Small Particles Cause Big Problems
Disruptive particles are everywhere and they propagate faster than the world’s ability to identify, detect, and mitigate them. Think COVID-19, Tuberculosis, or dangerous contaminants in food and water.
HyperSpectral APD is helping the world get ahead of toxic particles and show-stopping pathogens to improve the health of people and our planet.
We are a data analytics company supported by our patent pending spectrographic detection technology. We bring novel approaches to micro-particle & pathogen detection and characterization.
ABOUT US
HyperSpectral APD, LLC was established with a mission of detecting COVID-19 faster than the world’s current capabilities. We have made great progress on our novel particle detection technology.
On the path to detect viruses, which are among the smallest of pathogens, we discovered our ability to identify many other particles that also threaten the health of people and the planet. We are now pushing a broader mission and will leverage our sensor fusion capabilities with our cloud-enabled platform and ML to enable unprecedented access to our rich store of optical data.
Harry Hopper
Co-Founder/ Chief Executive Officer
Harry is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years experience in management and venture capital investing. His focus has been on leveraging technology shifts, regulatory changes and bringing application to new verticals to create successful companies.
Matthew Theurer
Head of Product and Technology
Matt was a Virtustream co-founder and is a global technology executive with 25 years of success. He’s spent his career bringing ground breaking technology to the market to solve real world business technology and financial problems.
David Palacios
Co-Founder/Head of Science and Innovation
David has a PhD in optical physics and over a decade experience at NASA-JPL where he focused on signal-to-noise enhancement techniques to enable the study of previously undetectable planets. He’s transferring this knowledge to tiny particle detection.
Jennifer Simpson
Chief Financial Officer
Jennifer is an all-around corporate athlete who has been an investor for industrial and business services companies, a CFO and operations leader, and a developer of global talent. she began her career as a Lieutenant in the US Army Medical Service Corps.
Lauren Stack
Chief Operating Officer
Lauren is a successful entrepenuer and executive with a track record of rolling up her sleeves and leading organizations through all aspects of strategy, development, growth, and sale. As a corporate governance expert, she serves on JPMorgan’s Six Circle Funds board.
They are backed up by a team of 10 FTEs specializing in ML/AI, engineering, product development and operations.