Larry Ciscon, Ph.D., currently serves as the Managing Director of the Ion Prototyping Lab in Houston, a role held since October 2022, where the focus is on providing essential tools for entrepreneurs and inventors. Prior to this, Larry co-founded and held the position of CTO at Northworks Automation from July 2015 to December 2023, specializing in rapid prototyping and production services for the medical device sector. Larry's extensive experience includes founding and leading Trelligence as President and CEO, managing software development at Enron Broadband Services as VP, and establishing Modulus Technologies, a software firm in the middleware market. Larry holds a Ph.D., an MS, and two bachelor's degrees from Rice University in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science.