprint is a materials science technology company that designs, develops and manufactures solutions to replace single-use plastics.
Carmel Majidi
Founder and CTO of Arieca
Carmel Majidi is the Clarence H. Adamson Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University where he leads the Soft Machines Lab, a research group dedicated to the development of novel soft multifunctional materials for applications in wearable computing and robotics. Carmel is credited with the invention of the “Thubber” and regarded as a leading innovator in the development of soft, functional materials. In addition to Arieca, his lab at Carnegie Mellon University has created two other companies that bring cutting-edge innovation to market and at Arieca, he is co-founder, CTO, and serves as Board Chairman.
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About Arieca, ESTAT Actuation: Arieca manufactures and distributes a thermally conductive rubber composite.
Coby Kabili
CTO of Robo 3D
Coby has a BS in Bioengineering from San Diego State University. He has professional experience in a variety of diverse fields including orthotics and microelectromechanical systems research. Coby’s strengths include an unprecedented talent for problem-solving, an impressive and deep understanding of the technology space, and a sincere passion for bringing the immense benefits of 3D printing to the mainstream.
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About Robo 3D: Robo 3D manufactures and markets 3D printers for retail.
Shiva Adireddy
Co-Founder, CTO & CSO of Advano
Shiva Adireddy is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Advano. As chief technology officer, Dr. Adireddy continues to shape the company’s technical vision and guides product development from concept through manufacturing. Dr. Adireddy holds a Ph.D. in Nanomaterials Design and Fabrication from The University of New Orleans and an MBA from Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business. Over the last 12 years, he has compiled an impressive track record in energy & materials entrepreneurship, manufacturing diverse classes of materials to solve problems in the fields of renewable energy and clean technology. His expertise in both the technical and business aspects of nanotechnology is testified to by his authorship of articles in 10 issued/pending US patents and over 40 peer-reviewed publications. Before founding Advano, Dr. Adireddy served as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Materials Engineering at Tulane. In addition to leading Advano, he has also spent the last five years working extensively with startups as an advisor and mentor. As a groundbreaking pioneer and accomplished entrepreneur in the burgeoning field of nanotechnology, Dr. Adireddy looks forward to driving further technical and commercial breakthroughs, and to Advano taking its place on the world stage as a leader in innovative technology.
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About Advano: Advano combines nanotechnology with fundamental chemical engineering principles to accelerate the renewable energy revolution.
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.
Carl Botterbusch
Chief Technology Officer of Corwave
Carl Botterbusch brings 25 years of experience in the field of medical devices and expertise in mechanical circulatory support. He has served as Vice President of Global R&D for Teleflex Medical, a $1.5Bn healthcare firm, leading all R&D activities at 6 locations worldwide. He has also served as Vice President, R&D and General Manager, Cardiac Assist Division for Arrow International, a $500M medical device firm. His areas of expertise include mechanical cardiac support, cardiac catheters and access devices, critical care and anesthesia catheters and antimicrobial coatings. He is a degreed Mechanical Engineer and holds a Master of Business Administration. Carl provides overall technical and strategic direction to the project. He brings many years of direct experience in this field, having previously led the development of two left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), including the LionHeart, the only totally implantable LVAD to receive regulatory approval (CE Mark) to date. Carl hails from the United States, is an mechanical engineer by training, and holds a MBA.
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About Corwave: CorWave is a medical device company developing innovative heart pumps.
Richard Ellson
Chief Technology Officer of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Rich Ellson is the Chief Technology Officer at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences.
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About Beckman Coulter Life Sciences: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical tests.
Joseph R. Monkowski
Persident and CTO of Pivotal Systems
Joseph Monkowski has extensive experience in the semiconductor industry focused on providing process equipment and metrology solutions for next generation device manufacturing. Prior to joining Pivotal, Monkowski was the SVP of Business Development for Advanced Energy Industries, where he led the company’s M&A strategy to expand its product portfolio and position the company as a market leader in the semiconductor subsystems space. Previously, he held senior executive positions at Pacific Scientific, Photon Dynamics and Lam Research, where he served as EVP and CTO. During his career, Monkowski led efforts to design and build a number of leading CVD and plasma etch systems, winning the R&D 100 award and multiple Semiconductor International Best Product awards. He has authored numerous patents and publications. Joseph Monkowski has a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Materials Science, all from Penn State University. He also served as a Professor of Electrical Engineering for six years at Penn State University.
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About Pivotal Systems: Pivotal Systems provides process matching solutions for the semiconductor industry.
Nikita Chen-iun-tai
CTO of Apis Cor
Nikita Chen-iun-tai is the Founder and CTO of Apis-cor.
