Neocera Magma is led by a seasoned management team with extensive experience in the semiconductor industry and deep knowledge of thin film deposition technologies that underlay Neocera Magma’s product offerings.
T. Venkatesan
Chairman and CEO
T. Venkatesan, President, Founder & Board Member, is a world-renowned entrepreneur/scientist who invented the PLD process at Bell Labs/Bellcore, founded Neocera Magma in 1989 to commercialize PLD and founded the Surface Modification Center at Rutgers University. He negotiated the license agreement for the magnetic imaging system from the University of Maryland and has included this in Neocera’s product portfolio. He was a scientist/manager at Bell Labs/ Bellcore for 17 years followed by another 17 years as a Professor of ECE and Physics at the University of Maryland Center for Superconductivity research. Since 2008, he is the Director of the Nano Institute at the National University of Singapore. He has over 800 publications and 34 patents in the area of oxides and interfaces and has over 54,300 citations and a Hirsch index of 118. In 2016 he was elected a Fellow in the following: Singapore National Academy of Sciences, Asia Pacific Artificial Intelligence, Royal Society, Materials Research Society, and an Academy Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Also, he is currently an Affiliate Scientist at NIST.
Nesco Lettsome Jr
Chief Operating Officer
Jerry Weinberg
CFO
Jerry Weinberg is the CFO/Treasurer at Neocera. He is in charge of the full cycle of accounting including day-to-day accounting operations; monthly, quarterly, and annually closing; financial reporting; financial investor information; cash flow budget; forecast/budget; auditing/tax; and FP&A. He is also responsible for company benefit administration including payroll and 401K management. Jerry brings more than 25 years of experience at companies across a diverse range of industries. Mr. Weinberg previously served as CFO with Communications Engineering, Inc., a broadcast and multi-media company. In this capacity, he was instrumental in expanding and diversifying CEI’s revenue stream, resulting in an increase of gross revenues from $25 million to $40 million. Prior to joining CEI, Jerry worked as CFO for Professional Products, Inc., a systems integration company where he played an integral role in computerizing the corporation’s operations and developing a sales incentive plan which helped increase the company’s annual sales from $30 million to $50 million. Jerry earned his BSBA degree at American University in Washington, D.C., and is a Certified Public Accountant.