Thomas L. Hierl

Crystal IS, Inc. manufactures ultraviolet light emitting diodes. Its products include TO-39 ball lens and flat window. Its LEDs are integrated into customers’ products to sterilize and disinfect water, air and surfaces in a variety of applications. The company was founded by Leo Schowalter and Glen Alfred Slack in March 1997 and is headquartered in Green Island, NY.

VELOX Semiconductor is a spin off from EMCORE Corporation. VELOX excels in high-volume, cost-effective manufacturing of Gallium Nitride (GaN) transistors and diodes. VELOX's GaN based technology allows significant improvements in the cost, size and efficiency of power supplies potentially resulting in increased portability. EMCORE has experience successfully spinning off GaN technology. In 1999, Emcore spun off its GaN LED technology for solid state lighting to form GELcore, a Joint Venture with General Electric Lighting. Today GELcore is a leading manufacturer of solid state lighting products. VELOX intends to repeat GELcore's success in the power market. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Somerset, NJ.