The management team at Carbon Design Innovations brings together wealth of atomic force microscopy (AFM), nanotechnology and scientific equipment industry experience combined with successful start up leadership skills

Ramsey M. Stevens
Founder and President, Carbon Design Innovations

		Ramsey M. Stevens, Founder and President, is recognized as a world leader in the development and use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). He founded Carbon Design Innovations (C|D|I) in February,
2008 to commercialize a process for the deterministic manufacture of CNT devices that was developed while he was working at the NASA Ames Research Center for Nanotechnology and subsequently perfected at Modus Nanotechnology.

He co-founded several research companies to work with government funding for his ongoing research projects. This research allowed him to develop the intellectual property (IP) that is the basis for C|D|I product development.

Previously, Stevens worked for more than 15 years at leading nanotechnology institutions. These include UC Santa Barbara with Dr. Paul Hansma, Digital Instruments (CNT product development), and NASA, Ames Research Center for Nanotechnology with Dr. Meyya Meyyapan.

Mr. Stevens has authored more than 40 technical papers and presented at numerous conferences. He has the exclusive license for the IP at the center of the C|D|I manufacturing process and he owns several subsequent filings. Mr. Stevens earned a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Vance Nau, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Design Innovations

		Vance Nau, CEO, joined Carbon Design Innovations (C|D|I) in July 2008. With more than 25 years of leadership experience, Nau has held CEO, Sales, Marketing and R&D executive positions with both start ups
and large multinational companies. He has a track record building highly successful management teams, restructuring departments, and “kick-starting” small technology companies.

Most recently, Nau was the Chairman, CEO and President at Molecular Imaging Corp. where he designed and executed a turn around plan that moved the AFM company to profitability, secured funding for a management buy-out, and then successfully negotiated the sale to a strategic buyer. Previous to Molecular Imaging, he held key executive management positions at a number of high technology companies including Roper Industries, Gatan and Spectra-Physics.

Dr. Nau holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Illinois. Prior to that, he earned a M.S. in Chemistry at the University of Illinois, and a B.A. in Chemistry and Biology at Central Missouri State University.

Barbara L. Rice
Marketing Director, Carbon Design Innovations

Since 1991, she has been the principal of Barbara L. Rice, Marketing Communications working with a variety of global high-technology clients domestically and internationally. Prior to this, she spent 10 years in numerous marketing roles with Spectra-Physics, Inc; five years with K-Mart Apparel Corporation as a store manager, regional ad manager, and associate buyer; and five years managing and marketing education and recreation programs for Youth Systems International.

Rice earned a B.S., with honors, in Child Development and Family Relations with minors in Government and Recreation from the University of Arizona.