(CTO) Prof. James Buckwalter (PhD-Caltech) is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego. He possesses significant circuit design experience with Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore), and IBM. He is leading the High Speed Integrated Circuits Group@UCSD.

(Business Technology Creation) Mehmet Parlak  is a Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical Engineering at UC San Diego. He also holds MS degree from UCSD, Business Technology Creation Degree from UCSD Extension and Entrepreneurship Certificate from Von Liebig Center, UCSD. He is a Fulbright Scholar.

(Business Development) Michael Alston holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees all in E.E. from Carnegie-Mellon, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego, and has worked in satellite communications,  VLSI EDA, and VLSI IP at several successful companies including M/A-COM Linkabit, NurLogic Design, and ARM.  Michael is now earning an MBA at the Rady School of Management at UCSD.

(Finance) Natalia O’Connor holds a B.S. in Management Science from the University of California at San Diego. She spent several years as an executive search professional specializing in placing C-level executives in both venture capital backed and large cap companies. Natalia currently works as a professional investment manager. She is an M.B.A. candidate at The Rady School of Management at UCSD and a CFA Level I candidate.