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Mostafa Analoui, Ph.D. Senior Director, Global Clinical Technology, Pfizer Global Research and Development, USA
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Analoui is a senior leader with over 16 years of industry and academic experience in development and management of biomedical R&D, business and strategic planning, multidisciplinary organizations.
Key qualifications include:
• Global leadership in pharmaceutical and life sciences, with industrial and academic track record on medical imaging and deployment of novel technologies.
• Leadership in development of strategic investment (R&D, licensing, acquisition, and risk management) around Nano-biotechnology.
• Business and strategic planning in life sciences.
• Multidisciplinary academic leadership in biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, business and management.
• Effective management style for development and management of international and complex organization.
• Effective working relationship and recognition with regulatory, scientific, academic and business organizations.
• International negotiation and assimilation.
Al Bender, Ph.D. CEO, NanoVector
Raleigh, NC
Small Space Showcase Presenter
Dr. Bender is CEO of NanoVector, a targeted therapeutic cancer drug company. He has over 20 years as both a large company executive and as founder and CEO of four startup companies, which include LVL7 Systems, Cirrex, NetEdge Systems, and FiberCom Systems. Three of these were sold for a good investor return. His start-up approach is hands-on and focused on practical, workable solutions that produce measurable results. Dr. Bender has proven success leading organizations and activities in the areas of business strategy, optimizing business operations, engineering, sales and marketing and raising capital. During his career, Dr. Bender has raised 10 rounds of venture capital totaling more than $150M. He also has a working relationship with over 350 venture capital partners in North America.
Daryl Boudreaux, Ph.D. Partner and CSO, NanoHoldings LLC; President, PureLux and FiberCell (WFU)
Keynote Speaker
Daryl Boudreaux is a Partner in and serves as Chief Scientific Officer of NanoHoldings LLC, an innovation commercialization and investment company founded in 2003. Twelve very early stage nanotechnology companies that focus on solving energy and environmental problems have been founded in the US and Europe. These companies are now engaged in development work aimed at building prototype products and partnerships with industrial partners.
Prior to NanoHoldings Dr. Boudreaux established and led the technology transfer office at Rice University in Houston, TX and grew it rapidly to parity with similar universities. He started 13 new companies there in 6 years, 9 based on Rice nanotechnology inventions. He was responsible for assessment and commercialization of technologies that grew from university research programs and for negotiating all intellectual property and business development matters for the university. Prior to Rice, he established and led the Office of Technology Transfer for the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.
Previously Dr. Boudreaux had a highly successful 25 year career at AlliedSignal, where he was a senior executive in the corporate RD&E organization. He led engineering development and information technology groups whose objectives served the company's business units as well as external licensees. He began his career at AlliedSignal as a physicist, initially carrying-out research as well in materials science and chemistry. Prior to that he was Assoc. Prof of Physics at the Polytechnic University of New York and was a postdoctoral Research Associate at the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University in the UK. He earned his PhD in Physics from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a native of New Orleans where he earned his BS-Physics at Loyola University.
 Katrin Burt Intersouth Partners (Venture Capital)
Katrin joined Intersouth Partners in 2004, serving as an analyst for two years before joining the information technology investment team. As an analyst, she worked across the firm to aid in both the analysis of potential new investments as well as the growth of Intersouth's existing portfolio companies.
Katrin joined Intersouth from London-based HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. At HSBC she moved through a series of roles, starting as a foreign exchange trader in London, managing portfolios of treasury products and equities in Tokyo and eventually moving to a business development role managing the annual operating plan for the bank's billion-dollar Global Markets Europe Division.
Katrin has served on the selection committees for CED's Venture and Tech conferences and lectures at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. She holds a B.A. from Oxford University. She received an M.B.A. from Duke University and an M.S. in in Microsystems and Nanotechnology from Cranfield University.
