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Kelly
Kordzik, Esq., Winstead,
Sechrest & Minick. Chair, Intellectual Property/Technology
Section and Nanotechnology Practice
President and member of the Board
of Directors of the Texas Nanotechnology Initiative,
a consortium of industry, universities, government
and venture capitalists whose mission is to establish
Texas as a world leader in the discoveries, development
and commercialization of nanotechnology. Mr. Kordzik
is in the legal practice of assisting clients in
developing their nanotechnology intellectual capital,
including procuring patent protection and enforcing
patent portfolios in the areas of carbon nanotubes,
nanocrystals, nanoparticles, and their practical
uses in products. Mr. Kordzik has enabled clients
to obtain some of the most important patents for
the use of carbon nanotubes as field emitters. Mr.
Kordzik is a member of several advisory boards for
nanotechnology organizations and is a frequent speaker
at nanotechnology conferences, both in the U.S.
and abroad. He also is sought after by the press
for his views on the nanotechnology revolution.
Mr.Kordzik holds a J.D. from the University of Houston
Law Center, an M.B.A. from the University of Houston
and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Texas
A&M University. |
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Katharine
Green, Zyvex
Founding
member and original Chief Operating Officer of the
Texas Nanotechnology Initiative, also the chief
organizer of two highly successful preceding nanotech
conferences held in Richardson, NanoVentures 2002
and 2003. Ms. Green is Director of Corporate Communications
at pioneering Zyvex Corporation, the first molecular
nanotechnology company in the world, and located
in Dallas, Texas. Zyvex was founded by James R.
Von Ehr II, widely respected as one of the world’s
top nanotechnology industry leaders, in 1997. Zyvex
Corporation is a highly renowned world-scale player
in the nanotechnology community, the most publicized
private nanotechnology business in the world, and
the most highly regarded company in the field of
molecular assemblers. |
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Gregory
Magel, Ph. D., TIPRA
A
technologist and inventor with experience ranging
from research in photonics and MEMS in the central
research laboratories of Fortune 500 companies,
TI and Corning, to leading R&D at CodeStream,
a Richardson-based optical networking startup. His
technical consulting activities include advising
two Texas nanotechnology companies, Zyvex and Nanospectra,
as well as several photonics and MEMS companies
nationwide. Dr. Magel recently co-founded TIPRA,
a global intellectual property brokering service,
with other experts based in Dallas and Munich. Dr.
Magel is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and past chairman
of the Photonics Division of the Optical Society
of America. He holds a B.S. degree from Rice University,
and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University,
all in electrical engineering. |
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Conrad
Masterson, Nanotechnology Foundation of Texas
Conrad
Masterson is a "serial entrepreneur" currently
living in Houston. He has been involved in six early-stage
companies in Dallas and Houston where he has held
executive positions ranging from general manager
to CEO. In addition to his having served as the
director of several companies, Mr. Masterson is
a founder of the Houston Technology Center where
he now serves on the advisory board. Mr. Masterson
holds a master's degree in business administration
and a bachelor's degree in both mathematics and
physics, all from the University of Oklahoma. |
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Thomas
Pitstick, Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Director
of Business Development at Carbon Nanotechnologies,
Inc., a company founded in 2000 by Nobel laureate
Richard E. Smalley to commercialize carbon nanotubes
(“Buckytubes”). In this role, Mr.
Pitstick is responsible for developing new markets
for carbon nanotubes including flat-panel displays,
fuel cells, batteries, solar cells, capacitors,
nanoelectronics, printable electronics, high-performance
fibers, and polymer/ceramic/metal composites.
Mr. Pitstick is also responsible for all business
development activities in Asia as well as domestic
government funding initiatives. Prior to CNI Mr.
Pitstick held various engineering and management
roles with Merck and Co., Philips Electronics
and Escalate, Inc. (sold to GERS in 2004).
Mr.
Pitstick received his MBA and MS concurrently
from Stanford University and a BS in mechanical
engineering, summa cum laude, from The University
of Notre Dame. |
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