Mr. Victor Sprenger, Chief Executive Officer
Sprenger's career spans over 37 years in the electronics, refining and chemical industries. Prior to joining  Accelergy, he spent over ten years in various management positions at Engelhard Corporation (acquired by BASF in June 2006).  Most recently, he was Group Vice President and General Manager for Engelhard's Process Technologies Group.  Prior to joining Englehard, Mr. Sprenger was Vice President of Electronic Materials at Macdermid, Inc. and also served as Vice President of Electronics at both Hercules, Inc., and Colight/Cugher.  He began his career with AT&T's (Western Electric) blue circle management training program. 

Mr. Sprenger holds a BS degree in industrial engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Youqi Wang Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Wang is a pioneer in HTE technology and its applications in advanced materials research. Prior to joining Accelergy, Dr. Wang was a Distinguished Scientist at Symyx Technologies and the third employee, where he created and advanced novel materials R&D technologies. Dr. Wang designed and built the world's first fully automated combinatorial thin film synthesis system. He developed and matured various synthesis and screening methodologies, technologies and HTE platforms for applications in industrial catalysis and other client-specified applications. Dr. Wang is a named inventor on more than 15 patents and patent applications.

Dr. Wang holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from California Institute of Technology and both a BS, Physical Chemistry and MS, Industrial Catalysis from Fudan University in Shanghai, China.

Dr. Jane H. Chuan Vice President & General Manager of China Operations
Dr. Chuan has over 18 years of experience in biotech/pharmaceutical R&D operations, management and QA/QC. Prior to founding Accelergy, Dr. Chuan was Vice President of Operations at GanTech International. In this role, Dr. Chuan.

directed the day-to-day operation of the R&D and production groups within China. She also planned, organized and directed product development, validation, manufacturing and quality activities. Dr. Chuan has also held various positions at Coulter Pharmaceutical Inc, and SyStemix, Inc. where she directed and managed several functional groups, including manufacturing QA/QC, QC Lab, product stability, assay development and validation, and assay service.

Dr. Chuan holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from State University of New York at Buffalo, and a BS in Chemistry from Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Dr. Rocco Fiato Vice President, Intellectual Property
Dr. Fiato brings over 25 years of experience in strategic planning and intellectual property management from the Oil and Gas industries to Accelergy. Before joining Accelergy, Dr. Fiato held various senior positions at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company including Technical Advisor to ExxonMobil Law Department, Head of Competitive Assessment in Gas Process Division of Process Engineering Department at ExxonMobil, and was most recently the Intellectual Property Coordinator / IP Manager of the Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Technology Division. In his latest role, Dr. Fiato was instrumental in the development and licensing of 3500+ patents on GTL Technology.

Dr. Fiato served as 2005 - 2006 Chairman of Energy Frontier International (EFI) and is a member of the executive committee on the Natural Gas Conversion Board since 2004. He is also a member of American Chemical Society, a corresponding member of SAE and has been actively involved in programs for DOE, NSF and National Research Council.

Dr. Fiato is a named inventor on more than 65 US and 250 foreign patents and has published over 42 industry publications.

Dr. Fiato received his Ph.D. Physical Organic Chemistry from the University of Rochester and BS in Physical Organic Chemistry for Clarkson College.

Dr. Steve Hua Chief Information Officer
Dr. Hua has over 15 years of experience in IT and software development in the financial services industry as well as computer simulation and modeling for materials research. Before joining Accelergy, Dr. Hua held various senior positions at major corporations, including COO of Capital Financial Corporation, CTO of China United Online Information Development Co., and Senior E-Business Consultant at Credit Suisse First Boston.  He has also held positions with Morgan Stanley & Co., and was a Research Assistant at the Material Simulation Center of the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Hua has led the implementation of many large scale software systems, from interactive equity research tools and credit decision systems, to client focused enterprise portals for investment banks.

Dr. Hua received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology and BS in Physics from Beijing University in China.

Dr. Dali Ding Vice President, Corporate Development
Prior to joining Accelergy, Dr. Ding was Senior Vice President at Roosevelt China Investments Corporation and Senior Associate at McKinsey & Company in the Shanghai office.

Dr. Ding co-founded China Home, Inc, an e-commerce player in the home renovation sector where he served as VP of Operations & Business Development, and as General Counsel. Dr. Ding was also an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, advising high-tech companies in start-up, venture capital financing, licensing, merger/acquisition and IPO transactions.

Dr. Ding holds a JD and an MBA from Columbia University, a Ph.D. in Biology from California Institute of Technology, and a BS from Fudan University, China.