Steve has 25 years of experience in the semiconductor, sensor and wireless industries. As CEO of Matrix Sensors, Steve brings his results-oriented approach to guide the growth of the company by focusing on talent, technology innovation and customers. Prior to Matrix Sensors, Steve was VP of Business Development and VP of Operations at Qualcomm, as well as General Manager at KLA. Steve holds a Ph.D. in physics from UC San Diego and a MBA from San Diego State University.
With 35 years of experience as a technical leader in the semiconductor, biotech, nanotech, and industrial automation industries, Tom has led the industrial automation and material modelling groups at Parker Hannifin’s Filtration Innovation Center, and was the VP of Engineering and Process Development at FibeRio Technology. He has also served in leadership roles at KLA-Tencor, Life Technologies, and Eastman Kodak. Tom holds a B.S. in Analytical Chemistry and a MSEE.
As a senior member of the technical staff, Jessie oversees Matrix Sensors’ Applications Lab and is responsible for all customer materials testing. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC San Diego where she studied metal-organic framework/polymer composites with Professor Seth Cohen and has over 10 years of experience in the study of gas adsorbing materials.
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Marissa has 10 years of experience starting with R&D of adhesives and polymer films and transitioning to sales of analytical instruments. As Sales Director, she brings customer centricity, a growth mindset, and problem-solving skills to build strategic partnerships that help R&D organizations accelerate their materials discovery and development. She holds a B.S. in ChemE from Ohio State while completing a M.S. in CS at Georgia Tech.
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Rob obtained his Ph.D. at KU Leuven (Belgium) and was a Fulbright postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley (USA). In 2014, he joined the KU Leuven academic staff, where he is currently a tenured professor at cMACS, the Centre for Membrane Separations, Adsorption, Catalysis, and Spectroscopy. He was awarded starting, consolidator, and proof-of-concept grants by the European Research Council for his work on microporous materials.
In general, he is passionate about pushing the envelope in porous materials and process technology, with a healthy disregard for traditional subject boundaries.
John M Newsam holds BA Hons, MA and DPhil degrees in Chemistry from Oxford University. Author of over 150 scientific publications on topics which include solid sorbents, zeolites, high throughput experimentation, materials characterization, and molecular simulation, he is also inventor on 29 issued US patents. He has served senior research roles with ExxonMobil Corporate Research, as CSO of Molecular Simulations, Office of the President for hte, and CEO of fqubed and Tioga Research. He is a recipient of the Corday-Morgan Medal and is an elected fellow of each of the AAAS, the ACS, and the UK Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dylan is a technology developer and executive with 25 years of experience in the development and commercialization of breakthrough semiconductor technologies with a specialization in RF and analog applications. He most recently completed the turnaround of Resonant, Inc. (RESN), a pioneer of acoustic-wave filter technologies, increasing EV from $70M to a >$300M sale to Murata in 26 months. Prior to Resonant, Dylan was the President and COO of pSemi, an RF and analog semiconductor company, where he led the high-volume commercialization of RF SOI.
Dylan holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of numerous technical papers and has more than 50 patents allowed or pending.
Omar M. Yaghi is the James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley. He is widely known for pioneering several extensive classes of new materials: Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), and Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs). These materials have the highest surface areas known to date, making them useful for gas sensors, hydrogen and methane storage, carbon capture and conversion, water harvesting from desert air, and catalysis, to mention a few.
Professor Yaghi received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, and has been honored with many awards for his scientific accomplishments. He has published over 300 articles and is listed among the most highly cited chemists worldwide.
