Dr Ari Tuchman

KANDO id: 7602

Bio

Dr. Tuchman is a founder and Managing Director of Nobska Ventures and currently serves on the Board of Directors for ClassifEye (www.classifeye.com) and for Innovea (www.innoveamedical.com), and as an advisor to TeleContinuity (www.telecontinuity.com). Dr. Tuchman brings "in the trenches" experience directing and managing on-budget and on-time technology development efforts for early stage companies. A seasoned technologist, entrepreneur and veteran corporate executive, Dr. Tuchman has 18+ years experience in cutting edge research and development of advanced photonic and electronic materials, devices and EO systems, and 12+ years experience managing in-house and outsourced technology development, in industrial, government and academic settings. Dr. Tuchman has demonstrated corporate vision and has hands-on, senior management experience and responsibilities in both high growth and downsizing finance environments. As CTO, VP of Research and Development, and on the Board of Directors for ETOM Technologies, a developer of optical data storage and solid state photography applications, Dr. Tuchman helped redefine the corporate vision and engineer a successful restart of the company. He quickly rose from the position of research scientist and directed the company's research approach, guided its technical program and managed day-to-day operations. In addition to raising venture capital, Dr. Tuchman wrote or co-wrote, and supervised winning proposals for sponsored research, including two multi-million dollar ATP (US Department of Commerce) awards. He also negotiated numerous cooperative development, joint venture and/or strategic alliance agreements with academic, government and industrial labs and companies, including Hewlett-Packard. Dr. Tuchman has also served as VP of Technology Development for Principia Lightworks, where he directed and managed successful contracts in the US and Europe and helped develop and prototype vertical cavity, electron beam pumped semiconductor lasers for displays and other applications. Since 1998, Dr. Tuchman has been Managing Partner at TechnoVentures, LLC, where he has developed new venture opportunities and provided technical, business and management consulting services to seed and start-up companies in the electronics, photonics, bio-tech and information technology sectors. Dr. Tuchman has developed detailed, cross-disciplinary, $20M+ business and/or technology development plans. He has helped raise capital and has hired and directed staff and management teams, and managed numerous multi-disciplinary, R&D and/or technology development programs, projects and plans. He has also developed and executed business models in intellectual property licensing and negotiated both development and licensing contracts. Dr. Tuchman graduated, summa cum laude , from Yeshiva University (B.A. in 1984) and received M.A. (1986), M.Phil. (1990) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees, in physics, from Columbia University .

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