Rayton

Andrew Yakub is the founder of the Company and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 2013. Prior to Rayton, in September 2009 Andrew founded and has since acted as the Chief Executive Officer of ReGen America, Inc. a producer of commercial and residential solar photovoltaic systems. In that position, he was responsible for the development of over 6 megawatts of solar installations. Named to Forbes’ “30 under 30” list in 2016, Mr. Yakub is a two time clean technology entrepreneur. Mr. Yakub’s experience spans from UCLA’s Particle Beam Physics Lab to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. He holds a Bachelor’s in Physics from UC Santa Barbara.

Dr. Joshua McNeur is the Accelerator and Design Engineer who leads the operation and characterization of Rayton's unique high current ion source. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA, with his research focused on accelerator and charged beam physics. He has over 10 years of experience in designing, characterizing and operating various forms of particle accelerators.

Dr. Liu has over 10 years of R&D experience in the solar industry. Prior to Rayton he was the Director of Product Engineering at Arzon Solar (a concentrator photovoltaic technology company) where he led the team to break the world record of solar module efficiency two times. He also has extensive experience in prototyping and manufacturing ramp-up. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia.

Carl Nettleton heads Nettleton Strategies, a firm specializing in forming complex community coalitions and handling high profile issues involving government, media, business, and neighborhoods. The firm provides critical insight and strategic problem solving for both old and new issues. He serves on the national and California advisory councils for Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national, nonpartisan group of business owners, investors and others who advocate for policies that are good for the economy and good for the environment. Carl also founded OpenOceans Global, an NGO linking people to the world’s oceans. His subject matter expertise includes oceans, all things water, energy, climate, and U.S./Mexico border issues.

Dr. James Rosenzweig is a UCLA professor, former UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department Chair, and a world-renowned researcher in particle beams with over 500 scientific publications. He has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was awarded the International Free-electron Laser Prize. His expertise in particle beam physics is extremely valuable to the development of the ion-cutting process and high-current proton implanter.

Dr. Mark Goorsky is a UCLA professor, former UCLA Materials Science Chair, and Rayton’s resident expert in ion implantation, layer transfer, wafer bonding and material integration. Dr. Goorsky received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT and continued his postdoctoral fellowship at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Dr. Goorsky’s expertise in materials science and wafer bonding is incredibly crucial to the development of Rayton’s ion-cutting process.

Jeffrey Scheinrock is a distinguished serial entrepreneur lending his talents to Rayton in its investment stage. Jeffrey is the CFO of Originate and the Faculty Director of the Applied Management Research Program and Continuing Lecturer at UCLA Anderson School of Business.

Joshua Rossman is a Senior Executive with deep expertise in customer loyalty, analytics and insights with large, Fortune 1000 companies as well as early to mid-stage start-ups. He possesses a strong track record of delivering data-driven business results across large, complex organizations that increase revenue, improve the customer experience, and better align organizational needs. He is a proven and effective leader who is adept at consensus building, influencing, and leading large cross-functional teams through customer-centric culture change.