Terry Copeland, Ph.D. – Interim President  
Dr. Copeland was appointed Altair’s Interim President in February 2008. He joined the company in November 2007 as Vice President, Operations, of Altair’s Power and Energy group., leading global operations and supply chain management for the company’s lithium titanate battery products. 

Prior to joining Altair, Dr. Copeland operated T. M. Copeland Associates, an engineering, technology and operations consulting firm. 

In 2000, Dr. Copeland joined Millennium Cell, Inc., a development stage company in the hydrogen fuels sector as Vice President, Product Development, and quickly expanded his role to include Research and Development.

In 1992, he joined Duracell as Director of Engineering for North America.  In addition to expanding the engineering organization, he was responsible for the program leading to the development of Duracell's on-cell battery tester. He was asked to take over the ailing manufacturing facility in Lexington, NC, and was credited with turning around that operation in a short period of time. Dr. Copeland went on to lead Duracell's largest plant in North America, with 1000 employees, in Lancaster, SC. When Gillette purchased the company, Dr. Copeland moved to Boston as the company’s Director of Product Development.

 Dr. Copeland began his professional career with the DuPont Company in Research and Development, where he was granted three patents based on his first two years of work. His tenure with DuPont led to responsibilities in international marketing and manufacturing, culminating as Manufacturing Manager with responsibility for the output of several plants in North America. 

Dr. Copeland graduated from the University of Delaware in 1973, with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. He then earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978, with a minor in law

Bruce Sabacky, Ph.D. – Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Previously, Dr. Sabacky was Manager, Process Development for BHP Minerals' Center for Minerals Technology in Reno, Nevada. Dr. Sabacky began work at BHP Minerals as a principal process engineer. Dr. Sabacky received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in metallurgical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City and his Ph. D. in materials science and mineral engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Sabacky has worked as a metallurgical engineer at AMAX Extractive Research Laboratory, and he was the manager of engineering at Bandgap Technology Corp.

Jeffrey A. McKinney, Ph.D., J.D. – Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel
Dr. McKinney leads Altairnano’s patent and intellectual property development. Prior to joining Altair, Dr. McKinney was Special Counsel at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, where he was a key member of the firm's Life Science Steering Committee.  During his career, Mr. McKinney lead West Coast nanotechnology and pharmaceutical business development as Counsel at Burnes Doane Swecker & Mathis LLP.  Dr. McKinney gained in-house experience as Intellectual Property Counsel at Alexza Pharmaceuticals, a public medical device company.  Dr. McKinney is a graduate of Stanford Law School, holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from The Ohio State University and was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. 

Stephen A. Balogh – Vice President Human Resources
Mr. Balogh leads all aspects of Altairnano’s HR policy development and contributes to the company’s business performance by providing leadership for talent management, employee development, and culture design and implementation. Mr. Balogh also founded PontusOne, an executive search and consulting services firm for technology companies, where he worked with The Conference Board and with IMD (International Institute for Management Development), a leading provider of global executive education services in Lausanne, Switzerland. Before founding PontusOne, Mr. Balogh was a Managing Partner of David Powell, Inc., a Silicon Valley based executive search firm. Prior to joining David Powell, Inc., Mr. Balogh served more than 23 years in various managerial positions at Raychem Corporation, a multibillion-dollar international material science company. In his latest position, he served as Raychem’s first-ever Corporate Vice President, Human Resources.  Earlier in his career at Raychem, Mr. Balogh was General Manager for Chemelex, a worldwide division of Raychem. Mr. Balogh holds a BS and a Dean’s Certificate of Advanced Engineering Study in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

Doug Ellsworth – Vice President, Life Science
Previously, Mr. Ellsworth has held positions of Director of Administration and Operations Support and Vice President Sales and Marketing for Altair Nanomaterials, Inc. Prior to that Mr. Ellsworth was the Manager, Technical Support for BHP Minerals' Center for Minerals Technology in Reno, Nevada from 1984 through 1999. Mr. Ellsworth began work at BHP in 1984 as the chief chemist. Mr. Ellsworth worked as a chemist and manager at Sykline Labs in Colorado and Alaska in 1975-1979 and as a chemist for Utah International, Inc.'s Minerals Laboratory in Sunnyvale California from 1979-1984. Mr. Ellsworth received his B.S. degree in chemistry and geology from the State University of New York College, Oneonta.

C. Robert Pedraza – Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
Previously, Mr. Pedraza founded Tigré Trading an institutional equity trading boutique which facilitated transactions for hedge funds and assisted in fund raising. Prior to that Mr. Pedraza held senior sales roles with Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Alliance Capital Management L.P., Compass Bancshares, Inc. and Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc. Mr. Pedraza received his B.S. in Business and Economics from Lehigh University where he was a recipient of the Leonard P. Pool Entrepreneurial Scholarship. He also completed the Graduate Marketing Certificate Program at the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business.

Toni Bondi – Director of Administration and Accounting
Ms. Bondi currently leads Altairnano’s accounting team and has primary responsibility for Sarbanes Oxley compliance and Securities and Exchange filings.  Ms. Bondi comes to Altair from CompUSA in Dallas, Texas where she served over nine years in various corporate accounting leadership roles including Assistant Controller, Director of Financial Accounting, Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Regional Account Manager.  Prior to CompUSA, Ms. Bondi served as the financial coordinator for the regional data processing centers of Perot Systems Corporation.  Ms. Bondi also worked with Deloitte & Touche as a senior auditor, auditing major clients primarily in retail and distribution. Ms. Bondi, who is a Certified Public Accountant, received her B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.