Management

Garrett Gruener

Executive Chairman and CEO
Mr. Gruener is a co-founder of Alta Partners, and was formerly a Partner at Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. He has more than two decades of experience in software development, systems engineering and corporate development. He founded Virtual Microsystems, a communications software company that was later merged with a larger corporation, and Ask Jeeves, a leading Internet search engine. A specialist in information technology, Mr. Gruener is on the boards of directors of several companies, including Ask Jeeves and Nanōmix. He earned a Masters Degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, San Diego, both in political science with a focus on technology policy.

Ray Radtkey, Ph.D.

Vice President, Product Development and Quality
Dr. Radtkey brings 21 years of academic and product development experience leading multidisciplinary R&D teams. Prior to joining Nanōmix, he was Director of Product Development and Product Support at Nanogen. While at Nanogen he led the development efforts of multiple molecular diagnostics products ranging from RUO to 510(k) submission under the FDA’s prescribed Quality Systems Regulation. Previously, he was a resident project scientist at the University of California, San Diego where he studied the evolutionary consequences of species interactions. Dr. Radtkey holds a B.A. in Evolutionary Biology from the University of California, San Diego and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Texas at Austin.

Ying-Lan Chang, Ph.D.

Vice President, Platform Development
Dr. Chang brings to Nanōmix more than 15 years of product development experience. Previously, she was a project scientist at Agilent Tech- nologies, leading the nanotube and nanowire biosensor applications in the Molecular Technology Lab. She was also a project scientist at Agilent's Communications & Optical Research Lab and at Hewlett Packard's Electronic Research Lab. She has contributed to more than 25 patents, 45 publications, and 70 conference presentations. She also serves as an organization committee member for the "Electrochemical Society/Sensor Division" and holds a Ph. D. in Materials Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University.

Scott Schroeder

Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Schroeder has more than 15 years experience providing financial and administrative support to both private and public companies across a broad range of hardware and software products. Prior to joining Nanōmix, he was Vice President Finance at Luminous Networks, a privately held communications equipment company. He was Vice President Finance and Corporate Secretary at Brokat Technologies, which resulted from the acquisition of Blaze Software where he supported a successful NASDAQ Initial Public Offering. He also served in roles of increasing responsibility at Accugraph Corp., Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P., and Dreyfus Corp. A licensed C.P.A. in California and several other states, Mr. Schroeder earned a B.B.A. in banking and finance and an M.B.A. with a focus in accounting from Hofstra University.

John Burcham

Senior Director, Business Development and Product Marketing
Mr. Burcham has 17 years experience in life science markets working in product management and marketing, developing and supporting product lines with a strong customer focus. He has broad business experience with operations, sales and business development. Prior to joining Nanōmix, Mr. Burcham held various positions with Applied Biosystems, GE Healthcare, Amersham and Bio-Rad Laboratories.