Management Team

Chad E. Kennedy, Ph.D. - President and CEO

Dr. Kennedy has over ten years of scientific and engineering experience. He currently serves as a lecturer and Bioengineering Research Faculty for Arizona State University. He has worked as a high-tech consultant for VI Technology, Inc, a Silicon Valley based start-up and has worked as a project engineer for NASA. Dr. Kennedy completed a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2001 he earned an M.S. in Bioengineering from Arizona State University and completed a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Arizona State University in 2003.

Stephen P. Massia, Ph.D. - Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Massia has over 22 years of experience in advanced biomaterials. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Arizona State University. Prior to his work at ASU he has held positions at Clemson University and The University of Arizona College of Medicine. Dr. Massia has numerous scientific publications and serves as an NIH academic and SBIR peer reviewer. Dr. Massia earned a B.S. in Biology from Southwestern University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992.

Jeffrey P. Bade, M.S. - Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Bade has over ten years experience in engineering and management. Most recently he served as a capital projects manager for ST Microelectronics, Inc in Phoenix, Arizona managing several multi-million dollar projects. He has also worked in product development engineering for Motorola Physical Sciences Research Labs and served as a research assistant with Arizona State University. Mr. Bade earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 1995 and an M.S. in Bioengineering from Arizona State University in 2000.

Gholamreza Ehteshami, Ph.D. - V.P. of Research & Development

Dr. Ehteshami has over 29 years of engineering research and management experience. He has served as plant manager at the National Chemical and Petrochemical Company and has held positions with Oregon State University, The University of Arizona and Arizona State University. He has several scientific publications and is an expert in bioactive coatings and biopolymer synthesis. Dr. Ehteshami earned a B.S. from Tehran University in 1973 and received his Ph.D. from The University of Arizona in 1995.