the morpho butterfly – “optical nanotech lab in the wild’
About I.J. Ikävalko
Bio details:
— Born in Helsinki, Finland. Moved to the U.S. at age 12 (family was involved in publishing Finnish-language newspapers in the United States). Studied philosophy, mathematical logic, cognitive science and nanophysics.
— Became executive recruiter of computer science professionals in the large IBM mainframe era.
— Became co-founder, President and equity partner at MultiMate, leading early word-processing app for the IBM PC. Key early stage funding was obtained from Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hartford, CT., and then from Chuck Peddle, President and founder of Sirius Systems Technology. He had been the developer of the Commodore PET computer.
— Later, became representative in U.S. for Haka, a large European construction firm acquired by Skanska . Arranged funding for ventures of large American businesses in Russia.
— Co-founder of NCC Projects, a construction firm in the EMEA region, with the major shareholder being NCC, one of Europe’s largest engineering firms.
— Developed and arranged U.S. energy and aerospace ventures in Russia and Kazakhstan (for example, Occidental Petroleum in Nizhnevartovsk; the Chevron Tengiz-Korolev oil fields near the Black Sea).
— Led the arrangement of project finance via US government agencies (TDA, OPIC, Ex-Im Bank, USAID). Keynote speaker at the Houston conference where the U.S. Eximbank (Export-Import Bank of the United States) announced a major funding program to support the export of U.S. technology to support private sector and energy resource development in Russia.
— Member of the U.S.-Russia Business Council, published articles in the Council’s journal.
— Speaker at Yale University, the University of Michigan, and U.S. Department of Defense, on technology ventures and innovation.
— Principal at Digital Greenfield LLC, technology and software consulting.
— Executive Director of the IICC Nanotechnology Fund, Houston, TX, founded by Len Chaikind.
— Research in nano science, relationship of consciousness and physical properties of matter at Basye Vortex LLC.
— Married to writer, arts & funding consultant Barbara Rosen — former Cultural Affairs Officer at the British Embassy, Washington DC.
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