Board of Directors / Technical Advisors

Metara's directors and technical advisors include a group of distinguished scientists and semiconductor industry experts who lend strategic and tactical guidance to the company.

BOARD of DIRECTORS

Jack R. Harris

    · Member of the Board of Directors of Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX)

    · Former CEO of Cobilt (sold to Applied Materials, NASDAQ: AMAT)

    ·  Former CEO of Acrian, and OSI

Armand Neukermans

    · 2001 Silicon Valley Inventor of the Year

    · Former CTO of Tencor Instruments (now KLA-Tencor, NASDAQ: KLAC)

    · The founder and CTO of Xros (sold to Nortel, NYSE: NT) 

Rolan Stikovas

    · Managing Director of Equilibrium Capital Management LLC

    ·  Represents GLG Partners LP on the Board of Metara

    ·  Former Director of Technology Research at Zimmer Lucas Partners LLC

Mark Rosenblatt

    · Founder and manager of Rationalwave Capital Partners

    · Director of Violin Memories

    · Founder of YourMobile.com (sold to Vivendi)

    ·  McKinsey and Co. alumni

Jan H. Huysmans

    ·  Director at Merifin Capital

    ·  Former Stanford University professor

    ·  McKinsey and Co. alumni

C. Patrick Franklin

    ·   President and CEO of Metara 

    ·  25 years of management experience in early stage companies

ADVISORS

 Richard D. Hugus

    ·  40 years of water industry experience

    · Past Experience:

    · Regional President at Aqua America (NYSE: WTR)

    · VP Corporate Development and Treasurer at Philadelphia Suburban Water Co. (acquired by Aqua)

    ·  VP of Operations at American Water Works (NYSE: AWK)

    ·  Involved in acquisitions of more than 100 private and municipal utilities

Rudy Mui       

    · Former COO and EVP of RAE Systems, Inc. (AMEX: RAE)