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About Apis Cor: Apis Cor develops mobile construction 3D printerы that work in polar coordinates.
Rob Ferber
Chief Technology Officer of Xos Trucks
Rob Ferber is the Chief Technology Officer at Xos Trucks.
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About Xos Trucks: Xos Trucks specializes in the field of manufacturing fully electric commercial vehicles.
Luke Campbell
Co-Founder & CTO of nura
Luke Campbell is a co-founder of nura. He is a trainee ENT surgeon currently completing a PhD in the field of objective hearing tests and cochlear implants. Luke loves ears and everything about them and spends most of his time trying to understand them better. He is passionate about getting the latest developments in science into devices the can help people and pushing the technological envelope to help people get the most out of their sense of sound.
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About nura: nura, powered and operated by Nuraloop, is a manufacturing company that delivers perfect sound to every individual.
Andrew Sappey
Co-Founder & CTO of Zolo Technologies
Andrew Sappey received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1988. Dr. Sappey continued his education during a two-year post-doctoral stint at SRI International, Menlo Park, California in the Molecular Physics Laboratory developing laser-based combustion diagnostics. After SRI, Dr. Sappey took a position at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a staff member where he worked on laser-based diagnostic methods for a variety of applications. In 1994, Dr. Sappey left Los Alamos to pursue a career in the private sector. This experience included working at ADA Technologies on several SBIR programs to develop optical sensors for stack monitoring applications. In December of 1999, Dr. Sappey co- founded Zolo Technologies, to develop optical multiplexers for the telecom market. After the telecom market failed to meet expectations, Dr. Sappey worked to redefine Zolo’s mission, eventually adopting Zolo’s current multiplexed combustion sensor focus. Dr. Sappey is the author of numerous scientific papers, articles, and patents.
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About Zolo Technologies: Zolo Technologies designs, manufactures and markets laser-based multiplexed systems for power, aerospace, photonics, and industrial markets.
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
Davide Andrea
Founder, CTO of Elithion
Davide Andrea is a leading experts in Li-ion battery management technology. He is the author of the book “Battery Management Systems for Large Lithium-Ion Battery Packs , which was published Sep 30th 2010, and of the soon-to be-published book “Li-ion Batteries and Applications”. He is a forensic expert in Li-ion battery incidents, and an expert witness in matters of Li-ion technology. He founded Elithion in August 2008 with the goal of making his Lithium Ion Battery Management System technology available to an industry searching for Li-Ion BMS solutions. He brings to Elithion an unique ability to develop all aspects of BMS and battery products in a rapid and effective manner.
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About Elithion: Elithion is a dedicated to the development and marketing of electronic solutions for the Lithium Ion battery industry.
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.
Jose R. Garcia
Founder & CTO of Digital Vision Systems
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About Digital Vision Systems: Digital Vision Systems develops, manufactures, and distributes a technology platform for analyzing and correcting vision disorders.
Max Liben
Co-Founder and CTO of H3X Technologies
Max Liben is the Co-Founder & CTO at H3X.
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About H3X Technologies: H3X manufactures advanced electric propulsion systems for commercial aviation and other high performance applicaitons.
Jay Ligda
CTO of SyncFab
Jay is currently the Chief Technology Officer of SyncFab. Jay’s responsibilities involves managing a team of developers to maintain, and develop the SyncFab application. Jay is a self-educated technologist who’s been in the development community for the last 20 years.
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About SyncFab, TrueDemocracy.Global: OEM Parts Supply Chain Blockchain Procurement Platform and ERP Add-On for Aerospace, Automotive and Medical
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.
Andy Beering
Founder, CTO of Inside Weather
Andy Beering is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Inside Weather.
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About CABA Design, Inside Weather: Inside Weather is a designer and manufacturer of home and office furniture products.
Andy Rosenbaum
CTO of iMovR
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About iMovR, Treadio.com: Manufacturer of technology-enabled standing desks and treadmill desks
Frederick Clark
CTO of Reformation
Frederick Clark is CTO at Reformation.
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About Reformation: Reformation is a revolution in fashion where design, value, and sustainability coexist.
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.
Will Chism
Founder & CTO of Xitronix
Will Chism is a founder of Xitronix Corporation and serves as CTO. He is an expert in optical metrology and is the inventor of Xitronix’ Photo-Modulated Reflectance (PMR) technology. He directs the development of Xitronix’ technology and product commercialization. Previously, Will was the Lead Research Scientist for the Advanced Metrology Development Project at International Sematech, where he managed optical metrology research within a consortium of major semiconductor chip manufacturers. Will holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin. He holds nice US and international patents and has published numerous scientific papers.
