Management
Dr. Michael A. Giardello – President, CEO, & CTO
- Co-founded Materia in 1998
- Over 15 years of business and technology leadership experience in the chemical industry
- Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northwestern University and completed post-doctoral work under Professor Grubbs at Caltech
Dr. Mark S. Trimmer – Executive Vice President & Senior Vice President, R&D
- Joined Materia in 1999
- Coauthored more than 25 U.S. patents and over 15 technical publications in the areas of catalysis and materials
- B.S. with honors from Penn State and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Caltech
Mr. John T. Kibler – Vice President, Business Development
- Joined Materia in 2006
- Helped commercially launch and later run the business development departments of a number of life science and alternative energy companies
- B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management
Mr. Jean-Jacques B. Dupre – Director of Corp Development & Legal Affairs
- Joined Materia in 2011
- Experienced in corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and equity and debt financings, most recently at Goodwin Procter, Mayer Brown and Orrick
- B.S. from the USC Marshall School of Business, an M.B.A. from LMU and a J.D. from Loyola Law School
Mr. Christopher J. Cruce – Vice President of Product Development
- Co-founded Materia in 1998
- Founded and managed a molded part design, manufacturing and distribution company serving the sporting goods industry
- Extensive experience in product development and manufacturing
Dr. Richard L. Pederson – Vice President of R&D
- Joined Materia in 2000
- Inventor on 24 issued patents and has authored numerous technical papers and book chapters on the industrial application of metathesis
- B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin River Falls and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Texas A&M University
Dr. Nicholas J. Rodak – Director of Chemical Manufacturing
- Joined Materia in 2010
- Over 12 years experience at Arkema, a large, diverse French multinational manufacturer of Specialty and Fine Chemicals and Materials
- A.B. with Honors, M.S. and Ph.D. in Organic and Polymer Chemistry from Cornell University