Archie Clemins Chairman

Archie Clemins, a Venture Partner with Highway 12 Ventures, is the founder and President of Caribou Technologies, Inc., an international consulting firm. His specialty is alliance building, with a focus on business opportunities within the Government, where commercial technologies present optimum enterprise solutions. Clients include several Fortune 500 companies: Science Application International Corporation (SAIC), Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GDAIS), Boeing, CACI, Sumitomo Corporation of America, and NTT Data of Japan.

Mr. Clemins serves on the Board of Directors for Global Crossing (GLBC), Healthwise, The Software Revolution, Positron Systems, and Vector Security Acquisition Corporation; is the Chairman of Advanced Electron Beams; and assists several small technology companies, often serving on their advisory boards. Additionally, he is on the Science and Technology Advisory Committee for the State of Idaho and the Board of Directors for the University of Illinois Alumni Association.

Archie Clemins received his Bachelor of Science (BS) and Masters of Science (MS) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois (Urbana campus). Commissioned into the United States Navy through the University’s Naval Reserve Officer’s Training Program, he completed the Naval Nuclear Power Program and served on ballistic missile and attack submarines prior to his command of the USS POGY (SSN647).

Promoted to Flag (General Officer) rank in 1991, he had five follow-on assignments, including Commander, Pacific Fleet Training Command in San Diego, California and Commander, Seventh Fleet, headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan.  Admiral Clemins concluded his military career as the Commander of the U. S. Pacific Fleet and retired from active duty in December 1999.  During his last three major commands he initiated several key endeavors involving change management and information technology.

Archie Clemins holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Illinois and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He and his wife Marilyn reside in Boise, Idaho.

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Mitch Tyson  Chief Executive Officer & Director

Mitch Tyson joined Advanced Electron Beams (AEB) as CEO and Director in October 2005, upon the completion of the company's Series A round of venture funding.

AEB enables the green factory of the future by making sustainable manufacturing possible and profitable. AEB's compact electron beam emitters replace thermal and chemical processes for cleaner, more efficient, lower-cost manufacturing. For industries such as pharmaceutical, medical devices, food and beverage packaging, printing, and plastics, AEB emitters sterilize products and packaging, improve the performance of plastics and other materials, cure inks and coatings and eliminate pollution.

Prior to joining Advanced Electron Beams, Mitch was a corporate consultant and lecturer, serving on multiple industry, government, and corporate boards of directors, and advising start-up organizations and venture capital firms. Previously, Mitch served as the CEO of PRI Automation, a publicly traded corporation that supplied automation systems including hardware, software and services for the semiconductor industry. From 1987 to 2002, he held positions of increasing management responsibility, and helped transform PRI Automation from a small robotics manufacturer to the world's leading supplier of semiconductor fab automation systems. Mitch managed the growth of the company from $4 million to over $300 million in revenue, and guided the company through its successful IPO. In 2002 PRI Automation was acquired by Brooks Automation.  Between 1985 and 1987, Mitch worked at GCA Corporation as Director of Product Management and from 1979 to 1985 served as science advisor and legislative assistant for energy to U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas.

Mitch is a co-founder of the New England Clean Energy Council, whose mission is to accelerate New England's clean energy economy to global leadership by building an active community of stakeholders and a world-class cluster of clean energy companies. Mitch serves on the Executive Committee and heads the CEO Council. Mitch also serves on the Executive and Governing Boards of John Adams Innovation Institute, a quasi-public state agency focused on promoting high tech economic development in Massachusetts, the Board of the Mass High Technology Council, the UMASS High Tech Executive Council, the Massport Security Advisory Council, and the Board of the Progressive Business Leaders Network. Mitch also serves on the board of Photronics, Inc., a manufacturer of photomasks for the flat panel display and semiconductor industries.

In October 2008, the Mass High Tech Journal named Mitch a Mass High Tech All-Star for his leadership in and commitment to the clean energy sector.

He has a Bachelors of Science in Physics, a Masters of Science in Nuclear Engineering, and a second Masters of Science in Political Science, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Larry Bohn Director

Larry Bohn joined the Board of Directors of Advanced Electron Beams in October 2005. Larry is a Managing Director with General Catalyst Partners, and focuses his expertise in the areas of software infrastructure, enterprise software application, and information technology development.

