Leadership. Expertise. Experience.
Meet the Leadership Team at LQDX.
Simon McElrea
Chief Executive Officer
Previously CEO Semblant Inc. (sold to HZO), Founder & President of Invensas Corp. now Adeia [NASDAQ: ADEA], CEO Vertical Circuits Inc. sold to XPERI [NASDAQ: XPER], COO of FreePower Inc. (adopted by Tesla in 2023) and Energous (IPO in 2014). Track record of building new tech businesses from seed, or repositioning early-stage companies and leading them to exits. Author of 35 US patents. Bachelors and Masters’ degrees in Engineering Science from Oxford University.
Scott Meikle
Executive Chairman
Previously SVP Global Customer Relationships at Lam Research (an $18 billion semiconductor equipment company). Prior, was President of Inotera Memories (acquired by Micron Technology). Connections across the globe with C-Suite leadership at semiconductor and related companies. B.Sc and Masters in Engineering Physics from University of Calgary, PhD from Shizuoka University, Japan.
Rozalia Beica
Chief Commercial Officer
Previously CSO and VP Strategic Marketing & Bus. Dev. at AT&S (a leading IC Substrate provider). Prior was CTO of Yole Developpement, and held various Executive roles at Tier-1 material & equipment leaders (DuPont, Lam Research & Applied Materials). Advanced degrees in Chemical Engineering, Mgmt. of Technology, GXMBA & Strategy from Politechnica Univ. Timisoara, IE University Madrid and Harvard.
Sunity Sharma
Chief Scientist, Inventor
PhD Chemist and former Resident Scientist at Stanford Research Institute (SRI). Lead author of 17 US patents on molecular metal inks and coatings, along with deposition methods including plating and ink-jet printing of metals including palladium, gold, copper & silver for applications in electrical interconnects, corrosion resistance, catalysis, and laser direct writing.
Divyakant Kadiwala
Chief Operations Officer
15 years of tech. startup experience in operations and engineering in a range of industries from flex-circuit materials, electronics packaging, nano-coatings, solar modules, and vacuum process systems. Prior to Averatek, held engineering and management roles at AMAT, Solopower and Miasole, and JDS Uniphase.