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About Xitronix: Xitronix manufactures and markets polarization modulation photo-reflectance metrology equipment for the semiconductor industry.
Charles Vincent
CTO & Co-Founder of TemperPack
Charles-Alexandre Vincent serves as a Co-Founder at TemperPack, Inc. Mr. Vincent serves as a Director of TemperPack, Inc.
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About TemperPack: TemperPack manufactures insulated packaging solutions that meet the needs of all industries that ship perishable items.
Tom Duerig
Founder , Chief Technology Officer & President of Nitinol Devices & Components
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About Nitinol Devices & Components: Nitinol Devices & Components is engaged in the manufacture of itinol materials and components for medical, industrial and consumer markets.
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.
Dustin Nord
CTO of NG1Technologies
Dustin Nord, inventor of NG1 TechFlo Exhaust, has been a researcher and designer within the high technology field for 20 years. After being introduced to Nelson Lee Garrett, Jr., past DOD physicist, his understanding of the material world was changed. Nord founded NG1 Technologies in 2007 in soon released its first product line, NG1 TechFlo Exhaust. He leads all technology development and industry applications of NG1 TechFlo Exhaust.
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About Cleantech Open, NG1Technologies, US Department of Energy: NG1 TechFlo Exhaust exists to manufacture and distribute cost effective
Natalya Bailey
CTO and Co-Founder of Accion Systems
Dr. Natalya Bailey is the CTO and Co-Founder of Accion Systems. During her doctorate at the Space Propulsion Laboratory at MIT, she helped develop the first working prototype of an ion engine technology which would become the core technology at Accion. As the founding CEO, Dr. Bailey led the company to its first space flights and $40M in venture capital and government revenue. Now in the CTO role, Dr. Bailey sets the company’s technology strategic vision and plan. She directs research and development and oversees the engineering team. Prior to Accion Systems, Dr. Bailey assisted with research into a new chemical rocket technology that spun out of Duke University where she earned an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. In previous positions she’s built spacesuit actuators, models for turbine engine failure analysis, robotic dogs, and EMR templates for a surgery clinic. Dr. Bailey is a mentor for the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship program and Air Force Accelerator powered by Techstars. She sits on the Board of Youth CITIES, a Boston-based nonprofit that empowers middle and high school students to innovate and drive change in their community, and invests in women-led businesses with XFactor Ventures. Dr. Bailey holds a Ph.D. from MIT, a M.S. from Duke University, a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from San Diego State University, and has been awarded honors such as the Grace Hopper Emerging Technologist Abie Award, MIT Tech Review’s 35 Under 35, Forbes’ 30 Under 30, and Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30.
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About Accion Systems: Accion Systems provides in-space propulsion systems for satellites based on proprietary technology developed at MIT.
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.
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.
Dragan D. Nebrigic
Chief Technology Officer of Inova Labs
In January 2013 Dr. Nebrigic is appointed Chief Technology Officer where he was holding position, Vice President Product Development, since February 2012. Dr. Nebrigic brings to Inova Labs more than 20 years of experience in medical devices and biotechnologies. He holds over 40 US and International Patents in the area of medical devices, consumer electronics and medical sensor technologies. Prior to working at Inova Labs, Dr. Nebrigic served as Vice President of Research and Development with Thermage, as well as Vice President of Research and Development with Solta Medical. He also held the position of Senior Director of Global Advanced Technologies and Intellectual Property with Maxwell Technologies and served as the Executive Director of Engineering and Advanced Technologies with the American Technology Corporation and Molecular Reflections Corporation. During his tenure with Procter and Gamble from 1996 until 2000, Dr. Nebrigic spearheaded efforts related to novel portable energy sources as well as new consumer biosensor and portable medical devices applications. Dr. Nebrigic also held an adjunct Professor position of Electrical Engineering with the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Nebrigic holds a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technical Physics from the University of Belgrade Serbia and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
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About Inova Labs: Inova Labs is a medical device company developing and distributing direct patient care products.
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.
Ariana Eisenstein
Chief Technology Officer of Pickle Robot
Ariana Eisenstein is the Chief Technology Officer at Pickle Robot.
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About Pickle Robot: Pickle Robot is a low cost, collaborative package handling robot that automates several key tasks along the e-commerce supply chain.
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.
Hong Choi
Chief Technology Officer of Kopin
Dr. Hong Choi, Ph.D., serves as a Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of Kopin Corp. since july 2000. Previously, Dr. Choi served as Senior Staff Member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he worked for 17 years. Dr. Choi received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Kopin: Kopin Corporation’s voice-activated, wireless, hands-free Golden-i mobile computing headsets, power-efficient, ultra-small liquid
