Steve Papermaster (born September 27, 1958) is an American businessman. He is Chairman and CEO of Nano, [1] a company focused on the development of cures for global health threats. [2]
Papermaster was appointed (2001-2009) as a Senior Advisor by President George W. Bush to serve on the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). [3] Under President Bush, he also helped lead the Human Genome Project, the National Nanotechnology Initiative, was a member of the China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue(SED), and is co-chairperson of the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE). [4]
He was the founder and CEO, board member and/or lead investor in technology, healthcare and biotechnology companies which achieved IPOs and/or merger and acquisition transactions. Papermaster was CEO of Powershift Ventures. [5]
Papermaster and Frank Moss, the former CEO of Tivoli Systems, founded Agillion in January 1999. Agillion was intended to be a business services company that helped small and mid-sized businesses build and manage personalized customer relationships online. In April of 2003 he was one of 6 former top executives who were sued by the US Bankruptcy trustee for "the legendary spending sprees that bankrupted one of the most well-financed and well-known high-tech startups in Austin."
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