Xina Quan, PhD: Co-founder, CEO, PyrAmes Inc. She has SB and SM degrees from MIT and a PhD from Princeton, all in Chemical Engineering, and is a registered patent agent with the USPTO. She has led interdisciplinary teams that have transformed advanced materials research into innovative commercial products for photonics, telecommunications, optoelectronics, and consumer electronics industries for over three decades. Past experience includes senior leadership roles at Artificial Muscle (acquired by Bayer MaterialScience and Parker Hannifin), Cambrios, Lumileds, Digilens, and AT&T Bell Laboratories.