Raleigh-based SinnovaTek is having a significant impact on the lives of young children a world away in Sub-Saharan Africa – where almost half of children under five suffer vitamin A deficiency – thanks to their Nomatic processing system, and locally-available sweet potatoes.
Zeteo Tech’s mass spectrometry technology identifies airborne microbes, proteins and lipids, and can be used to screen for infectious diseases or for the identification of aerosolized bio-threats in near real-time ‒ allowing critical infrastructure protection & near real-time screening for disease at the point-of-care.
ImmunogenX, LLC is pioneering efforts in Celiac disease therapy, management, and food safety.
Colorado Engineering, Inc. has developed, produced, and commercialized COTS and custom hardware and software for advanced radar applications.
Ubiquitous Energy has successfully raised over $25M in funding from the private sector as it approaches full-scale commercialization of its transparent solar technology – the NSF SBIR program was critical in advancing the state of the technology and general transparent solar development.
As the founding Executive Director of the Tom Love Innovation Hub at OU, Mr. Wavering created OK Catalyst – providing networking, training and mentoring to entrepreneurs and small businesses in OK. Since 2018, OK Catalyst has helped 13 companies win $8.9 million in SBIR awards.
Ms. Trotter has worked tirelessly throughout her career to ensure Tennessee entrepreneurs have an opportunity to be supported by and leverage SBIR funding to achieve commercialization. She advocates for entrepreneurs, ensuring their voices are heard at the Tennessee legislature.
As a serial entrepreneur and SBIR ambassador, Dr. Syage is a leading expert in mass spectrometry and trace chemical detection who has not only seen Phase III success of $117M+ with his own businesses, but shared his expertise to help others in his community succeed alongside him.
Having served the U.S. Navy for a combined 46 years, Mr. Noel has spent the past 20 of those years providing leadership and vision to spearhead the charge to support new Phase III SBIR development for the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.
David Metzger is a retired partner of Arnold & Porter. He has dedicated a large part of his practice to the issue of SBIR data rights and made a deep and lasting impression on the SBIR program and the success of many companies.