Consultants
Molly Cernicek has co-founded several companies. Her two most recent companies are focused on teen girls and recreation (AchieveHER.com) and a social media venue for discussing nuclear issues (NuclearDiner.com). In 2002 she co-founded Volius, a company that designs and builds optical devices, lasers, amplifiers and telecommunication systems in Russia. She worked on Department of Energy and State programs focused on reducing nuclear proliferation in the 1990s as a staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Yun Li is the founder of yu~nexus, a consulting firm that focuses on people, team and business development. She grew up in China and obtained her BS and MS from TsingHua University. A material scientist by training, she holds a doctorate in physics from Arizona State University. She worked at Applied Materials and Intel for 12 years before starting her own business. Most recently, she has served as the board of director and the interim CEO of YXO Inc, a composite material start up from Los Alamos National Laboratory’s technology, aggressively pursuit funding revenues through VCs and government grants. Also, she is actively engaged with the scientists at LANL to bring the scientific discoveries to markets. In her spare time, she loves to work with people and organization to facilitate deep self discovery and lasting changes. She is a mother, a Internet blogger, an avid reader, and greatly enjoys outdoor activities.
Loraine V. Upham is a co-inventor of a novel diabetes treatment and a co-founder of CureDM, Inc., the company that licensed the drug in a $335M deal with Sanofi-Aventis in 2010. First in human studies for Human proIslet Peptide (HIP) are scheduled to commence in 2011.Her 28-year career in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries include four years of cloning and expression research in the Molecular Genetics Research Department at Eli Lilly and Company. Subsequent to Lilly, Lori joined Merck and Co. and then ventured into the realm of smaller companies both in the device and biotechnology areas.