Nicholas J. Colella, Ph.D. joined Incubic (www.incubic.com) as a Venture Partner in January, 2007. He serves on the Science Advisory Board of Zyvex Corporation (www.zyvex.com), a nanotechnologies company. He also serves on the board of Ultracell Corporation (www.ultracellpower.com), a privately-funded company manufacturing reformed methanol fuel cell. From August 2001 through December 2006, he served on the senior executive team of Tessera, Inc. (www.tessera.com). He was a key contributor to executing a turn-around of the company, taking it public in 2003, and subsequently growing its value to over $2B. During his nearly five-year tenure at Tessera, in roles of Senior Vice President, Dr. Colella built and led the company’s Product Miniaturization Division and contributed to corporate strategy. From April 2000 through July 2001, Dr. Colella was the Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of R&D at PolyStor Corporation, a lithium-ion battery company in the cell phone and hybrid electric vehicle market segments. In 1995, Dr. Colella co-founded Angel Technologies Corporation (www.angelcorp.com), a broadband, wireless communications company and, until March 2000, served as that company’s CTO and Executive Vice President. From May 1986 to October 1996, Dr. Colella held senior positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he led strategic and theater missile defense programs. Dr. Colella co-founded nChip, Inc. in 1987, a multi-chip module electronics company later sold to Flextronics International in 1995. Dr. Colella contributed to forming and founding the National Robotics Engineering Consortium (www.rec.ri.cmu.edu) at Carnegie Mellon, during 1994-1995, and served for several years thereafter on its original Advisory Board. Dr. Colella received a B.A. in honors physics from Temple University and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in physics from Carnegie Mellon University. He was raised in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and maintains an active interest in the economic future of Western Pennsylvania.