Management Team
Dr. Jeffrey Bahr, CEO
Dr. Bahr is responsible for day-to-day operation of the company, board, investor, and corporate partner interactions, and overall strategy development and implementation. Dr. Bahr also drives the technical strategy and product development efforts of the company. He joined NCI as Director of Product Development in 2006. Bahr was previously with Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI, now part of Continental Carbon Company), most recently as Group Leader for Energy Technologies, where he led a major development effort targeting nanomaterial electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications in partnership with Motorola and Johnson Matthey. He was also active in new business development, both industrial and academic, through joint development agreements, large government funded R&D efforts, and sponsored research initiatives at universities. Additionally, one of his key technical roles was to develop and pilot chemical processes to enhance nanomaterial performance in polymer composites. Prior to CNI, Dr. Bahr was a NASA supported Postdoctoral Fellow in carbon nanotechnology at Rice University, under the direction of Professor James M. Tour and Nobel Laureate Richard Smalley. During that period he developed methods for the chemical modification of carbon nanotubes, the incorporation of the resulting materials into nanocomposites, and assembly of the nanotubes on various surfaces. Bahr, a recognized expert in carbon nanomaterial technology, is an inventor on nine patents and other patent applications, has coauthored numerous technical publications, and has been an invited speaker at technical conferences and corporations throughout the US and Europe. Bahr received received his B.S. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University and Ph.D. in Chemistry Arizona State University. jeff@nanocompositesinc.com
Mr. Adam Gansfried, CFO
Adam is responsible for all strategic financial planning and accounting functions. He brings over 12 years of management and executive experience in the areas of corporate finance, accounting and general management in both public and private equity backed organizations.
In his various roles as an accounting and finance executive with companies like Arthur Andersen, LinksPoint and most recently Reed Exhibitions, he successfully provided strategic financial leadership in the areas of achieving profitability, capital structuring, mergers and acquisitions and revenue planning and management. He brings this broad business background to the NanoComposites team.
Adam has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from The University of California, Berkeley and a Masters of Accounting from New York University.
Gina Butuc
Gina Butuc is a Senior Scientist at NCI focusing on developing high performance polyumer materials. Gina’s professional career includes over ten years of industrial research and development experience centered on material science, polymer synthesis and polymer applications development. She has involved in the scale up and successful commercialization of several new products. Gina holds a B.S in Physical Chemistry from University of Bucharest and a M. Sc. in Organic Chemistry from the same university. She has authored various scientific publications and a technical book chapter. She is the inventor of six patents and has been an invited speaker at conferences hosted by Energy Rubber Group, Society of Cosmetic Chemists and American Chemical Society.