Byron Denenberg

international experience. He has been involved in numerous start-up companies, including MST Measurement Systems, Inc., Microsensor Technology GmbH, and FPM Analytics, Inc., as both an investor and Board Member.

Prior to his involvement with these companies, Byron was a co-founder of MDA Scientific, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of toxic gas monitoring systems for the semiconductor industry. He served as MDA's CEO from the company's inception in 1969 until 1992. MDA was purchased by Zellweger Uster AG in 1988. From 1960 to 1969, Byron held various sales, marketing and operational positions in analytic and control instrumentation with Leeds & Northrop Company, Boston, MA; Waters Associates, Framingham, MA and Geneva, Switzerland; and Anacon, Inc., Ashland, MA.

Byron has been the recipient of a variety of honors and awards including the Best Small Business in Chicago awarded to MDA Scientific by the University of Illinois/Chicago and Arthur Andersen; The Medallion for Entrepreneurship awarded by Beta Gamma Sigma; The Entrepreneur of The Year awarded by Arthur Young/Venture Magazine; and The High Tech Entrepreneur awarded by KPMG Peat Marwick. He was also elected to the Institute of American Entrepreneurs and the Entrepreneurs Hall Of Fame in 1987. Byron is the holder of three U.S. Patents. He is a graduate of Bucknell University, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and served in the U.S. Navy as a Lt. jg.