Gary S. Tompa

As President and C.E.O. of SMI, Dr. Tompa leads the company, technology development, and commercialization. With over 30 years of experience, his major areas of expertise are thin film making equipment, devices, nanomaterials, business growth and management, and financing approaches. Dr. Tompa started his career in CVD by rising to Director of Systems and Technology at the Turbo Disc division of Emcore (now owned by Veeco) from which he left to found Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI). At SMI, Dr. Tompa is a concurrent entrepreneur, having helped found several businesses and raised over $40 million dollars in non-equity financing. He is also a founder of the NEI Corporation and currently serves as the Chairman of NEI’s Board of Directors. Dr. Tompa is a co-founder of United Nanotech Products Limited, a multi-million dollar private venture funded start-up to produce battery electrode materials, where he was a member of the board of directors. Dr. Tompa also sits on several University Boards of Advisors. He has also been an external committee member to several PhD. theses ,has over 100 publications, has made over 100 conference presentations, and is the holder of several patents. Dr. Tompa is a member of several societies, including, at times, OSA, MRS, TMS, and NDIA, among others. Dr. Tompa, a Garden State (New Jersey) Fellow, holds a PhD. in Physics from Stevens Institute of Technology.