CO-FOUNDER, CTO, LUMITRON TECHNOLOGIES
WHY: Physics professor; started Irvine medical device maker in 2017. Maker of HyperView, an ultra-high-intensity, laser-based X-ray machine.
IN THE NEWS: Developing fourth generation of the HyperView prototype at headquarters and R&D facility at UCI Research Park.
QUOTABLE: Doesn’t consider company a startup, but a fledgling company whose proprietary technology is built upon 17 years and $220M worth of R&D. “How valuable is curing cancer? If you’re the one with it, you can’t put a price tag on it.”
