Team
Matthew Laudon
President and Founding ChairmanDr. Matthew Laudon is President and Founding Chair of the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), and Founder & Executive Director for Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) in Cambridge, MA. Born in Austin TX, he obtained a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and subsequently worked at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Motorola in Los Alamos National Laboratories and numerous early stage companies in commercialization and partnership development. He has published over 30 technical publications and patents in topics ranging from nanotechnology, semiconductors and microsystems.
Dr. Laudon is the co-founder of the world’s largest nanotech community (NSTI) and multiple conference series, annually co-editing over 4000 pages of scientific and business research for the Nanotech (1998-2007) and Clean Technology (2006-2007), TechConnect (2006-2007) which all focus on a community concept of accelerating commercialization of emerging technology into business and society.
Patricia Glaza
Executive Director and CEOMs. Patricia (Patti) Glaza is the Executive Director/CEO of the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization. Her background includes extensive work in emerging technologies, business development, and strategic consulting. Prior to joining CTSI, Ms. Glaza was the Vice President and Group Publisher of Small Times, the leading global media group focused on micro, MEMS, and nanotechnology commercialization. Ms. Glaza served as the Chief Executive Officer prior to the company’s acquisition by PennWell Corporation in late 2005.
Before Small Times Media, Ms. Glaza was Director of Business Development, Marketing and Client Services at HealthMedia, a fast-growing technology and health management start-up company. Ms. Glaza also worked at Avalon Investments, a venture capital company focused on technology company financing. Ms. Glaza started her career as a consulting professional and manager in the logistics, business services and retail industry groups for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
Ms. Glaza is a graduate of Michigan State University from the James Madison and Honor’s Colleges with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Economics. She earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Bart Romanowicz
Founder and Chief Scientific OfficerDr. Bart Romanowicz is Chief Scientific Office and Founder of the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI) and Founder and Executive Directory of Technology Development for the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) in Cambridge, MA. He received his M.S. and Sc.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, working in the Microsystems Institute. Dr. Romanowicz is an expert in matching technology capabilities with industrial needs for commercialization. He has served as a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an industrial and academic partner manager at the Microsystems firm Coventor and as technology team lead with the Boston based Axiowave Networks, Inc. and CFD Research Corporation.
Dr. Romanowicz has over 40 technical publications primarily in micro system design, is the author of Methodology for the Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Kluwer (1998), is the co-founder and chair of the Nanotech International Conference and Trade Show and is Managing Editor or Editor in Chief of two journals and two annuals in micro and nano technologies.
Laura Benold
Membership and Marketing ManagerLaura Benold is Membership and Marketing Manager and the regional representative for Texas of the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI). Prior to joining CTSI, Benold worked as Marketing Associate at Austin Technology Incubator where she contributed to the development of start-up companies within the Austin area, the growth of a regional clean technology community, and national initiatives to partner funding groups with start-ups. Through her relationship with Porter Novelli, she also gained public relations and social media experience.
Due to Benold’s work with early stage companies and funding groups, she evaluates market and funding opportunities for new technologies with a keen eye for game changers and growth potential. She excels at partnering organizations with their most ideal counterparts in government, R&D, finance, and the marketplace. Benold is CTSI’s Austin representative on the Austin Chamber of Commerce’s Clean Energy Council and an active member of the CleanTX Foundation.