Daniel L. Donabedian, CEO & President
Mr. Donabedian is a high tech executive with twelve years of semiconductor experience. Recently, he was in a start up role with Microelectronics Assembly Technologies (M.A.T.) as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to this position, he rose through sales and sales management positions, advancing to President and CEO of Elpida Memory USA a $1.1 billion, high-tech sales–driven organization. During his rapid rise, he has won and kept key accounts, opened new markets and channels, and cemented solid C-level relationships with Fortune 500 customers. He led sales and marketing of memory devices into all major OEM digital consumer, mobile, and server markets in North and South America. In prior years, Mr. Donabedian worked for the United States Air Force on the Milstar Satellite Communications Program as a Manufacturing and Quality Program Manager. Mr. Donabedian earned his Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and his Master of Arts in Business Administration at Framingham State College.

Dr. Paul Enquist, CTO and Vice President of Research & Development
Dr. Enquist has more than 20 years experience developing and inventing semiconductor process technologies, including 3D Symmetric Intrinsic device fabrication and 3D integrated circuit fabrication core to the Ziptronix’ process. Prior to joining Ziptronix, Dr. Enquist spent nearly 15 years with RTI International. He has authored more than 60 publications and presentations related to the epitaxial growth and fabrication of Npn, Pnp, and complementary HBTs, lasers and integration, and has over 20 issued US Patents. Dr. Enquist holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.and Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Columbia University.

Richard Gianni, - VP of Finance & Administration
Mr. Gianni has over 24 years of experience in Accounting and Finance, including 14 years in technology start-up companies. He is responsible for all aspects of Finance, Human Resources and Administration for the company. Prior to joining Ziptronix, Mr. Gianni’s most recent positions were as VP of Finance & Administration of Hatteras Networks, a provider of “High-speed Ethernet access products”, CFO at nTouch Research, a Services Management company serving the clinical research industry, Vice-President of Finance and Administration at Celotek, a provider of "High-speed ATM network encryption". Mr. Gianni is a CPA. He holds a BS in Accounting from University of Steubenville and an MBA from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Christopher Sanders, - Director of Business Development
Mr. Sanders has been responsible for developing commercial business from government and commercially funded research for over 9 years and has over 17 years of experience in technology sales. Prior to joining Ziptronix, Mr. Sanders was employed as Sales Development and Commercialization Manager at RTI International. He played a key role in the spinout and sale of Cronos, a MEMS company, to JDSU for $580M and has since been responsible for developing commercial licensing agreements and R&D contracts generating over $40M in new and future revenue. Before beginning his career in Sales & Business Development, Mr. Sanders held a Lead Mechanical and Spacecraft Engineer role with GE Astrospace. He holds a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University and is currently a member of LES (Licensing Executive Society), an international professional licensing organization. Mr. Sanders also holds a current private pilots license.