EXECUTIVE BOARD

• Vincent Caprio, Executive Director
  Mr. Caprio www.vincentcaprio.org is the Executive Director of the NanoBusiness Alliance.
  Mr. Caprio www.nanobusiness.org sits on the Alliance’s Board of Directors, as well as the Board of Directors of the Emerging Industries Alliance of New York State. In November 2008, Mr. Caprio co-founded The Water Innovations Alliance www.waterinnovations.org with Mark Modzelewski. Mr. Caprio is one of the foremost advocates for government funding of emerging technologies at both the State and Federal levels. Mr. Caprio has testified before the state legislatures of New York and Connecticut, and has participated in the NanoBusiness Alliance’s public policy tour of Washington, D.C. for the past eight years. Mr. Caprio is the founder and event director of the 8th Annual NanoBusiness Alliance Conference www.nanobusiness2009.com which was held in Chicago, IL September 8-10, 2009. During the past four years (2006-2009), Mr. Caprio was an invited speaker and guest lecturer on Nanotechnology at, NanoBusiness Alliance Conferences, New York State Investors Conference 2007& 2008, University of Pennsylvania, PMI, Chemical Week 2007 & 2009, RPI, Always-On Going Green, IMAPS-New England, New York Photonics & RRPC, Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007, The Food and Drug Law Institute, The Nanotechnology Institute-Philadelphia 2008 & 2009, Empire State Pension Conference, Pharma MedDevice, Livingston Nanotechnology Conference 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009, Quantum Dots 2006 & 2007, 2008 MAC and The Water Innovations Conference www.waterinnovations.org In addition, Mr. Caprio has appeared on numerous Connecticut TV and radio stations discussing the impact of Water and Nanotechnology.
  Mr. Caprio is a 20-year publishing and tradeshow industry veteran with an impressive track record of launching events focusing on emerging technology markets. Mr. Caprio joined the NanoBusiness Alliance Conference as the founder and event director in 2002, to steer the launch of the highly successful NanoBusiness Alliance event series www.nanobusiness2009.com and www.nanoenergysummit.org in 2008 & 2009. In 2003 & 2004, Mr. Caprio served as the event director in the launch of The Emerging Technologies Conference in association with MIT’s Technology Review Magazine. Mr. Caprio has served as a consultant to the leading emerging technology research and advisory firm Lux Research, for its Lux Executive Summit in 2005 & 2006. In 2002, Mr. Caprio served as the Event Director and Program Director of the Forbes/IBM Executive Summit. Prior to joining the NanoBusiness Alliance, Mr. Caprio was event director for Red Herring Conferences, producing the company’s Venture Market conferences and Annual Summit reporting to Red Herring Magazine founder and publisher Tony Perkins. His industry peers have formally recognized Mr. Caprio on several occasions for his talents in both tradeshow management and sales. Mr. Caprio was named Sales Executive of the Year in 1994, while with Reed Exhibitions. Mr. Caprio, while employed with Reed Exhibitions, was honored with two Pathfinder Awards in 1995 for launching the New York Restaurant Show. In 2009, Mr. Caprio was nominated for the sixth straight year for the prestigious Show Manager of the Year award.
  Mr. Caprio graduated from Villanova University in 1979 with a B.S in Accounting and completed a MBA from Northeastern in 1987. Mr. Caprio is a member of Villanova University’s Financial Club and serves as an active member of Villanova’s President Club. Mr. Caprio serves on the Board of Trustees for the Easton Community Center in Easton, CT. In the summer of 2008, Mr. Caprio was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Fabricators & Manufactures Association Communications, Inc. based in Rockford, IL.

• Griffith Kundahl, Executive Chairman, Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance
  Griff is the Executive Chairman, Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance and is on the Advisory Board for DU’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering.  Griff was a founding member of the NanoBusiness Alliance, served as its General Counsel, and continues to serve as a member of its Board of Directors.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance and as Secretary on its Executive Board.
  Griff is co-author of The Handbook of Nanotechnology Business, Policy and Intellectual Property Law (Wiley 2004) andserves as Associate Editor for the Nanotech Law & Business Journal.

• Sean Murdock, Executive Chairman
  Prior to becoming the Executive Director of the NanoBusiness Alliance, he was the Executive Director and a founding board member of AtomWorks, an initiative formed to foster nanotechnology in Illinois and more broadly throughout the Midwest. Sean has established himself as a leading thinker in the areas of nanotechnology commercialization and economic development. He has delivered keynote speeches on the commercialization of nanotechnology at several nanotechnology conferences, and served as co-chair for the commercialization focused NanoCommerce 2003 conference and trade show. Sean has been quoted extensively on the subject in many leading publications including Fortune, The Economist, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Small Times.
  Sean has been very active in nanotechnology trade and economic development issues. He helped to organize and execute the first Nanotechnology Trade Mission to Europe in conjunction with the NanoBusiness Alliance and the U.S. Department of Commerce. He has also been engaged with senior officials of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration on the potential impact of export control issues on nanotechnology development and commercialization. Prior to founding AtomWorks and serving as the Executive Director of the NanoBusiness Alliance, Sean had more than 7 years experience in management consulting, most recently as Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Sean served a variety of Fortune 500 companies, focusing primarily upon the industrial and chemicals sectors. While there, he developed some of the firm’s early perspective on the business opportunities created by the nanotech revolution, publishing the first two internal documents on the subject.
  Sean received his Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Engineering Management from Northwestern University. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame.

• Alisa Kronshage, Prior to working with the NanoBusiness Alliance, Alisa has worked independently for various technology companies including AirPrime, Abbott Laboratories, NanoIntegris, as well as many others.  Today she is working with the NanoBusiness Alliance to coordinator the signature Conference of the Alliance as well as work with the members to ensure smooth communication between its members and the executive team.