James R. Von Ehr II | |
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| Born | 1950 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nanotechnology |
| Institutions | Zyvex |
James R. Von Ehr II (born in 1950) is an American programmer, inventor and entrepreneur. Von Ehr is the former chief executive of Zyvex corporation, the world first and most successful molecular nanotechnology company.[1]
Von Ehr founded Zyvex corporation in 1997 with a vision of assembling a nanoassembler. The company started by building microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).[2] Zyvex later split into four branches (Zyvex Technologies, Zyvex Instruments (acquired by DCG Systems, Inc.), Zyvex Labs, and Zyvex Asia), and current CEO of Zyvex Labs and chairman of Zyvex Technologies. Von Ehr founded Altsys Corporation in Dec 1984, and was President, Chairman, and CEO. Altsys was known for developing Fontographer, a PostScript-based font editor, and later FreeHand, a powerful PostScript-based illustration program for graphics artists and designers. Altsys was sold to Macromedia in 1995, where Von Ehr held a seat on the Board of Directors for nearly four years.
In 2000, Von Ehr founded the Texas Nanotechnology Initiative and contributed to the passage of the Nanotechnology Research and Development Act in 2003.[3]
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References
- ^ Tomczyk, Michael (2015). NanoInnovation: What Every Manager Needs to Know. Weinham, Germany: John Wiley & Sons. pp. xxiii. ISBN 9783527326723.
- ^ Hayles, N. Katherine; Foushee, Danielle (2004). Nanoculture: Implications of the New Technoscience. Intellect Books. ISBN 9781841501130.
- ^ Hornyak, Gabor L.; Moore, John J.; Tibbals, H. F.; Dutta, Joydeep (2009). Fundamentals of Nanotechnology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 54. ISBN 9781420048049.
- "UT Dallas Alumnus and Pioneering Entrepreneur to Speak on the Business of Nanotechnology". The University of Texas at Dallas. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
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