Our Leadership Team

	Thomas G. Malone President and Chief Executive Officer Tom is the founder of three previous ventures, the last two launching breakthrough technologies in the packaging industry. With over 30 years of entrepreneurial management experience, Tom provides a fresh business perspective as a skilled growth strategist offering tactical skills in intellectual property management, product development, sales and marketing. Tom is the inventor of 7 Patents and developed 4 trademarks. He has been a member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals since 1998 and won the 2002 Highest Achievement Award, the Gold Award Winner in Environmental Achievement and the Gold Award Winner in Technical Innovation from the Flexible Packaging Association in 2002. Tom was also presented with the 2001 R & D 100 Award, R & D Magazine. Tom earned an MBA from Pepperdine University, and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
	Krishna V. Nadella, Ph.D. Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Krishna received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington with a research specialty in microcellular plastics, thus advancing MicroGREEN's technology. He has developed 20 patentable technologies during his graduate research at UW and as head of development at MicroGREEN. Krishna plays a crucial role in furthering the development of Ad-air® technology, and working with partners to develop application-specific solutions. He has played a key role in developing and representing MicroGREEN's business to date, and effectively communicating the technology to partners.
	R. Michael Crill Chief Financial Officer Mike is the Managing Director for Atlas Accelerator and has served as a part-time CFO for over 90 companies to include RVM Scientific (sold to Agilent), Uniax (sold to Dupont), and the Coffee Equipment Company (sold to Starbucks). Mike holds a BS (magna cum laude) from Syracuse University with majors in finance, industrial relations, and business law and a minor in military science and an MBA (summa cum laude, valedictorian) from Duke.
	Chris Jacobs Director of Marketing and Product Development Chris joins MicroGREEN with 14 years of marketing and product development expertise. His early experience was in the development of products for the Earthshell brand for National Cement and Ceramics Laboratory. He received his MBA from Cornell in 1996. His CPG marketing and product development experience with Unilever and Johnson Outdoors add yet another dimension, and strengthen our development team. Chris is personally driven to work at the confluence of environmentally responsible and fiscally successful business. His passion, energy and experience fit well with MicroGREEN, and he is currently focusing on the CPG industry and working with the team to drive the acceptance of our technology in this arena.
	Barbara Burke Operations Director Barbara received her BS degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and her Master of Medical Engineering degree from the University of Washington (Seattle). She is a lifetime member of Tau Beta Pi. Barbara brings to MicroGREEN Polymers over 20 years of technical and management experience, particularly as a start-up entrepreneur of a high technology medical research company.
	Russ Briggs Production Manager Russ Briggs, Production Manager, joins MGP with 27 years of management experience in the thermoformed plastic packaging operations for mostly food packaging. He spent 21 years with Rock-Tenn Company and the last 6 with CM Packaging, formally Stone Plastics. Employee safety is Russ's first priority, which has led to the implementation of programs such as AIB certification and manufacturing software using plant floor data collection.
	Xiaoxi Wang, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Xiaoxi brings additional depth of technical creativity and expertise to the MicroGREEN development team. Xiaoxi received his MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2002, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington in 2007. With over 7 years of experience on microcellular plastics, he has 17 academic publications, and 8 patent and invention disclosures. His research is focused on foaming of semi-crystalline and biodegradable polymers, mechanical and electrical properties of foams and creating interconnected porous structures in close-celled foams using ultrasound.
	Steve Woolridge Thermoforming Engineering Manager Steve comes to the Company with over 20 years of experience in thermoforming, in areas such as product development, project management, and process engineering. Steve gained his experience working for companies such as Solo Cup Company, Berry Plastics, Placon Corp., Dart Container, Fabri-Kal Corp., and Amoco Foam Products Company. Steve earned his Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology degree from University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin.
	John Lu Technology Leader John provides many years of research and development experience in the field of microcellular plastics. He earned his BS and MS in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington. During his time there, he focused on solid-state foaming of thin materials and completed his master's thesis titled "Processing and Characterization of Thermoplastic Microcellular Thin Films". John has experience working in fast paced, small businesses, making him ideal for the demands of MicroGREEN Polymers Inc.
	Mark Daniel Controller Mark Daniel has over 20 years of experience in finance, operations, accounting, and consulting. He has worked with companies to complete private equity fundraising and IPO transactions, has experience in mergers & acquisitions, and has helped small companies implement the financial systems needed to meet continued growth. Mark earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, a Master's from Yale University, and a Bachelor's from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).
	John Davidsson Senior Inside Sales Manager John Davidsson has over ten years of sales and sales management experience. In that time John has managed and mentored multiple B2C (business-to-consumer) sales teams, and has developed and managed numerous Fortune 500 accounts. John earned his BA degree with honors from the University of Washington. He is currently attending Seattle University to pursue his JD and MBA degrees.
	Caitlin Birkenbuel Customer Service Coordinator and Marketing Assistant As Customer Service Coordinator, Caitlin Birkenbuel serves as the key point of contact between MicroGREEN and its customers and distributors. With over 7 years of experience working in sales and marketing in the graphics and wide-format printing industry, Caitlin brings to her job a wealth of knowledge on digital media, inks and printing substrates that serves her customers well, responding to their inquiries and requests with expert proficiency and enhancing their understanding of how MicroGREEN’s innovative technology and product applications can meet their printing and packaging needs.