Our Team

Rick Snyder
 Steve Johns
Chris Rizik
Steve Richvalsky
Allison Scott
Jeff Rinvelt

Our leadership is strong with a great deal of experience in technology and business. Ardesta also has incredible resources to call upon in the quest to grow the small tech industry.

Board of Directors

  • Jeff Littmann, Ralph Wilson Equity Fund
  • Chris Rizik, Ardesta LLC
  • Mark Slezak, Lurie Investments, LLC
  • Rick Snyder, Ardesta LLC
  • Mike Mikalsky, Avtech Ventures

Our investors have funded Ardesta with $100 million. These investors are:

  • Ardesta Management
  • Avalon Portfolio, LLC
  • Avalon Technology, LLC
  • JFM Investments
  • Lurie Investments, Inc.
  • Masco Capital Corporation
  • The Ralph Wilson Equity Fund
  • Others

Our technical advisors are just as impressive:

  • Olga Boltalina, Ph.D.m Moscow State University
  • Richard Brown, Ph.D., University of Michigan
  • Roger Howe, Ph.D., Stanford Univesity
  • Thomas Kenny,Ph.D., Stanford University
  • Wayne Knox, Ph.D., University of Rochester
  • Dorian Liepmann, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
  • Bob Mehalso, Ph.D., Microtec Associates
  • Khalil Najafi, Ph.D., University of Michigan
  • Clark Nguyen, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
  • Al Pisano, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
  • Kristofer Pister, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
  • Nico F. de Rooij, Ph.D., University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • A.D. Romig, Jr., Ph.D., Sandia National Laboratories
  • Olav Solgaard, Ph.D., Stanford University
  • Robert Westervelt, Ph.D., Harvard University
  • Kensall Wise, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Ardesta's founders and executives understand the business of technology and how the Small Tech industry works. Their combined experience will ensure Ardesta's success in bringing academia, investors, government and industry together.