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Alex N. Beavers, Jr., Ph.D.
Corporate Director, SRI International

Alex is a 30 year veteran high technology executive and entrepreneur. He is currently with SRI International where he is responsible for the commercialization of materials and clean technologies. Prior to this position, Alex was the founding CEO of Artificial Muscle, Inc. where he led the company for almost three years after it was spun out of SRI through a $7.5 million A-round of funding. Prior to founding Artificial Muscle, Alex was CEO of Thomson Industries a linear motion systems company based in New York. Prior to Thomson, he was a Managing Partner in Consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he led the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management practices. He has also been CEO of ITP Systems, a factory floor systems integration company, CEO of Applicon, Inc, one of the original CAD/CAM systems companies, and CEO of Schlumberger Automation Systems Asia. Prior to Schlumberger, he was General Manager of the Vision Systems Business of General Electric. He has also served on the Board of Directors of several high tech startup companies. He has BSEE, MSEE, PhDEE, and MBA degrees from Vanderbilt University, University of Houston, and Boston University respectively.

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