Dr. Ravindra has developed manufacturing processes & specific machining parameters in very specialized industries such as optics, advanced ceramics, semiconductor, automotive glass, and the U.S. Department of Defense. He has participated in several pitch and entrepreneurial programs, exposed to vital entrepreneurial practices & has been successful in using them to obtain federal & state funding and financial commitment from strategic partners.

Dr. John Patten, the inventor and co-founder of Micro-LAM, has over 30 years of precision machining experience, 40 years of industrial experience, and 10 years in the project management trade. His work experience includes very large, medium and small companies and businesses (GM from 1971-1978 and, more recently, Micro-LAM 2011-present). He has managed numerous projects in the ½- to $1M dollar range throughout his industrial and academic career.