The Management of Owlstone Nanotech

Management

Co-founders Andrew Koehl, David Ruiz-Alonso and Billy Boyle were researchers in Cambridge University when they teamed up to develop the idea of a novel detection technology. In 2004 PhDs were put on 'hold' and Owlstone was born. The three co-founders share in the day-to-day operations of the company and continue to grow the culture of innovation. The most experienced technology, business and industry professionals will form the backbone of the expanding team to realise the Owlstone vision and commercial potential.

			Andrew Koehl, Co-Founder and President, Products Andrew was Owlstone's founding CEO before moving into his role as President, Products in September 2005. He continues to share responsibility for Owlstone's day-to-day operations. Andrew is the inventor of the microchip spectrometer technology on which Owlstone has based its business, which he developed while a postgraduate at the University of Cambridge.


			David Ruiz-Alonso, Co-Founder and President, Technology David put his PhD in superconductor modelling at Cambridge University on hold to co-found Owlstone, where he shares responsibility for day-to-day operations. He grew up in Murcia in Spain, and earned his bachelors and master's degree in engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where he took a double major in electronics and communications. He then spent a year as a graduate student at University of California, Berkeley, where he completed his Msc thesis.


			Billy Boyle, Co-Founder and President, Operations Since co-founding Owlstone, Billy has been overseeing the development and implementation of the detection technology with nanotechnology foundry partners. He is also active in business development, demonstrating to partners how the Owlstone technology can used to realise a paradigm shift in detection applications and deployment scenarios. Billy is heavily involved in the creation and realisation of new technologies and IP. Prior to joining Owlstone Billy was a Research Associate in the Microsystems and Nanotech group at Cambridge University. In an academic / industry consortium he designed and developed silicon-opto hybrid devices for next generation telecoms systems.


			Dr Ashley Wilks, Chief Systems Officer (R&D) Dr Ashley Wilks, Chief Systems Officer (R&D) Prior to joining Owlstone in June 2005, Dr. Wilks worked in Chemical Detection Product R&D for Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of X-ray and Trace Detection equipment. He has over 10 years experience in the development and field deployment of analytical instrumentation and chemical detection systems, across a range of industrial application arenas, including; Security, Forensics, Environmental Monitoring and Biochem./Pharmaceuticals. He holds a PhD and MSc from UMIST, Manchester and a BSc from the University of Surrey.


			Bret Bader, Chief Executive Officer Over the past 16 years, Mr. Bader has held several senior leadership positions with leading manufacturers of security screening sensors including EG&G Astrophysics, Heimann Systems and Smiths Detection. Most recently he served as general manager and vice president of Smiths Detection Americas division. Mr Bader joined Owlstone in April 2006.


			David Blair MA FCA MBA, Interim Chief Financial Officer David studied chemistry at Brasenose College, Oxford where he specialised in Chemical Pharmacology. He subsequently joined the Manchester office of Price Waterhouse, where he spent four years in the firm's corporate finance department after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1987. He has developed a portfolio career, holding senior financial positions within a variety of SME's undergoing organisational change and development and since 1997 has specialised in working with early stage technology companies. David is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Institute's corporate finance and management faculties. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Manchester Business School.


			Mark Brennan, Executive Vice President of Homeland Defense Mr. Brennan has more than thirteen years of experience in the sales and marketing of screening sensors for the detection of explosives, guns and chemical / biological warfare agents. During his career in Homeland security Mr. Brennan has held leadership positions with industry leaders Smiths Detection, Heimann Systems and EG&G Astrophysics. Mr Brennan joined Owlstone in April 2006 to establish the Homeland Detection Business Unit. . Mr. Brennan attended Tulane University. .


			The Owlstone Team, Cambridge, UK