 Dr. David L. Carroll Director of the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, Wake Forest University
Research Interests
Growth and assembly of novel nanostructures
Optics of nanostructures, Nano-photonics
Quantum-functional properties of nanostructures
Organic nanocomposite technologies
Biomedical-nanotechnology
Experimental Expertise
Scanning Probe Microscopies and Spectroscopies (STM, AFM, NSOM)
UHV surface and nanostructure analysis techniques (XPS, Auger)
Nanomaterials growth (carbon, metals)
Bill Dean Director, Piedmont Triad Research Park
Mr. Dean, Director with the Piedmont Triad Research Park in Winston-Salem, NC, and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, has over 15 years experience in the Research Park industry. The Piedmont Triad Research Park is being developed to stimulate bio-medical technology advancement for diversified economic growth in the state's twelve county Piedmont Triad region. He is Past President of the Association of University Research Parks in Washington, D.C. and has represented the industry at professional meetings and conventions; both in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Dean has traveled internationally to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, and Canada for business development activities. He has served on numerous boards including Winston-Salem State Board of Visitors, the Board of Directors of the Council of Biotechnology Centers, Washington, DC, and the International Technology Advisory Board of Ulster in Northern Ireland. Wake Forest University Calloway School of Business recognized Mr. Dean as an Honoree of Beta Gamma Sigma in 2002. He is the first recipient to be recognized by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Triad Region, for the Biotechnology Service and Support Excellence Award in 2005. Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce recognized Mr. Dean in 2006 as Champion of Technology Development for his dedication in developing the Piedmont Triad Research Park. Mr. Dean received the Career Achievement Award of Excellence in 2005 by the Association of University Research Parks in recognition for advancing the field of Research and Science Parks.
Mr. Dean was formerly Research Park Director of Cummings Research Park (1993 -1999) in Huntsville, Alabama. Cummings Research Park is recognized as one of the nation's largest research parks and received the award for "Outstanding Research Park Achievement" from AURP (Association of University Research Parks) in 1997. Mr. Dean held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer for Colonial Bank in Huntsville, Alabama from 1988 - 1993. He received a BBA Degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Mississippi in 1972, and is also a 1981 graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University. A former bank examiner, Mr. Dean was graduated from the Federal Reserve School for Examiners in Washington, D.C. in 1974 and in 1975 from the Federal Reserve Trust Examiners School. From 1982 until 1990, he served as a faculty member of the Mississippi School of Banking at the University of Mississippi.
Mr. Dean serves in various community leadership positions in Winston-Salem such as Wake Forest University Demon Incubator Board of Advisors, Forsyth Technical Community College Biotech Training Committee, BioNetwork Pharmaceutical Center Advisory Board, North Carolina Biotechnology Center-Triad Advisory Board, Salvation Army Advisory Board, Winston-Salem Business Inc. Advisory Board, Downtown Development Corporation Board, Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce Technology-Governmental Affairs Committee, and is a Paul Harris Fellow member of the Winston-Salem Rotary Club along with numerous economic development professional organizations.
 Dr. John Hardin John Hardin is the Deputy Director & Chief Policy Analyst for the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. The Board advises and makes recommendations to the North Carolina Governor, General Assembly, Secretary of Commerce, and Economic Development Board on the role of science and technology in the economic growth and development of the state. Hardin's duties include research, analysis, and review of substantive policy issues and proposals; preparing public policy and budget analyses; preparing and presenting high-level state policy briefings, assessments, and reports to policy makers and external constituencies; conducting strategic planning and making recommendations for technology-based economic development; directing and overseeing strategic initiatives with impact at the state level; and overseeing the administration of grant programs to support technology commercialization by North Carolina small businesses.
From 1998 to 2003, he served as Assistant Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs at the UNC General Administration. The division advises and assists the University president in the planning, administrative review, development, promotion, and evaluation of research and sponsored programs within the 16 UNC institutions. From 1998 to 2005, he held an Adjunct Assistant Professor position in the Department of Political Science at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he taught courses on American government, political institutions, and state and local politics. He currently holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position in the Department of Public Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he teaches courses on American politics, public policy, and policy analysis. His research and teaching interests focus on American politics and public policy, particularly on how legislative and executive institutions simultaneously shape and respond to changing issue agendas. He has published articles in the Journal of Politics and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, a book chapter in Policy Dynamics, and several administrative and policy reports for UNC and state government.
A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hardin holds the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in political science from UNC-Chapel Hill, and a B.A. in economics from Baylor University. He, his wife Jane, and their two daughters live in Durham.
Tim Janke State Program Director, Private Equity Initiatives, The University of North Carolina, SBTDC
Panelist
Capital Formation in the Nano Space
Tim is responsible for the development and implementation of committed private equity Angel funds across the state to include ongoing educational programs for both investors and entrepreneurs seeking private equity investment. Co author of the "Investor-Ready Entrepreneur" seminar, Tim has conducted this program both nationally and internationally. As founder of the Inception Micro Angel Family of Funds he has participated in 26 private equity deals. In addition he serves as an adjunct professor in business law at Wake Forest University and North Carolina A &T State University.
Tim holds an undergraduate degree in analytical chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a Doctorate in Law and a Masters Degree in Labor Relations from Woodrow Wilson College of Law – Oglethorpe University and a Masters of Business Administration from Wake Forest University. Prior to being appointed a Director with the SBTDC in 2002, Tim served as Vice President Administration for the Maybelline division of L'Oreal Paris and Vice President Operations for Sara Lee Hosiery.
