Serial entrepreneur, CEO, businessman, inventor & engineer. Co-founder of three high technology companies (Mesoscopic Devices, LLC , Boulder Ionics Corporation and Synthio Chemicals, Inc.), leading growth through successful acquisitions by public or large private companies. Experienced business executive, technologist, and team leader, with proven track record of moving ideas from conception through team and business formation to production.Mesoscopic Devices specialized in applications of high power density thermal and chemical reactors to energy systems. Bootstrapped company from less than one person to over twenty people, with focus on portable fuel cells. Mesoscopic Devices was acquired in April 2007 by Protonex for 4X revenue. Served for almost three years as VP leading the commercialization of portable solid oxide fuel cells for military, industrial and consumer applications. Founder and CEO of Boulder Ionics Corporation, a VC-funded developer of electrolytes for next-generation batteries. Boulder Ionics used high-throughput chemical reactors to bring novel materials to energy storage. Raised VC funding and led company through acquisition by CoorsTek. Led roll-out of production of novel battery electrolytes for U.S. and Asian customers. Founder and CEO of Synthio Chemicals, Inc, a specialty chemicals company using novel reactor designs and operating conditions to disrupt the fine and specialty chemicals markets. Specialties: Business start-up and funding. Leadership of complex technology development. Clean energy technology. Lithium-ion batteries. Compact chemical reactors. Ionic liquids. Process intensification. Program management. Thermal-hydraulics at all size scales. Solid oxide fuel cells, direct methanol fuel cells, compact heat exchangers, miniature pumps and compressors, SBIR programs, government-sponsored R&D.