Corporate Leadership

 

Tim Hoerr, CEO

• Former partner, RSM McGladrey, international certified public accounting and consulting firm;
  Consulting Services Partner in Champaign, IL and San Diego, CA
• Co-founder and former CEO, iCyt Mission Technology, Inc., winner of Milestone Award (2003),
  Best Places to Work in Illinois Award (2007, 2008), Frost & Sullivan Emerging Technology
  Award (2008); sold to Sony Corporation in late 2009
• Partner in Serra Ventures, LLC and Serra Capital I, LP, focusing on high tech start-up
  enterprises
• Recipient of Entrepreneurial Excellence in Management Award (2009)
• Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Research Park at the University of Illinois U-C

 

 

Curtis Ray, Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Engineering

• Seasoned industry expert in the gas chromatograph and device space, with over 30 years of
  experience
• Has co-founded and held senior positions in multiple technology enterprises
• Has led several successful exit transactions
• MBA, University of California Haas School; BS Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mark A. Shannon, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer

• Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering
• On the faculty at UIUC since 1994
• Founder of Thermal Solutions, a chip cooling business; served as CTO 1992/1993