People.

TEAM

Business & Operations.

We are a highly diligent team of dynamic self-starters with a diversity of strengths, skills, talents and insights that come together to solve incredibly complex problems. Our unified mission, is to put our varied skills together to solve humanitarian challenges by leading emerging technologies to the market as quickly and effectively as possible.

Our goal is to make an impact.

Frank Jao

Co-Founder, Chair, CEO

Notable Vietnamese American businessman and philanthropist. Emigrated with his wife and her small handbag to the USA aboard a C-130 with the help of the USAF during the Fall of Saigon. Appointed in 2005 as head of Vietnam Education Foundation. Trustee for multiple universities, founder of 50+ businesses.

Dr. Daniel G. Aldrich, III Ph.D.

Co-Founder

30+ years of Senior Administrative and Leadership experience in the University of California System including Vice Chancellor and U.C. Office of the President.

Bjorn D. Simundson, MA

Co-Founder, Director of Business Development

15+ years of entrepreneurial, management, product development and business founding experience. Designer of numerous award-winning products.

Kurt Francis, P.Eng.

Co-Founder, CTO

Over two decades of proven, product development, supply chain management, and strategic risk mitigation leadership experience. 12+ years at Raytheon, delivering advanced, engineered systems to Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, JPL, NASA, BAE Systems & more.

Julia Smart

Co-Founder, COO

17 years of television production, team management, procurement, logistics and founding team experience. Founding team member of Motor Trend Television and multiple shows now acquired by Discovery Networks.

Ian Silverberg

Chief Strategic Advisor

Over two decades of entrepreneurial, founding, investment, venture capital & executive management experience. Assists the Company with corporate strategy, asset protection, fundraising and hands-on management guidance.

In the Spotlight

Publications & Citations.

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TEAM

Research & Development.

We are delighted to be working with some of the best and brightest minds in the materials research world at the University of Limerick, under the guidance and direction of Prof. Dr. Michael Zaworotko, Ph.D. to collaboratively develop the solutions to 21st Century problems today.

Prof. Michael Zaworotko, Ph.D.

Scientific Principal Investigator

Top 1% globally-ranked scientist. Bernal Chair of Crystal Engineering University of Limerick, Ireland. Member, Royal Irish Academy of Sciences, Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year, Co–Director of the Synthesis and Solid–State Pharmaceutical Center (sspc.ie), internationally–recognized world leader in MOF, crystal engineering & sorbent research with over 400 peer–reviewed publications, 44,738 citations, h–index of 94 and i–10–index of 356.

Dr. Victoria Gascon-Perez, Ph.D.

Water Sorption Team Lead

Award-winning Research Fellow Postdoctoral researcher specializing in Metal Organic Framework design, synthesis and intellecutal property development. Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, M.Sc Applied Chemistry, B.Eng Industrial Engineering, B.Sc Environmental Sciences.

Dr. Amrit Kumar, Ph.D.

Process Engineering Lead

Chemical engineering process and transfer lead. Focus in design and bulk scale synthesis of Metal Organic Frameworks and Hybrid Ultra Microporous Materials. Ph.D. Crystal Engineering, M.Sc. Chemistry.