Management

Before helping to found Sand 9, Matt was the Director of the Technology Development Fund at Boston University’s Office of Technology Development. At BU, Matt focused on creating and financing new companies formed to commercialize disruptive technologies developed at the University. In addition to forming new companies, Matt also directed venture capital investments for the University in such companies as A123 Systems, Crossbeam Systems, Microchips, Nitronex and Sandburst. Prior to joining BU, Matt worked at Mars & Co strategy consulting, where he advised Fortune 500 companies on operational and strategic issues. Matt received an interdisciplinary degree in Physics and the Philosophy of Science from Princeton University, where he also studied Japanese.

He founded Vivid Semiconductor in 1993, serving as Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Engineering before selling the company to National Semiconductor in 2000. Alex was then a founder of Validity Sensors, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Engineering and helped the company to achieve the number one market share in the notebook market before leaving to join Sand 9. Alex has over 40 US patents and numerous foreign patents.

He has held senior management positions with Broadcom Corporation, Intel and Siemens. Vince joined Sand 9 from VBrick Systems, a late stage video-over-IP networking company, where he served as CEO for three years. Prior to that, he was the President and CEO of Sandburst Corporation. He established Sandburst’s strategic product direction, oversaw product introductions, and raised four rounds of venture financing leading to the successful acquisition of the company to Broadcom Corporation. Additionally, Vince served as Senior Director, Business Development and Strategic Alliances at Broadcom Corporation and has held senior management positions at Intel and Siemens. Vince began his career as a development engineer with a focus on signal processing and communications. Vince holds a MSEE from Northeastern University. He also serves on the Board of Directors of VBrick Systems.

Prior to joining Sand 9, Paul served for four years as Chief Financial Officer at VBrick Systems, a later-stage video-over-IP networking company. Paul helped VBrick raise additional equity and debt financing to fund expansion into new market areas, which included a program to evaluate and acquire related companies. Before that, Paul was CFO with Boston-Power, where he helped manage the company's early presence and manufacturing capacity in China. Paul also served as CFO for Sandburst Corporation, which was acquired by Broadcom in 2006. Earlier in his career, Paul served as CFO at FutureTense, where he was central to directing the company’s sale to Open Market. Paul also held executive positions at Cognio, iConverse, Gotuit Media, WSI Corporation and Gould Electronics. He holds a BS in Accounting from Bentley University and an MBA from Babson College.

Prior to joining Boston University, he was a postdoctoral research faculty at the California Institute of Technology. Raj has served as a visiting professor in Italy and a researcher at NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center. He is the recipient of the NSF Career Award and Sloan Fellowship in addition to numerous research awards from National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, National Institute of Health, Coulter Foundation and Petroleum Research Foundation. His current research focuses on nanomechanical systems and their use as memory cells, and passive devices and frequency-selecting elements in wireless communication systems. Raj has published over fifty research articles and delivered over 100 invited keynote lectures, colloquia and seminars in over fifteen countries. Raj is also the founder of medical diagnostics company Ninth Sense, Inc., which focuses on the disease management of breast cancer from screening and diagnosis through monitoring for therapy and recurrence. He received his PhD from the University of Maryland in nanoelectronics.

Prior to joining Sand 9, Juergen was Vice President of Engineering at Synergy Microwave Corporation where he revitalized the product portfolio, re-engineered the manufacturing processes and held broad management responsibilities. Previously, he was recruited to Motorola to consolidate and lead the RF Design effort at Motorola SPS Tempe (now Freescale Semiconductors) as Manager of RF design. Before joining Motorola, he was the Director of Engineering at Siemens Semiconductor (now Infineon) where he developed semiconductors for the first European cellular networks, their subsequent rollout, automotive, consumer and commercial applications. In addition to his work with semiconductors, Juergen gained experience as a design engineer for mobile phones and wireless systems at Siemens and Motorola. Juergen Schoepf holds the degree Diplom Ingenieur Nachrichtentechnik (comparable to an MSEE in communication technology) from FHT Esslingen/Germany.