Team
The expertise to see it. The experience to build it.
Physical AI needs a layer that can see into matter; HyperSpectral was built to be that layer.
The team behind it has navigated FDA regulatory pathways, DARPA-funded defense contracts, peer-reviewed clinical validation, Fortune 500 commercial deployments, and one of the largest enterprise cloud acquisitions in history.
~12
years leadership inside the FDA shaping the agency's AI/ML device framework
30+
peer-reviewed life
sciences publications
100+
patents filed across spectral sensing, AI architecture, and molecular ID
$1B+
in shareholder value created through prior successful founder exits
Leadership Team
Matt Theurer
Co-Founder
President & CEO
Matt Theurer
Co-Founder
President & CEO
Co-founded Virtustream and scaled it from zero to a $1.2B exit (EMC/Dell). 25+ years building and scaling enterprise cloud platforms.
Lauren Stack
Co-Founder
Chief Operating Officer
Lauren Stack
Co-Founder
Chief Operating Officer
Founder with an exit. Trustee over $130B+ in institutional assets, and the operating engine who turns vision into a running company
Vince Lubsey
Co-Founder
Chief Technology Officer
Vince Lubsey
Co-Founder
Chief Technology Officer
Co-founded Virtustream. 25+ years in enterprise architecture; designed and built CortX to be hardware-agnostic, cloud-native, and regulatory-ready.
Logan Spears
Chief AI Officer
Logan Spears
Chief AI Officer
Architect of CortX's spectral foundation models. Former enterprise-AI CTO who shipped production AI at 99.85% accuracy on a $100M+ problem.
Robert Donofrio, MS PhD
Chief Life Science Officer
Robert Donofrio, MS PhD
Chief Life Science Officer
Former Chief Science Officer at Neogen ($900M+) where he led 100+ scientists and 100+ product launches. President of SIMB.
Adam E. Saltman, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer
Adam E. Saltman, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer
12 years as an FDA device-review medical officer; co-authored the FDA white paper on AI/ML as a medical device. MD, PhD, cardiothoracic surgeon.
Board of Directors
Vincent D. (Chuck) Mattera, Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman, HyperSpectral;
CEO, Avalanche Thinking
Juan Lopez
Partner
Kibo Ventures
Will Porteous
General Partner at RRE Ventures
Matt Theurer
Co-Founder
President & CEO
Matt Theurer
Co-Founder
President & CEO
Co-founded Virtustream and scaled it from zero to a $1.2B exit (EMC/Dell). 25+ years building and scaling enterprise cloud platforms.
Lauren Stack
Co-Founder
Chief Operating Officer
Lauren Stack
Co-Founder
Chief Operating Officer
Founder with an exit. Trustee over $130B+ in institutional assets, and the operating engine who turns vision into a running company
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