Raymond Jones Chief Executive Office, VX Aerospace Corporation
Morganton, NC
www.vxaerospace.com
Small Space Showcase Presenter
Ray has over twenty-five years of leadership and management experience in a wide range of industries. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a J.D. from George Mason Law School. He has both fixed-wing and helicopter flying experience.
He is an experienced entrepreneur, having run two successful technology companies before starting VX Aerospace in 2005 with Bob Skillen, his Naval Academy classmate.
In past positions, Ray worked as an aerospace engineer in the defense industry in VA, a corporate financier with Shearson Lehman in NY, and an intellectual property law specialist with IP Law Global and Finnegan Henderson in Washington DC.
David Karohl Director of Business Development, Unidym, Inc.
Houston, TX
www.unidym.com
Presenter
David graduated from MIT with degrees in Chemical Engineering and German, joined Solvay (Brussels) to develop the bleach in Tide(r), and was its first US production manager. Additional positions included Engineering Manager, semiconductor peroxide marketing, disinfection business founder, and Manager for Commercial Planning (HDPE). After completing his MBA (Rice), he joined Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI) in 2001 with responsibilities including conductive plastics. David and his family live in Houston and enjoy squash, golf, ballroom dancing, and travel.
Unidym, Inc.
Unidym, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation
(NASDAQ: ARWR), is a leader in the manufacture and application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a novel material with extraordinary electrical, mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties. Unidym, which merged with CNI in 2007, provides CNT-enabled products, specialized CNT materials, and intellectual property to a wide range of customers and business partners.
 Jerry McGuire Director, UNC Greensboro Office of Technology Transfer
Mr. McGuire has over 30 years experience in technology commercialization with both industrial and university technologies. In his present position, he established the first technology commercialization function at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He joined UNCG as the director of the Office of Technology Transfer in April, 2002.
Prior to his arrival at UNCG, Mr. McGuire was the director of the technology transfer operation at the University at Buffalo/SUNY in Buffalo, New York. At UB/SUNY he reengineered the technology transfer office and its practices leading to increased commercialization of UB/SUNY technologies.
For more than a quarter century Mr. McGuire was part of and eventually head of corporate international marketing and licensing at Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He was responsible for a portfolio of 150 licensees in 43 countries with royalty revenues in excess of $170 million annually. He was responsible for over 400 international sales representatives in worldwide marketing efforts for Westinghouse products and services.
Mr. McGuire serves as the chairman of the board of directors for the Piedmont Triad Film Commission. Mr. McGuire has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Licensing Executive Society, the Association of University Technology Managers and the Honor Society of Beta Gamma Sigma.
 John Merrill Executive Director, Gateway University Research Park
Greensboro, NC
Panelist
Research Park and Technology Upfit Best Practices
John Merrill is Executive Director of the Gateway University Research Park, a Joint Millennial Campus of NCA&T and UNCG. The project is devoted to the interface between industry and education with an emphasis on influencing economic development in the region.
John was born and raised in Rutland, Vermont and received his bachelor's degree from Castleton State College, a Vermont State College, in 1986. He spent several years working in the construction industry, with a focus on real estate development, computer networking/construction software, and construction accounting. In 1994, John became Manager of Financial and Business Operations for the Rensselaer Technology Park, a project of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute located in Troy, NY. At RPI, John was involved in numerous economic development initiatives impacting both the university and the community at large.
Before coming to Greensboro, John spent the last 10 years working with one of the recognized pioneers of University Research Parks, Michael Wacholder. In 2003, John earned his MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and he now applies his knowledge and energy to the success of the Gateway University Research Park.
Prior to joining our community, John was very active with the Capital District YMCA as a Board member of the East Greenbush "Y," past chair of the East Greenbush "Y" Property Committee, and committee member of the Facility Reinvestment Fund of the Capital District YMCA.
Currently, John is active in numerous advisory committees of the North Carolina Biotech Center, is a board member of the Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship and chair of the Nussbaum Center's Strategic Planning Committee and previously participated in the Strategic Planning initiative of the Greensboro Partnership.
David Nackashi, Ph.D. President and co-founder, Protochips
Raleigh, NC
Presenter
Small Space Showcase
Dr. David Nackashi is the President and co-founder of Protochips, Inc., an early-stage company located in Raleigh, NC. Protochips, Inc. specializes in using advanced semiconductor processes and materials to develop the next-generation platform for characterizing materials in the physical and life sciences.
Prior to co-founding Protochips, Inc. Dr. Nackashi has held various academic and industrial positions. His area of expertise is in semiconductor process integration, particularly in non-traditional areas. He has lead or contributed to projects that involve semiconductor design and fabrication in areas including molecular electronics, cellular motility, HPLC, electron microscopy and displays. Dr. Nackashi earned his Ph.D. and MSEE in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University, and his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has authored more than 30 scientific papers and patents.
