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Hus Tigli --
Chairman, Founder, CEO
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As the founding CEO, Hus Tigli has led Silicon Kinetics from
early-stage development of nanoporous silicon for biosensor applications to instrument
product engineering, then to full commercialization. He was elected the
Chairman of the Board in April 2010. Hus Tigli’s career spans over 20
years of experience in top leadership of growing and profitable leading-edge
technology businesses, starting with Raychem, where he last led businesses with
annual revenues of $900 million and 3,500 employees worldwide. In the last 10
years, he has run and founded technology ventures including Optical
Micro-Machines (OMM), Forza Silicon and CrossFiber. He holds BS and MS degrees
in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard
Business School.
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Rick Brown, PhD
--Director
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Most recently, Dr. Rick Brown has co-founded AVIA Biosystems
to develop new biophysical methods to assess protein stability. Previously Dr.
Brown was the CEO of MicroCal, acquired by GE Healthcare. Prior to MicroCal, he
was with Isis Pharmaceuticals, where he served as Vice President of Business
Development and President of Isis’ functional genomics division,
GeneTrove. Before Isis, Dr.
Brown’s career included five years with Discovery Partners International (DPII)
as President of IRORI, one of DPII operating companies, providing automated
chemical synthesis systems and services to drug discovery laboratories.
Earlier, Dr. Brown spent 17 years in various functions with companies involved
in laboratory automation and analytical instruments used by life scientists in
industry and academia. He received his BS in Chemistry from Massachusetts State
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Kenneth Tang, PhD --Director
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Dr. Kenneth Tang is the Chairman and CEO of Trex
Enterprises, the incubator and a major shareholder of Silicon Kinetics. Prior to forming Trex Enterprises as an
independent company, Dr. Tang was Trex’ President under the umbrella of
ThermoTrex Corporation, which was a publicly held subsidiary of Thermo Electron
Corporation. He also served as Senior Vice President of ThermoTrex
Corporation. In 1988, Thermo Electron acquired Western Research
Corporation, which later became ThermoTrex. Dr. Tang was part of Western Research’s
executive team and held the position of Vice President of Technological
Development. Dr. Tang received his PhD in physical chemistry from Indiana
University, and his undergraduate degree from Chung Yuan Christian College in
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Eric Topol, PhD
--Director
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Dr. Eric Topol serves as the Director of Scripps
Translational Science Institute, an NIH supported establishment that bridges
clinical investigation with basic science, and trains physicians and scientists
for careers in translational research. He is also the Chief Academic Officer,
Scripps Health in San Diego, California. Prior to moving to San Diego, Dr.
Topol was the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at the Cleveland Clinic, and
Founder of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. In addition to
other numerous honors and awards, in 2004 Dr. Topol was elected to the
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. He received his BA from
the University of Virginia, and his MD from the University of Rochester, New
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