As CEO, Rey brings over a decade of early-stage technology development as both an experienced entrepreneur and investor under Tallwood Ventures. With a market driven, customer-centric approach to technology development and commercialization, Rey co-founded Entropy Resins, and has successfully developed and commercialized new materials for industrial and consumer goods applications with major global brands. Rey holds degrees in Biochemistry and Computational Biology from UC Berkeley, and UCSF, and was a Fellow at the California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA.
Tarun is a recognized visionary in the electronics materials industry. Prior to founding Connora, Tarun was the EVP and CTO of Isola Group, a leading electronic materials company, where he was personally responsible for leading the development and commercialization of new products, which have yielded over $520 M in sales in the last 5 years. He earned a M.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue, a M.Eng. in modeling &Simulation from ASU, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.
Stefan is an expert in organic chemistry and organic materials science. The origins of Connora Technologies and the creation of the foundational Recyclamine technology date back to his time at UC Berkeley where he was an NIH postdoctoral fellow. He earned his PhD with distinction from Columbia University and was an undergraduate at the College of Charleston. Stefan has also been awarded the R&D 100 award.