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Prior to becoming the Executive Director of the NanoBusiness Alliance, he was the Executive Director and a founding board member of AtomWorks, an initiative formed to foster nanotechnology in Illinois and more broadly throughout the Midwest.
Sean has established himself as a leading thinker in the areas of nanotechnology commercialization and economic development. He has delivered keynote speeches on the commercialization of nanotechnology at several nanotechnology conferences, and served as co-chair for the commercialization focused NanoCommerce 2003 conference and trade show. Sean has been quoted extensively on the subject in many leading publications including Fortune, The Economist, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Small Times.

Sean has been very active in nanotechnology trade and economic development issues. He helped to organize and execute the first Nanotechnology Trade Mission to Europe in conjunction with the NanoBusiness Alliance and the U.S. Department of Commerce. He has also been engaged with senior officials of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration on the potential impact of export control issues on nanotechnology development and commercialization.
Prior to founding AtomWorks and serving as the Executive Director of the NanoBusiness Alliance, Sean had more than 7 years experience in management consulting, most recently as Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Sean served a variety of Fortune 500 companies, focusing primarily upon the industrial and chemicals sectors. While there, he developed some of the firm’s early perspective on the business opportunities created by the nanotech revolution, publishing the first two internal documents on the subject.
Sean received his Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Engineering Management from Northwestern University. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame.

Mr. Caprio is the founder and Executive Director New York NanoBusiness Alliance.  Mr. Caprio is the Vice President of the national NanoBusiness Alliance and sits on the Alliance’s Board of Directors, as well as the Board of Directors of the Emerging Industries Alliance of New York State. Mr. Caprio is one of the foremost advocates for government funding of nanotechnology at both the State and Federal levels. Mr. Caprio has testified before the state legislatures of New York and Connecticut, and has participated in the NanoBusiness Alliance’s public policy tour of Washington, D.C. for the past seven years. Mr. Caprio is the founder and event director of the NanoBusiness Alliance Conference which finished its 7th year this past May.  During the past three years (2006-2008), Mr. Caprio was an invited speaker and guest lecturer on Nanotechnology at, NanoBusiness Alliance Conferences,  New York State Investors Conference 2007& 2008, University of Pennsylvania, PMI, Chemical Week, RPI, Always-On Going Green, IMAPS-New England, New York Photonics & RRPC, Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007, The Food and Drug Law Institute, The Nanotechnology Institute-  Philadelphia,  Empire State Pension Conference, Pharma MedDevice, Livingston Nanotechnology Conference 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008, Quantum Dots 2006 & 2007 and 2008 MAC Conference. In addition, Mr. Caprio has appeared on numerous Connecticut TV and radio stations discussing the impact of Nanotechnology.

Prior to working with the NanoBusiness Alliance, Alisa has worked independently for various technology companies including AirPrime, Abbott Laboratories, NanoIntegris, as well as many others.  Today she is working with the NanoBusiness Alliance to coordinator the signature Conference of the Alliance as well as work with the members to ensure smooth communication between its members and the executive team.