Dr. Noah Sturcken
Chief Executive Officer / Founder

Noah is the instrumental driving force behind Ferric’s founding and integrated voltage regulator technology. Ferric is the continued work of his PhD. research project at Columbia University. He is the lead inventor and holds several patents for projects stemming from his work on integrated power conversion. He is also the lead author on five publications. Noah previously worked as a research intern for the AMD Research and Development Lab, and Analog Design team. Noah holds a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, in addition to a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University.

Prof. Kenneth Shepard
Technical Advisor & Chairman / Founder

In addition to his roles with Ferric, Ken is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University. He previously served as a research staff member and manager at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Department in the VLSI Department. Ken also co-founded and served as CTO of CadMOS Design Technology, which was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 2001. He then consulted for Cadence as a Senior Architect. Ken holds a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, in addition to a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University.

Somu Subramaniam
Board Member

Somu Subramaniam is the co-founder and Managing Partner of New Science Ventures. Somu serves on the Board of Directors of Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, Ralexar Therapeutics, Cambridge Epigenetix, Ferric, Dali Wireless, NorthSea Therapeutics, Oxyrane, Resolve Therapeutics, Svelte Medical Systems and Vascular Therapies. Somu has also served on the Boards of Dezima Pharma (acquired by Amgen), Ception Therapeutics (acquired by Cephalon), BioVex (acquired by Amgen), Lightwire (acquired by Cisco), K2M (acquired by Welsh Carson) and Akarna Therapeutics (acquired by Allergan). Prior to founding NSV, Somu was a director at McKinsey & Company where he advised leading multinational companies in the pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, photonics, software and semiconductor industries. At McKinsey, Somu was leader of the Strategy Practice, the Technology Practice, the Biotechnology Group, and the Healthcare Practice. He also served on the firm’s Investment Committee and led its Equity Portfolio Committee. Somu holds a B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Prof. Larry Pileggi
Board Member

Larry joined the Board of Directors in 2013. He is currently the Tanoto Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon specializing in modeling and design methodologies for CMOS and post-CMOS technologies. Larry holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, in addition to a M.S. and PhD. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Alexander Kalnitsky

Board Member

Alex joined Ferric board in 2022. Alex is currently employed as a Fellow and Senior Vice President of technology R&D by the Omnivision group. Prior to this Alex held various engineering and management positions with Apple, TSMC, Intersil (now Renesas), Maxim Integrated Products (now Analog devices), National Semiconductor (now TI), STMicroelectronics and Northern Telecom.

Alex co-authored over 230 issued US patents and over 150 peer reviewed papers and publications.

Yi Chen

Board Advisor

Yi Chen stands out as a dynamic and forward-thinking leader in the realms of B2B, SaaS, Hardware Operations, and Consumer Technology. Yi was most recently the SVP and GM of Consumer Products at Toast, Inc. His strategic acumen in product management, commercial expansion, and entrepreneurial initiatives has significantly contributed to transforming the restaurant industry. Yi's expertise in growing and managing teams, coupled with his knack for driving technological innovations, has been central to the phenomenal growth of Toast from its early stages to its successful IPO in 2021 and achieving over a billion in revenue. Yi holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Yi is a father of 2, an avid amateur photographer who loves new adventures.

Francesco Carbolante

Technical Advisor

In addition to his role as Technical Advisor at Ferric, Francesco Carobolante is Principal at IoTissimo. Prior to founding IoTissimo, he was Vice President Engineering at Qualcomm, and held senior level positions at ST Microelectronics, Fairchild, and technology start-ups. Francesco created many industry “firsts” in Power Management, Communications, SoC’s and Motor Control; he authored more than 80 US patents and is a key contributor and organizer of the Power Supply on Chip (PwrSoC) workshops since its inaugural edition in 2008. Francesco holds MS in Electrical Engineering degrees from UCLA and University of Padova.