Paul R. Tolley

Smart Systems Technology & Commercialization Center manufactures micro-electro-mechanical system. It specializes in optics, micro fluidics, biomems, RF, and inertial solutions. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Canandaigua, NY.

Excell Partners Inc (Excell Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of State of New York founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Syntec Optics Ltd. is a US-based optics and photonics manufacturing private company that was formed more than two decades ago from an aggregation of three advanced manufacturing companies that were started in the 1980s. The company's mission is to provide a scalable unifying platform of optics and photonics manufacturing that keeps American soldiers from harm's way, offers doctors technology tools for patient care, and delivers photonics enabled precision to several other end-markets. Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. is a 20-year optics and photonics leader for scientific and technical instruments and aerospace and defense products. The company offers plastic and glass molding, diamond turning, precision machining, assembly, and coating services for optics and photonics. Syntec Optics is headquartered in Rochester, NY, and operates a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility with extensive core capabilities of various optics manufacturing processes. The company was founded in 1981 by Al Kapoor, and Joseph Mohr has been the CEO of the company since 2021.