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Dr. Glass leads the company's instrumentation development effort. He formerly was executive director of the Bay Area Regional Technology Alliance (BARTA), a non-profit business-consulting group located in Silicon Valley that focused on assisting early-stage, technology-based companies. Before launching BARTA, Dr. Glass served in several research management positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, including assistant director of the laser program, associate director for magnetic fusion and beam research, and laboratory associate director for programs. He also led the US portion of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project from 1990 to 1992. Dr. Glass previously served as CEO of Chromex, Inc., a manufacturer of optical instruments, and as president and COO of KMS Fusion, a firm conducting contract research and building custom instrumentation systems. From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Glass managed programs for the US Air Force European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, in London. He is currently serves as an advisor to the Asian office of aerospace research & development in Tokyo and is a member of the technical advisory committee for Technology Ventures Corporation, a government-sponsored technology development consulting group located in Livermore, CA. Dr. Glass is also a fellow of the Optical Society of America and the IEEE, a member of the American Physical Society, and has served on the US Air Force scientific advisory board, and the advisory council for the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Glass received his BS in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his MS and PhD in physics from Yale University. He was formerly chair of electrical engineering at Wayne State University in Detroit and received an honorary degree of doctor of science from Eastern Michigan University in 1983. | 