John Langdon is the Director of Finance & Corporate Development for of Mattiq, Inc. Mattiq is a transformative materials design and development company on a mission to decarbonize the fundamental building blocks that power our world. Spun out from Northwestern University’s International Institute of Nanotechnology, Mattiq blends materials science and artificial intelligence to accelerate the exploration, discovery, and real-world deployment of new materials and processes to power commercially viable, sustainable production of critical chemicals and fuels. This alleviates the materials bottleneck in the world’s transition to net-zero, providing energy and chemical companies with clean, flexible, and cost-effective electrochemical solutions that lead to improved supply chain resilience.I have over 23 years of strategy and private equity experience, spending a career solving complex problems and executing complex transactions. My career has been spent understanding why companies fail and how to make companies great. I've successfully deployed over $1.0 billion in investment capital, driving corporate strategy and generating outsized returns. The challenges of today, marked by ever accelerating technological change, calls for new strategies, big ideas, and blue-sky solutions. It is a thrilling moment and ingenuity and innovation will drive a better tomorrow.I've served as a board member of Rauch Industries, ThermoView, Inc., Vitality Foodservice, Siemens Laserworks, Arborcraft, H.L. Lyons Companies, and International Wholesale Tile. I received a BA from St. Lawrence University and an MBA with honors and distinction from The Darden School, University of Virginia, where he was named a Shermet Scholar and received the Award for Academic Excellence.