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Larry Fullerton
CEO, Chief Scientist and Board Member

Larry is a prolific inventor and has been the recipient of over 185 US Patents in the fields of magnetics, ultra wideband technology, impulse radio technology, velocity measurement, communications, and geophysics. Among these, Larry has invented Correlated Magnetics, the pipe sorter that is currently the industry standard, the free-space video link used by store security systems worldwide, a robotic system that automates crankshaft grinders, a high-speed coin sorter, time coherent ultra wideband technology, and many other revolutionary technologies. Larry earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas.

Mark Roberts
Founder, President, COO and Board Member

Mark worked for 18 years as an engineer before he began specializing in intellectual property analysis and management. For the last 10 years, he has managed and grown patent portfolios involving over 400 pending and issued patents worldwide, and he developed the Integral Patent Services™ Intellectual Property (IP) management process. This IP management process is designed to minimize the time and expense of patenting inventions while dramatically increasing quality and value and is utilized by Correlated Magnetics Research. Mark also has been the recipient of 85 U.S. Patents, including many with Larry Fullerton. Mark earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Ron Jewell
VP, North American Sales and Marketing

Ron’s background includes eight years of experience in engineering and software development, six years of experience in large-scale high performance computing systems sales and marketing and 11 years of experience in engineering software sales and marketing with a specialization in computational fluid dynamics and structural/thermal finite-element modeling. Ron earned a BS in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from Auburn University.

Stephen Straus
VP, Commercialization and Strategy and Board Member

Stephen has started, run and successfully sold two companies and was also a General Partner at Austin Ventures, the largest venture capital firm in the Southwest. Among other projects while at Austin Ventures, Stephen worked with Larry Fullerton and Mark Roberts on the launch of an ultra-wideband semiconductor company. Stephen graduated cum laude from Colgate University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He serves on the Engineering Advisory Board of the Cockrell College of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

Jake Zimmerman
General Counsel and VP of Licensing

Jake is an attorney with an extensive background in patent licensing and litigation. During eight years at a national law firm, Jake and his teams recovered nearly a billion dollars through licensing and litigation. Jake worked with a wide range of technologies ranging from nanometer-scale semiconductor processes, transistor designs, power bussing, cache coherence, embolic protection devices, and electrostatic air cleaners. Jake received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Minnesota and later returned to graduate magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota School of Law.

Chuck Gibb
EVP, Sales and Marketing

Chuck is a senior executive with broad experience in sales and marketing of technology products and services to fortune 500 companies. He has extensive experience in building and managing high-tech field sales organizations. Chuck is a former VP of North American Marketing and Sales for a Division of Sun Microsystems Inc. He founded and was CEO of several high-tech companies focused on real-time measurement and control. Chuck has a strong technical background with broad experience in bringing new high-tech products to market. Chuck earned a BA from the University of Alabama and has training in electronics, computer design, and digital logic design from IBM.

R. Scott Evans, PhD
Director, R&D Business Development

Scott is an expert in the commercialization of emerging technologies. He has co-founded technology companies, created commercialization methods, developed and taught graduate coursework in technology commercialization and has provided consulting services for a range of companies from startups to member of the Fortune 50. He is also an accomplished engineer with hands-on experience in materials, product development, and manufacturing in market sectors from semiconductor fabrication to heavy industry. He has designed and built machines for manufacturing and developed new manufacturing processes. Scott holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Arizona State University, and earned his Master's and PhD from the University of Texas.