Thanos Pantazis

Thanos Pantazis has over 25 years of expertise in the scientific and technology startup community. His career started as a scientist for Amptek Inc., which produced satellite instrumentation for the US Air Force and NASA. Amptek produced x-ray detectors which revolutionized the analytical instrumentation landscape and other products that analyzed lead in paint, toxic materials in toys, and rocks and soil on the surface of Mars as part of the Pathfinder Mission. As Managing Director, he sold the business in 2011 to a private equity group and then again to Ametek Inc. in 2014, an S&P 500 corporation, for a total of 200M. After 25 years with Amptek/Ametek, Thanos retired from his then current role as President, having grown Amptek by 85% and maintained a profit margin close to 50%. He began investing in start-ups and serves as a scientific advisor and board member for a number of technology-centered businesses. Thanos most recently became President of a start-up in Quantum Computing in the Boston area. He holds a B.A. in physics with a minor in art history and archaeology from Cornell University.