Duncan Moore, Ph.D. is the Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Business Administration at the University of Rochester. In 2007, he was also appointed Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship at the University. In this role, he manages the Kauffman Campus Initiative ($10.6M over 5 years). From 2002 until 2004, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Infotonics Technology Center. From 1995 to 1997, Dr. Moore was Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University, and in 1996 he also served as President of the Optical Society of America.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Moore in the fall of 1997 as Associate Director for Technology in The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In this position, which ended December 2000, he worked with Dr. Neal Lane, President Clinton's Science Advisor, to advise the President on U.S. technology policy.

Dr. Moore has extensive experience in the academic, research, business, and governmental arenas of science and technology. He is an expert in gradient-index optics, solar cell design, computer-aided design, and the manufacture of optical systems. He is also the founder and former president of Gradient Lens Corporation of Rochester, NY, a company that manufactures the Hawkeye boroscope. Dr. Moore holds master’s and Ph.D. degrees in optics from the University of Rochester, and a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Maine.

   Patrick J. Govang is president and co-founder of e2e Materials, LLC, an award-winning clean technology start-up company in Ithaca, New York that produces petroleum-free, biodegradable composites that are stronger, lighter, and cheaper than composites filling landfills today. A spin-out company from Cornell University founded in 2006, e2e Materials offers biocomposites based on the discoveries of the Netravali Research Group. The company’s composite material platform can replace formaldehyde-laden particleboard, plywood and other wood products to be used in office furniture, kitchen cabinetry, building products and beyond. Its first product, skateboards, are produced and sold via its subsidiary, Comet Skateboards, which relocated from California in October 2007. These fully biodegradable materials are made from annually renewable resources
including soy protein (flour) and natural fibers such as bamboo, jute, flax and kenaf.

Prior to founding e2e, Patrick was a director of the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR), leading a team that leveraged more than $80M in annual materials research funding to develop research collaborations with large corporations, support New York State small businesses through an innovative outreach model, and foster start-up companies. With more than 20 years of leadership experience in product development, purchasing, and quality/manufacturing management for the automotive industry, Patrick has also worked with Deloitte Consulting and New York’s Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology as a lead consultant in corporate strategic planning, lean manufacturing, and Chapter 11 turnarounds. In 1999, he founded ProjectPoint.com, a start-up company focused on collaborative project management in the automotive industry.

  John Hart is the President of Lumetrics, Inc. He has over 30 years of engineering, business development and general management experience with Fortune 500 firms such as Bausch and Lomb and Allergan. Mr. Hart also has extensive expertise in startup companies with the development of Lumetrics, ASE Instruments, and Holotek, all companies in the field of Optics, Photonics and Imaging. Mr. Hart was an early Board member of the Rochester Regional Photonics cluster, a not for profit trade association, and is its current Board President. In addition, he sits on the Boards of the Infotonics Technology Center, New York Photonics and Lumetrics. In March of 2003, Mr. Hart and his 3 other founding partners successfully licensed novel technology from the research labs of Eastman Kodak and formed Lumetrics to develop and commercialize a series of products. Lumetrics received initial pre-seed funding from High Technology of Rochester, seed funding from University Technology Seed fund (managed by Trillium), 2 angel investor rounds of convertible debentures and in late 2005, an "A" round of investment led by Stonehenge Capital, New York State Small Business Technology Investment Fund and the Rochester Angel Network. Lumetrics is now manufacturing and selling its products (trade name OptiGauge) into its 3 primary markets; Optics, Medical devices, and Ophthalmics, and has moved sales beyond initial first unit installations into multiple purchases and rollout into the customers factories. 

   Edward Reinfurt serves as Executive Director of the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation. He was nominated to serve in that position by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and confirmed by the Senate in October, 2007. Under Mr. Reinfurt’s leadership, NYSTAR is attempting to leverage its research assets to take advantage of new opportunities for technology development. Mr.. Reinfurt was named as a representative to the New York State Council for Universal Broadband, chaired by Melody Mayberry-Stewart, the New York State Chief Information Officer and Director of the New York State Office for Technology. Mr. Reinfurt is chair of the Governmental Initiatives Action Committee.

Prior to his appointment at NYSTAR, Mr.. Reinfurt served as Vice President of the Business Council of New York State, Inc. The Business Council represents more than 3,000 member businesses, chambers of commerce and professional and trade associations. While at the Business Council, Mr.. Reinfurt spent considerable time on a wide range of public policy issues. In 2000, he assembled working groups that brought together leaders from both the business and academic sectors to help formulate a comprehensive Research University Business Initiative (RUBI).  Mr. Reinfurt is a graduate of the University at Albany of the State University of New York.

   Richard Saburro is President and Chief Executive Officer of Starfire Systems. He brings a broad base of technology and manufacturing management experience, including executive level leadership experience in the military. He completed a high profile US Air Force active duty assignment as Commander of Support Forces Antarctica before joining Starfire in July 2001. As a US Air Force colonel, he was the ranking US military commander in the South Pacific and Antarctica, responsible for transitioning logistics support for the US Antarctic Program (USAP) from 45 years of Navy command to the Air Force. He was formally recognized for his accomplishments, including the South Pole rescue of Dr. Jerri Nielson, by the National Science Foundation manager of the USAP.
Prior to his active duty assignment and while squadron commander of an Air National Guard unit, Mr. Saburro pursued a civilian career assisting high technology companies as deputy director of the University at Albany's Center for Advanced Technology, and earlier, as a business analyst at the Center for Economic Growth in Albany. Mr. Saburro's manufacturing management experience began as a graduate of GE's Manufacturing Management Program followed by rapid advancement to the position of manager of manufacturing engineering.

    Rick Richmond is CEO of SiMPore and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at High Tech Rochester, a University of Rochester affiliate. Rick is a specialist in business development in scientific fields. His experience encompasses venture fund raising, business planning and development, marketing including domestic and international product launches, finance and division and company management.

SiMPore produces ultrathin, nanoporous silicon membranes that are 1,000 times thinner than conventional polymer membranes. SiMPore’s membranes are used for separation, concentration, purification and imaging of nanomaterials. Applications include protein separation, dialysis, gas and liquid purification, virus removal, nanoparticle filtration, and cell culture among many others. SiMPore’s membranes outperform conventional membranes, permitting more precise separation of similar size materials, increasing yield and increasing flow rates.

Prior to SiMPore and HTR, Rick was CEO of STS Biopolymers, a leading developer and producer of polymeric coatings for medical devices. He led the development of the company from a two person research and development operation to a 46 person research, development, licensing and production leader in the field, with operations in the U.S. and the Netherlands, and led the sale of STS Biopolymers to Angiotech Pharmaceuticals. Rick is also a co-founder of and investor in other tech startups. He has an MBA and an MS from the University of Rochester Simon School. 

  Brad Treat is the President and CEO of Mezmeriz. Mezmeriz is designing and manufacturing tiny projectors to embed into cell phones and mobile devices. The company is based on MEMS and materials science research conducted by his cofounder Shahyaan Desai at Cornell University. Brad was most recently the Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Cornell University. He is also the co-founder and former CEO of SightSpeed, an innovative video and voice communications company. Together with co-founders Aron Rosenberg and Cornell Professor Toby Berger, he grew SightSpeed from a university research project into the world's premier video calling software. SightSpeed now ships with over half of the world's webcams, and is used for hundreds of millions of minutes a month in every country in the world. Earlier in his career, Brad worked in the automotive industry at Bowles Fluidics and GKN Automotive, where he was responsible for engineering, operations, and personnel management within the high precision, high volume industrial units. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Cornell.