Steve Papermaster

He is Chairman and CEO of Nano,[1] a company focused on the development of cures for global health threats.

[3] Under President Bush, he also helped lead the Human Genome Project, the National Nanotechnology Initiative, was a member of the China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue(SED), and is co-chairperson of the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE).

[4] He was the founder and CEO, board member and/or lead investor in technology, healthcare and biotechnology companies which achieved IPOs and/or merger and acquisition transactions.

[5] Papermaster and Frank Moss, the former CEO of Tivoli Systems, founded Agillion in January 1999.

In April of 2003 he was one of 6 former top executives who were sued by the US Bankruptcy trustee for "the legendary spending sprees that bankrupted one of the most well-financed and well-known high-tech startups in Austin."