Experience

Universal Matter Inc.

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Engineering

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Responsible for industrial scaling of turbostratic graphene production, including design and development of the tools and processes required for industrial production. Investigation of new feedstock materials and processes that are compatible with joule flash heating process for graphene production. Responsible for industrial scaling of turbostratic graphene production, including design and development of the tools and processes required for industrial production. Investigation of new feedstock materials and processes that are compatible with joule flash heating process for graphene production.



Innovative Nanomaterials

• Austin, Texas Area

• Principal

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  • Advising major US University on scale up and manufacturability of graphene production. Design and building of key electrical and mechanical components for nanomaterials manufacturing. • Advising medical devices startup on commercialization of nanomaterials based tattoo-like electronics for continuous health monitoring (ECG, Blood Pressure, Glucose). • Custom design and build of Si etch chamber with XeF2 precursor for a customer company. • Advising major US University on scale up and manufacturability of graphene production. Design and building of key electrical and mechanical components for nanomaterials manufacturing. • Advising medical devices startup on commercialization of nanomaterials based tattoo-like electronics for continuous health monitoring (ECG, Blood Pressure, Glucose). • Custom design and build of Si etch chamber with XeF2 precursor for a customer company.



Tenka Energy

• Austin, Texas Area

• CTO and President

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Responsible for technical communications with customers, including Fortune 100 companies and several startups about their next generation energy storage needs, including Li-ion batteries and metal-oxide supercapacitors. • Developed commercial graphene and carbon nanotube-based Li-ion battery prototypes based on R&D and patents from Rice University, and helped a battery startup company receive its initial funding. • Invented and demonstrated novel scalable graphene manufacturing processes that enables nanomaterial-based Li-ion battery commercialization. Acquired extensive knowledgeable of the silicon-based battery IP landscape. Show less



Xidex Corporation

• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO and President

  • Jan 1997 - Jan 2019

  • Responsible for business development and customer relations. Responsible for technical and business presentations to customers, business partners, and investors. Managed relationships with customers such as Intel, Zeiss, Authenticate, and Clean Energy Labs. • Responsible for identifying Xidex’s IP portfolio, writing and securing patents, office action responses with the USPTO, identifying university-based IP and technologies, and negotiating licensing agreements. • Discovered technology trends, built teams with university groups and national labs, wrote research grants to government and industrial entities, conducted research and development, managed university/national lab collaborations, assessed the commercial viability of the research, and commercialized applicable technologies. Show less