Joan has extensive technology-based industry expertise in product development and marketing. She was a new product specialist for Raychem Corporation, where she helped to commercialize components for fiber-to-curb telecommunications, gas separation membranes, continual perfusion devices for angioplasty, and gel-based systems for corrosion protection and EMI shielding. She also was a product manager for Raychem’s Thermofit® Division, responsible for the operation and growth of radiation cross-linked tubings. Her expertise includes technology commercialization, technology assessment, intellectual property management, and strategic alliance formation.

Joan has an MBA and an MS in physical-inorganic chemistry from the University of Chicago; and a BS in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.