CHRIS BARTY
CO-FOUNDER/CTO
LUMITRON TECHNOLOGIES INC.
WHY: Co-founder of Irvine-based company developing pioneering X-ray system for the next generation of cancer treatments.
IN THE NEWS: Last year announced new funding round to raise $25M to $40M, which would give the company a valuation of around $300M.
NOTABLE: Professor of physics and astronomy at University of California, Irvine. Previously was CTO at the National Ignition Facility Directorate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he spent 17 years inventing the core technologies upon which Lumitron’s system are based.
QUOTABLE: “They’re still using a flashlight to find a disease when they could be using a laser. If we do it correctly, you will never need to remove a breast or a prostate again. We will find the disease before it’s a problem. It’s really changing human health—that’s a huge goal.”
