Kurt Petersen

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Kurt Petersen received his BS degree cum laude in EE from UC Berkeley in 1970. In 1975, he received a PhD in EE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Petersen established a MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems) research group while at IBM Research from 1975 to 1982. Since 1982, Dr. Petersen has co-founded six silicon valley companies in MEMS technology: Transensory Devices Inc. in 1982, NovaSensor in 1985, Cepheid in 1996, SiTime in 2004, Verreon in 2008, and Profusa in 2009. Each of these companies have become technical and commercial leaders in the field of MEMS devices and applications. NovaSensor develops and manufactures silicon pressure sensors and accelerometers. The company is now owned by General Electric. Cepheid is now a public company (CPHD) with annual sales over $300M and a market cap of $2.1B. The company sells advanced DNA diagnostic products; particularly to the US Postal Service for detecting anthrax in the US mail (all US mail is screened for anthrax

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San Francisco, US