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Currently, Neil is heading a NASA spin-off that is commercializing a carbon nanotube biosensor.
He is also President and co-founder of the Canadian NanoBusiness Alliance (CNBA), a Canadian trade association involved in establishing a Canadian National Nanotechnology Initiative, and in developing nanotechnology commercialization initiatives in Canada and throughout the world. CNBA offers leadership and know-how for establishing commercial-oriented nanotechnology programs, and brings management, marketing, partnerships, and finance brokering to research projects and early stage ventures.
Neil specializes in nanotechnology commercialization and global initiatives. He headed the establishment of the NanoImprint Lithography Centre, offering prototyping services and low volume production for nanoscale devices that make use of low cost polymer substrates instead of silicon such as biosensors, lab-on-a-chip, solar panels and OLED displays.
As a nanotechnology business consultant, he has worked with various government agencies, investors, start-ups, and business units in large companies throughout the world in diverse industries. Mr. Gordon has a Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering from McGill University, a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, and 22 years of business experience in management consulting, information technologies, aerospace & defense, and engineering sectors, and has founded several companies.
Neil headed the commercialization initiative of CANEUS, a NASA-led effort between multiple government agencies in the US and allied countries and the private sector, to develop standards, prototypes and collaborative investments in Micro and Nano Technologies (MNTs) for aerospace and defense applications. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report and the World NanoEconomic Congress, Judge for the annual SmallTimes Awards, and is regularly interviewed as a nanotechnology industry analyst. Neil was a Runner-up as Nanotechnology Advocate in Nanotech-Now.com`s “Best of Nanotechnology 2003” Awards.
Read more about Neil here, including a selection of his publications and interviews.
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