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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jorge Sanchez, President, and Founder
As President and Founder of CEYX® Technologies, Inc., Mr. Sanchez manages all aspects of the company’s technology development strategy. Jorge relies on over 25 years of technology development and engineering management experience at NCR Corporation, National Semiconductor, and over 20 years at Hewlett-Packard to manage the company’s technology development.
At CEYX Technologies, Jorge has developed mathematical laser behavior models, designed algorithm and hardware for laser control systems and has developed technologies that will allow the company to develop new platforms. He is the primary author on over 27 issued and pending patents.
Prior to CEYX Technologies, Mr. Sanchez was a partner and founder of Omni Tracking Company, which developed FSK communications transmitter and receiver units for wireless communications products. During his tenure at HP, Jorge worked on ink-jet technology, ASICs, CAD and new product introductions.
Mr. Sanchez earned both his Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialty in optics and computers from San Diego State University in 1977 and 1981, respectively.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George Kenney, Director
As the Managing Partner and a co-founder of Shepherd Ventures, Mr. Kenney has a strong technical background combined with extensive Wall Street and financial industry experience. George has been a successful manager in rapid growth environments, turning around struggling operations and developing and mentoring high technology companies. He specializes in information systems and networking, and pioneered optical recording technology.
Before forming Shepherd Ventures, George was CTO and Partner at Nicholas-Applegate, a money management firm in San Diego, where he directed the technology infrastructure expansion necessary to grow the company from a local presence to a network of international locations. Prior to Nicholas-Applegate, George was CTO and Managing Director at Kidder Peabody in New York City. Previously he held top information technology positions at Swiss Bank, Salomon Brothers and the American Stock Exchange. As Director of Research for North American Philips and co-founder of Digital Measurements Corp., George obtained numerous US and foreign patents, many in optical technology.
Mr. Kenney holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, an MSEE from Stanford University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Additionally, he attended the Optic’s Program at London’s Imperial College and is a graduate of Harvard University’s Industrial Management Program. A noted technology futurist, George is a frequent keynote speaker at financial conferences on The Future of Technology. He is also a Trustee and pro-bono Chairman of the Investment Committee of the San Diego Museum of Art.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip K. Smith, Director
As a Managing Director at Stone Canyon Ventures, LP, Mr. Smith has managed numerous strategic transactions for clients, employers or as a principal in the areas of real estate, electric power generation, cable television, natural gas transportation and oil and gas exploration. Earlier he served as President of Tri-Valley Oil and Gas, a California exploration company, President of American Energy, Inc., a Los Angeles based Energy Company, and later as sole principal in Capital Energy, Inc.
Until recently, Mr. Smith transacted business through Smith Associates, which was formed to fulfill "outsourced" corporate finance and business development functions for small and medium sized businesses. Mr. Smith sits on the boards of Lighting Technologies International, CEYX® Technologies, Inc., and Gump's, current portfolio investments of the Partnership. Additionally, he managed the transactional aspects of power generation for KN Energy.
Mr. Smith holds a BS degree in finance from the University of Denver. |
