About Us

About Us

Core Team at a glance

We are passionate, applied thinkers; a team of creative, analytical and focused minds with deep experience solving a wide range of industry challenges. We have 150 patents all together.

Leslie Field, Ph.D.

Leslie Field, Ph.D.

Founder and Managing Member

Leslie Field, Ph.D. is the Founder and Managing Member of SmallTech Consulting, and an experienced inventor and entrepreneur with extensive consulting experience including technical and IP due diligence work in MEMS.

Phil Barth, Ph.D.

Phil Barth, Ph.D.

Phil Barth, Ph.D. is an engineer and inventor with a strong track record in developing mini, micro, and nano-scale systems for automotive, medical, and analytical use, both as a team leader and as an individual contributor.

Mateusz Bryning, Ph.D.

Mateusz Bryning, Ph.D.

Mateusz Bryning, Ph.D. is a physicist with a background in advanced materials, nanotechnology, sensors, microfabrication, displays, and deep technology startups.

Remy Cromer, Ph.D.

Remy Cromer, Ph.D.

Remy has over 25 years of experience in research and development of novel technology platforms addressing the challenges in the medical device arena.

Kalyan Katuri, Ph.D.

Kalyan Katuri, Ph.D.

Kalyan Katuri, Ph.D. is a mechanical engineer with expertise in data analytics, machine learning, autonomous control systems, MEMS, microfluidics, and structural mechanics.

Willy McAllister

Willy McAllister

Willy McAllister, M.S. is an Electrical engineer with extensive experience exploring and developing new technologies.

Remy Cromer, Ph.D.

Alexander Sholtz

Alexander Sholtz is a recent graduate (magna cum laude) in Materials Science from U. Mich.

Shalini Venkatesh, Ph.D.

Shalini Venkatesh, Ph.D.

Shalini Venkatesh is a physicist with a background in optical sensors, fiberoptic and waveguide devices, optical communications, and medical physics.