Board of Directors
Chairman, William Christ
William Christ is a retired Senior Executive Vice President and COO/CFO of Hershey Foods and served four years in the United States Air Force, earning the rank of Captain. He has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an M.A. in Business from the Pennsylvania State University. In addition, he attended both the International Management Development Institute and the International Management Institute in Switzerland. He was also honored with the Alumni Fellow of The Pennsylvania State University in 1991.
President, William P. Hanson, PhD.
Dr. William Hanson has over 25 years experience in operations, high tech manufacturing, business management, P&L accountability, and research & development management. Prior to founding Hanson Technologies in 2003, he worked as Global Vice President of Crystal Engineering for Corning Frequency Control, Operations Manager of Piezo Crystal Company, and Vice President of Engineering for Piezo Crystal Company. In this role, Dr. Hanson was responsible for the global deployment of newly developed high tech crystal manufacturing technology, meeting QS-9000 quality standards, for Corning Frequency Control.
Dr. Hanson was also responsible for crystal manufacturing operations at Piezo Crystal Company supporting a 300 percent growth in the company. Dr. Hanson was also instrumental in setting up statistical process control manufacturing methods at Piezo Crystal Company. Dr. Hanson holds a PhD and Masters degree from The Johns Hopkins University in Material Sciences and Engineering. He holds the patent, exclusively licensed to Hanson Technologies, on next generation biological and chemical sensing technology.
Edward Frymoyer, PhD.
Dr. Ed Frymoyer is a co-founder or strategic advisor to several successful technology start-ups, including Brocade, JNI, and Prisa Networks. He was also founder and chairman of Infinity I/O, Inc., a leading provider of technology training in the network storage industry. He currently serves as a Director on the Board of NanoHorizons, a State College based developer of nano-scale materials and devices. He has a doctorate in physics from The Pennsylvania State University and more than 30 years experience in technology development and marketing.
Stephen B. Carpenter, M.B.A.
Stephen Carpenter is a Vice President of Venture Operations for the Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central PA (LSGPA). He is a board observer for five portfolio companies in addition to evaluating and guiding prospective companies for LSGPA investment. Mr. Carpenter has over 20 years of experience in a variety of engineering and management positions leading operation start-ups and new product launches at DuPont, Berg Electronics, and FCI USA.
Mr. Carpenter has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and a M.B.A. from Penn State University focusing on venture capital, entrepreneurship, and finance.