Prior to joining General Catalyst Partners, he served as Chairman, President, and CEO of NetGenesis, a market leader in software and analytic solutions. Under his leadership, the company was taken public in 2000 and subsequently acquired by SPSS in December, 2001.

In addition, Larry was President of PCDOCS, where he advanced the PCDOCS' product to a number one market position in its industry, and led the company's highly successful public offering. He has also been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth. Larry is also affiliated with Demandware, Inc, Black Duck Software, ChoiceStream, OzVision, and QUMAS.

Larry is an honors graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and holds his Masters of Arts degree in Linguistics from Clark University.

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Jeff Fagnan Director

Jeff Fagnan joined the Board of Directors of Advanced Electron Beams in October 2005. As a partner with Atlas Ventures, Jeff is focused on the development of emerging Enterprise Software and Advanced Material Technology corporations. Jeff is actively involved in the development and commercialization of technology through innovation centers which include MIT's Deshpande Center for Innovation, Harvard University, and Boston University.

Prior to joining Atlas Ventures, Jeff was a Principal with Seed Capital, and managed the firm's Boston Division. In this role, he was instrumental in building successful businesses in the areas of data communications and networking, including DataPower Technologies and Polychromix.

Prior to his role with Seed Capital, he was responsible for designing and implementing strategic and operational solutions for clients at Booz, Allen, and Hamilton. In addition, Jeff held several key management roles within Nortel Networks, and was involved in strategic Mergers and Acquisitions.

Jeff received his MBA in Finance and Operations, with distinction, from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester, and his Bachelors of Science Degree in Management and Mathematics from the University of Alaska.

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Jim Matheson Director

Jim became a board member at Advanced Electron Beams in August of 2009.

Jim joined Flagship Ventures in 2000 and focuses on creating and funding new ventures in the sustainability, clean technology and special technologies (e.g. nano-technology, materials and software & system) arenas. He brings to this task over 20 years of technology and leadership experience across a variety of organizations and roles designing, engineering and deploying sophisticated technology platforms. Jim also formerly served as a Navy F-14 & FA-18 pilot including duties flying combat missions from an aircraft carrier, and as a TOPGUN Instructor and Adversary Pilot. He also gained broad experience in emerging aircraft & weapons system design, testing and procurement, and was deeply involved in many of the militaryâ€^TMs IT modernization initiatives.

Jim serves on the boards of Flagship portfolio companies Black Duck Software, Mascoma Energy Corporation, Novomer and Oasys Water and is Chairman of the Board of Genstruct and Ze-gen. He was previously a director of e-Dialog (acquired by GSI Commerce), Yantra (acquired by Sterling Commerce / SBC) and Flamenco Networks (acquired by SOA Software). Jim is on the Board of New York-based hedge fund Black Horse Capital, Common Impact (a non-profit providing IT services to other non-profits), and the Center for Women & Enterprise, and is actively involved in numerous entrepreneurial and venture capital organizations including the New England Clean Energy Council, the MIT Enterprise Forum, The Deshpande Center, and The Service Academy Business Network.

Jim earned an MBA from The Harvard Business School, a Bachelor of Science (with honors) from the United States Naval Academy and retired as a Commander in the US Naval Reserves.

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Charles J. "Chuck" McDermott Director

Chuck began his cleantech career over 20 years ago helping to launch in 1984 the nation's first independent bulk electric power trading company, the predecessor to Citizens Power. In 1986, having directed the successful campaign of Congressman Joseph Kennedy II, Chuck served two terms as his Chief of Staff. He then joined Waste Management, the world's largest environmental services company, as Vice President for Government Affairs. During his 12 years of senior level energy and environmental policy work in Washington, DC Chuck established strong administrative and strategic relationships that have put him at the forefront of cleantech policy deliberations today.

He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Advanced Electron Beams, Project FROG, Recurve, Renaissance Lighting, Soliant Energy, and Tioga Energy. He serves as President of the Smart Grid Policy Center, director and executive committee member of the GridWise Alliance, a member of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Venture Capital Advisory Committee, and a member of the Energy Future Coalition Advisory Council.

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