30 years experience in technology commercialization. Founder, CEO, or chairman of 5 technology start-ups in medical devices and tissue engineering. Senior Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Intellectual Ventures. Active angel investor. Venture capital positions with Pacific Rim Ventures (Japan), UTTI (University Tech Transfer Inc.), and CommTech (SRI’s spin-out fund). Licensing Associate at Stanford’s Office of Technology Licensing. Holde

30 years photonics technology experience as engineering innovator, business development leader, IP strategist. Wide-ranging organizational experience including some of the world’s leading research laboratories and universities, two large optical networking companies, the world’s largest invention capital firm. BS in Applied Physics from Caltech, MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from USC. 4 issued US patents, 1 pending patent.

20 years experience as engineer, strategy consultant and investment banker. Ran business development for Credit Suisse in the Middle East. Raised $25 million in capital for 5 early stage technology businesses. Managed M&A exits for 5 start-ups realizing over $100M in capital for investors. Manager, McKinsey & Co for on industrial and technology clients. BEng Aerospace Engineering, Bristol University & MBA, Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

30 years experience in intellectual property management, technology commercialization, licensing, and new product and company formation. Senior licensing and business development positions at Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing, USC Stevens Institute for Innovation and Hewlett Packard. Founding CEO and board member of Stanford spinout Staccato Systems (acquired by Analog Devices).

Former Chief Product Architect at AMD
Former Intel Director and Senior Architect
2011 Atanasoff Discovery Award
1989, 1991,and 1995 R&D 100 Awards

Albert Einstein Professor in Science. Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. Fellow in American Physical Society and member of the National Academy of Sciences. 2002 Dirac Medal from International Centre for Theoretical Physics for the inflationary model of the universe. 2010 Buckley Prize from American Physical Society for quasicrystals. B.S. in Physics, Caltech. M.A. and Ph.D. in Physics, Harvard.

Senior Lecturer at University of Surrey
PhD in Theoretical Quantum Optics at the University of Toronto