Key Collaborators
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James Canton, Ph.D
Special Advisor |
Dr. Canton is a leading global futurist, social scientist, entrepreneur, author, and sought-after business adviser. For the past 25 years, he has been forecasting the impact of future trends and innovations on business, markets and society. He is Chairman and CEO of the Institute for Global Futures, a world renown San Francisco-based think tank he founded in 1990, to help clients better anticipate the impact of future trends. He advises corporations and governments worldwide on trends and global strategy in innovation, IT, health care, work, climate, energy, security and demographics.
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Stephanie
Luster -Teasley, Ph.D Inventor |
Stephanie is Chair of the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) Department and associate professor at North Carolina A&T State University. She specializes in environmental engineering, water sustainability, and engineering education. Her engineering courses and mentoring are lauded for their hands-on experience and real-world engagement. As the inventor behind the controlled-release polymer she became the first African-American female faculty member to be named on a patent issued to NC A&T State University when she received United States Patent No. 8,519,016 in 2013
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Lauren Greenlee, Ph.D
Inventor |
Dr. Lauren Greenlee is a research scientist and inventor who joins Triad Growth Partners as a collaborator on the RemRx-CSI composite project. She joined the University of Arkansas faculty as Assistant Professor, Louis Owen Professorship in Chemical Engineering in 2015 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where she invented the novel zero-valent iron based composite technology which is the basis of the RemRx-CSI solution.
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Triad Growth Partners
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Alexis
Wells Carpenter, Ph.D Principal Investigator |
Head of the Triad Growth Partners Technical Development Group she is responsible for developing relevant technologies for commercialization, securing research funding, and managing contract research activities. A PhD chemist with experience in inorganic, analytical, and polymer chemistry, Alexis has specific interests in materials synthesis, environmental implications of nanomaterials, research design, and project management. Her postdoctorial research focused on the synthesis and evaluation of zero valent iron nanoparticles for soil and water remediation .
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Charles Gause
Cofounder |
"Charlie" is a technology development executive with more than 25 years of experience. His extensive business development experience for commercial and government customers has resulted in over $35 million in contract research. He has successfully developed multiple products developed for multiple markets. After establishing the 24K sq. ft. nanoWorks Division of Luna Innovations (NASDAQ: LUNA IPO June 2006) he founded AxNano, a strategic leadership and technology development group responsible for driving research and development for Triad Growth Partners.
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Board Members
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Dennis Stearns
Cofounder and Board Member |
Dennis Stearns is a partner in Triad Growth Partners. He is also President of Stearns Financial Group, a fee-only, award winning wealth management firm with offices in Chapel Hill and Greensboro, NC.
Dennis regularly uses his firm’s study of colliding “Super Trends” (technology accelerators, globalization, the global age wave and urbanization), to help clients navigate threats and opportunities in their personal and business financial planning and investment strategies. He has been called “one of the leading scenario experts and futurists” by the Financial Planning Association. Recent awards have included being named one of the Triad’s “Most Admired CEOs” and “Most Influential People” by the Triad Business Journal. |
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James E. Dunn, Jr.
Board Member |
“Jed” is a Partner and Member of the Newport Board Group – a National Board and CEO Advisory Firm. He provides directors and senior executives with deep knowledge of business strategy, operations and capital markets. His passion is in helping businesses effectively execute on growth and value acceleration strategies. Jed started his career at First Union Corporation in Charlotte NC as a corporate lender in the World Banking Division. He has served as the CEO of two companies, has served on numerous Boards of Directors, and is currently a Trustee of Washington and Lee University.
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Bill McIvor
Board Member |
Bill McIvor, Executive Vice President of SeniorLink Technologies, brings 25+ years as a senior executive in healthcare/life sciences IT to his role as a board member and adviser to Triad Growth Partners. Bill has advised numerous growth companies and venture capitalists and has served on the Board of Accordant Health Services (CaremarkCVS), Sentillion (Microsoft) and MedVantx and as an operating executive for NovaSom, iHealth Tech (Connelly/Advent & Accordant), Oxford Health and Ernst and Young. Bill started his career at Procter & Gamble.
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Chad Oakley
Board Member |
Chad Oakley is President of Charles Aris in Greensboro which serves Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods, industrial R&D and manufacturing industries and financial services. Chad’s private equity experience includes former Case Team Leader for Bain & Co. focused on solving strategic challenges for clients in industries including software, telecommunications, optical networking, manufacturing and financial services. Chad earned an MBA degree from the Wharton School of Business.
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Rendell Richards
Chief Financial Oficer |
Rendall Richards is a principal at Scale Finance and serves as CFO for Triad Growth Partners. His expertise in operations and finance as former Global Operations Controller, Tyco Electronics, Controller & Treasurer, Microwave Signal, Inc, CFO for COMSAT, a spin-out that developed and manufactured semiconductors, components and subsystems for international cocommunications and Director of Finance at COMSAT Laboratories.
He has a BS in Finance, MS in Finance from California State University at Northridge. |
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Triad Growth Partners
2901 Gate City Boulevard Suite 2200 Greensboro, NC 27401 (336) 217-5171 |
527 Bridge Street, Suite 301 Danville, VA 24051 |