 Randy Pool Principal, Stantec
Winston-Salem, NC
Panelist
Research Park and Technology Upfit Best Practices
Randal L. Pool, PE, LEED® AP
Mr. Pool has 25 years of experience in mechanical engineering design, analysis and project management for the design, retrofit, replacement, and expansion of systems for a variety of engineering-intensive projects. His representative projects include large nanotechnology and electron microscopy research laboratories, healthcare facilities, research facilities for cancer, genetics, genomics, proteomics, animal vivariums, BSL-3 and ABSL-3 suites, electron microscopy and stemcell research; cancer therapy facilities including superconducting magnet cyclotron-based proton beam modalities, and healthcare facilities. As a frequent lecturer and author of technical publications, his focus on advancing the state-of-the-industry in engineering design has developed a particular sensitivity to critical design issues for creative, cost-effective solutions for specific applications, integrating sustainable design concepts wherever possible. Mr. Pool was one of the principals that created and delivered the Piedmont Triad Research Park Wet Lab LaunchPad™. A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, he is a registered professional engineer in 14 states and is an accredited professional in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®).
 Reyad Sawafta, Ph.D. QuarTek Corporation
Dr. Reyad Sawafta is the president and chief executive officer of QuarTek Corporation, a privately-held nanotechnology company that he founded in 2004. In his role, he oversees a myriad of business functions, keeps abreast on new developments in science and technology, devotes attention to the complexities associated with research and development, and continues to apply his innate drive and ambition to foster a bright and prosperous future for QuarTek Corporation.
Prior to founding QuarTek Corporation, he held various positions of increasing responsibility in academia and private industry. Dr. Sawafta has served on numerous national and international advisory committees and boards, and has received many prestigious awards. His expertise includes nuclear physics, high speed technology, magnetic applications and designs, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Dr. Sawafta obtained his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the University of Alberta, Canada in 1986. Dr. Sawafta is an inventor on numerous patents and patent applications; he has also authored more than 150 scientific papers and has presented more than 50 invited talks worldwide.
 Dr. Robert Smith Vice President, Government Business Unit, Nantero
Woburn, MA
www.nantero.com
Dr. Smith has supported the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense as an
engineer, leader, program manager, and executive in diverse technology areas including
microelectronics, telecommunications, computer network operations, RF and microwave
engineering, hardware and software development, materials engineering, nanotechnology, and
system engineering. Dr. Smith holds a B.S.E in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Maryland, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University, as well as a MBA from
Johns Hopkins University.
In his current position at Nantero, Dr. Smith is Vice President for the Government Business Unit
and is responsible for all of Nantero's Government interactions and operations. Nantero is a
nanotechnology company that utilizes the unique properties of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and other
nanotechnology to develop new and improve current products. Products utilizing Nantero's
technology and intellectual property are being developed and manufactured for microelectronics
(memory and logic), sensors, antennas, communications, and other specialized devices.
Before joining Nantero, Dr. Smith has held various positions in the both industry and
government. Dr. Smith worked as a Director at Windermere (then Essex Corp. and now Northrop
Grumman) on diverse programs for the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense.
Windermere is a full-service engineering firm that applies multiple engineering disciplines to
technology issues of critical importance to its customers in order to create special application
engineering products.
Before joining Windermere, Dr. Smith held various leadership positions in the Custom Solutions
and Engineering Group and the Microelectronics Group at the National Security Agency. While
at the Agency, Dr. Smith held positions as an Engineer, a Team Leader, a Branch Chief, a
Division Chief, and a Deputy Office Chief. During his time at NSA, Dr. Smith had the
opportunity to support diverse missions throughout the intelligence community and the DOD.
Dr. Smith is a member of many different Institutes and Associations. Of particular note is Dr.
Smith's membership in the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor
Society. Dr. Smith has multiple publications and patents in diverse technical areas.
Stephen R. Wilson, Ph.D. Luna nanoWorks, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated
Danville, VA
Presenter
Small Space Showcase
Stephen R. Wilson, Ph.D., Founding President and Chief Scientific Officer, Luna nanoWorks, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA). Dr. Wilson is a pioneer in fullerene chemistry and the founder and former Chief Scientific Officer of one of the first pharmaceutical companies specializing in creating therapeutics from fullerene technology. As a professor of chemistry, he was also founder and former director of the Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at New York University. Dr. Wilson is a recognized expert and innovator with over 250 patents and publications in organic chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. He received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Rice University.
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