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Alex N. Beavers, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Commercial Ventures & Strategic Programs

Beavers is a 30-year veteran high-technology executive and entrepreneur. At SRI, he is responsible for the commercialization of materials and clean technologies. Prior to joining SRI, he was founding CEO of Artificial Muscle, Inc.. There, 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, Beavers 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-technology startup companies.

Beavers has BSEE, MSEE, PhDEE, and MBA degrees from Vanderbilt University, University of Houston, and Boston University respectively.

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