Team
Patrick Bowen
CEO, Co-Founder
Serial entrepreneur and metamaterial physicist with 20+ high-impact publications.
Andrew Traverso
Chief Scientist, Co-Founder
Accomplished optoelectronics and photonics physicist with a focus on metamaterials.
Tom Driscoll
Co-Founder
Tech exec and inventor with > 100 patents. Tom co-founded Echodyne Corp, the market leader in solid-state radar.
Donovan Popps
VP Engineering
30-year semiconductor veteran who led teams at Motorola, Denali, Ambiq, and Luminous
Umar Mughal
VP Product
Visionary leader in AI and semiconductors, driving product strategy, business development, and innovation with 20+ years of experience.
Ahmed Hussein
Head of Software
Ahmed brings with him software and photonics expertise honed in positions at Lightmatter, Canon, Ansys, and AFRL.
Phil Sullivan
Sr. Optical Engineer
Expert in advanced materials and optics, Phil merges academic leadership and entrepreneurship in developing organic tuneable dielectric materials.
Yanning Lu
Analog Lead
Expert in ultralow power IC design and power management with senior roles at Ambiq, Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, and Cirrus Logic.
Cristian Ciraci
Optical Metasurface Engineer
Specialist in electromagnetic propagation and nonlinear optics, with research featured on the cover of Science Magazine.
Michelle Truong
Executive Assistant
Experienced in administration and operations with a strong background in military intelligence. Skilled in executive support, process optimization, and ensuring seamless coordination across teams.
Alexander Hayes
Product
Deep tech serial-entrepreneur with experience in metamaterials, optical solid-state satellite communications, AI, and controls engineering.
Advisors
Technical Advisor
Co-founded Nervana, focused on deep learning hardware and software; served as VP at Intel leading AI and machine learning projects.
Matt Traverso
Technical Advisor
Optical interconnect systems, low power packaging solutions, optical alignment.
Ty Garibay
Technical Advisor
President of Condor Computing; former VP at Mythic and Altera; CTO at Arteris IP; senior IC design roles at Intel and TI.
Scientific Advisor
Distinguished Professor known for metamaterials and transformation optics; led breakthroughs in negative index materials and invisibility cloaks; 70+ patents.
Board Of Directors
Chris Alliegro
Managing Partner at MetaVC Capital; former EVP at Intellectual Ventures; held senior roles in Microsoft, and Bell Labs.
