Yakov Kutsovsky

Yakov Kutsovsky is the CEO and Founder of MateriaX, an advisory firm enabling successful development and commercialization of new materials. He is also an Expert-inResidence at Harvard University, supporting faculty in assessing technology fit for different markets, evaluating and addressing open technical and business issues for the best path to market.

Over the last 15 years, Yakov was the CTO and Chief Scientific Officer of Cabot Corporation, a global specialty chemicals and materials company. Yakov led the development of multiple products and manufacturing innovations, commercializing new materials across established and emerging businesses. Yakov advanced Cabot-wide technology platforms including elastomeric composites, inkjet colorants, graphenes, carbon nanostructures and materials for next generation tires, adhesives and batteries. Yakov built a track record of scaling organizational and technical capabilities – from grams in the lab, to tons in manufacturing sites and technology centers across the world. Yakov directed the technology scouting team and delivered a valuable pipeline of business opportunities through connecting technologies to customer needs. He also partnered with leading customers across the globe to establish collaboration programs leading to new products and technology licensing. Yakov identified and executed on multiple M&A opportunities, expanding Cabot’s technology portfolio. He was the President of Advanced Nanostructure Solutions (ANS), an acquired wholly owned Cabot subsidiary, scaling up and commercializing a new form of carbon nanotubes (CNS) to deliver superior performance in batteries, EMI shielding and silicones. Yakov has also led development and implementation of lab informatics solutions to accelerate materials

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Yakov has published more than 20 papers and was granted 17 patents that cover a broad range of technical areas. Yakov earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a MS in Chemical Physics from Novosibirsk State University in Russia. Yakov is a member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Material Research Society and American Chemical Society. Yakov served on the Advisory Boards of the Department of Energy, Environmental, Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Nanomanufacturing Center at UMass Lowell and the Department of Chemistry at MIT.