Stephen S. Williams,
Ph.D., President and CTO (co-founder)
Dr. Williams received his Ph.D. in Analytical
Chemistry from the University of North Carolina
in 1983. He has more than 20 years of experience
in development and commercialization of chemical
instrumentation and sensor products for Varian,
Gas Tech, Inc. and Nanomaterials Research. His
broad-based knowledge related to the analytical
sciences helps drive the cutting-edge approaches
embodied in Synkera's products. Dr. Williams has
a particularly strong knowledge of practical
instrumentation principles, spanning the usually
separate disciplines of chemistry, advanced
electronics, chemometrics, and software
engineering. In addition to his central role in
general management of Synkera’s short and
long-term operations, he provides guidance in
ensuring that Synkera’s product development
teams provide the optimal value proposition for
both the company and its business allies.
Brian Sperry, VP
and CFO (co-founder) Mr. Sperry
has
significant business experience with technology
companies, and he is an expert in government
contracting and accounting. Prior to founding
Synkera Technologies with Dr. Williams, Brian
founded Tech Biz Solutions, a services company
for small business government technology
contractors in 2000. He was cofounder of PBC,
Inc, also a consulting company for small
business government contractors from 1990 to
2000. He was a contracts manager for Ball
Aerospace Systems from 1985 to 2000 and he
worked for Beech Aircraft Corp from 1975 to 1985
as the Boulder Division’s Finance and Contracts
Manager. Mr. Sperry earned a B.S. degree in
engineering from the University of Colorado and
an MBA from the University of Colorado.
Dmitri Routkevitch
Ph.D., Product Manager Dr.
Routkevitch received his Ph.D. in Physical
Chemistry from the State University of Belarus.
In the mid-1990s he participated in the
development of a pioneering approach in
nanotechnology, templated "bottom-up"
nanofabrication with anodic aluminum oxide (AAO),
which has become widely recognized and
extensively used by researchers worldwide. One
of his accomplishments includes a new Ceramic
MEMS technology that enables robust microdevices
with functionality derived from the nanoscale.
Dr. Routkevitch has over 15 years of experience
in applied research and technology transfer.
Currently he is focused on the development of
advanced materials and devices through the
synergy of emerging nano- and microfabrication
technologies and the transition of these
technologies into practical products. Dr.
Routkevitch has numerous invited seminars, 4
patents and several invention disclosures, and
has authored over 25 publications with
outstanding citation impact. Dr. Routkevitch has
served as the Principal Investigator for many
successful SBIR and commercial contracts, and is
working closely with Ms. Deininger on the
application of nano- and microfabrication with
AAO to a new generation of sensor products.
Debra J. Deininger,
Sensors Product Manager
Ms.
Deininger has expertise in electrochemical
methods, materials, and the design, development,
and testing of chemical sensors. She earned a
B.S. in Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State
University and a M.S. degree in Analytical
Chemistry from Colorado State University and has
16 years of experience in the gas detection
industry, having worked for Mine Safety
Appliances (MSA), a leading manufacturer of gas
detection products, Nanomaterials Research and
Synkera Technologies. Ms. Deininger has
designed, developed and commercialized a wide
range of innovative gas and liquid sensors based
upon chemiresistive, catalytic, amperometric,
potentiometric and acoustic designs. Ms.
Deininger holds four patents related to sensor
technologies, and has authored numerous
additional provisional patents and invention
disclosures. She has served as the Principal
Investigator for many successful SBIR projects
and manages Synkera’s research, manufacturing
and commercialization efforts on sensors and
related products.
