Alan Chin, PhD
Principal Scientist
Rosemary Coates, MBA
Advisor, Reshoring Institute
Rich Hanson, MS
R&D Technician
Kennan LaneLutter, BS
Laboratory Technician
Richard McKay, PhD
Advisor, Full Spectrum Scientific
Sean K. Murphy, MS
Advisor, SKMurphy
Ashley Sloat, PhD
Advisor, Aurora Consulting
Bonnie Sun, BS
Office Administrator
Kinetic River is a flow-cytometry-focused biophotonics design and product development company, with a mission to create innovative, high-value, and game-changing tools for life science research and biomedical diagnostics.
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Alan’s expertise is optical physics and instrumentation, with a focus on ultrafast spectroscopy. His career includes work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center, and startups UltraDots and nLiten Energy. At Kinetic River he leads our R&D efforts on Time-Resolved Flow Cytometry, from instrument design to experiment planning and data analysis. Alan received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University.
Rosemary Coates is the President of Blue Silk Consulting and the Executive Director of the non-profit Reshoring Institute. She is an Amazon.com Best Selling author with five books on supply chain and operations management including: “42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China,” and “Legal Blacksmith – How to Avoid and Defend Supply Chain Disputes.” She has been a management consultant for over 25 years with nearly 80 clients worldwide. Ms. Coates earned an MBA from University of San Diego and a BS in Business Logistics from Arizona State University. She teaches Global Supply Chain Strategies and Architectures, part time, at UC Berkeley.
Rich brings to Kinetic River his experience in the design, test, and repair of flow cytometers throughout North America and Europe. Throughout his career, Rich has participated in a range of innovative projects, such as developing 4K monitor systems for use in medical operating rooms, and implementing real-time in-game player performance tracking for the NFL. At Kinetic River he is responsible for all aspects of instrument prototyping. Rich received his MS from Golden Gate University.
Kennan has spent over 10 years in the biotech field, including medical devices and diagnostics. He brings experience in rare cell isolation as part of his work contributing to the development of non-invasive prenatal test methods. At Kinetic River, Kennan supports all of our ongoing flow cytometry instrument development projects with sample preparation, assay execution, and data analysis. Kennan received his BS from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Rich McKay is President and founder of Full Spectrum Scientific, a consulting company that delivers customized solutions for clients in the life sciences, helping them gain scientific and commercial traction for their novel technologies. Dr. McKay has worked for companies small and large: from startups developing single-molecule sequencing technologies, to GE Healthcare, where he developed imaging instrumentation for digital pathology and high-throughput cell based screening. Dr. McKay’s PhD work was in G protein mediated signaling in Drosophila and he did his postdoc at NIH where he studied mammalian calcium signaling.
Sean Murphy is CEO of SKMurphy, Inc., a strategic advisory firm based in Silicon Valley that specializes in market creation and new technology product introduction. Prior to SKMurphy, Mr. Murphy has worked for Cisco Systems, 3Com, and AMD in a variety of engineering management, marketing, and business development roles. He holds a BS in Mathematical Sciences and an MS in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University.
Ashley Sloat, Ph.D. is the President and Director of Patent Strategy at Aurora Consulting LLC. Ashley is a USPTO-registered patent practitioner who specializes in the development and management of patent portfolios for startup ventures and emerging growth companies. Previously with Silicon Valley’s Hudak Consulting Group LLC, Ashley started Aurora Consulting LLC at the end of 2016. Aurora serves clients in a variety of technological areas and maintains a focus on startup ventures. Ashley is also the host of Aurora Consulting’s monthly podcast – Patently Strategic – which aims to help narrow the gap between inventors and their understanding of their patent portfolio. Ashley earned her Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in the Biomedical Sciences from the University of Michigan.
Bonnie has a long history in office administration and operations, having worked for over twenty years in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley for Stanford University, aerospace consulting firm CONTEX Engineering International, and others. Bonnie brings to Kinetic River extensive experience in a broad array of skills including coordination and logistics, accounting and reporting support, and all aspects of office administration. Bonnie received her BS from the University of Alberta in Edmonton.