Team K1

Dr. Connor Horn

Co-Founder & CEO

Dr. Xella Doi

Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Supratik Guha

Co-Founder & Advisor

Joseph McDonald

Chief Financial Officer

Sagar Kumar Seth

M. Hashaam Asif

Dr. Connor Horn

Co-Founder & CEO

PhD Quantum Engineering, University of Chicago, and BS Engineering Physics, Cornell University; Inventor of K1’s spalling technology, with expertise in materials science and device engineering.

Dr. Xella Doi

Chief Technology Officer

PhD Quantum Engineering, University of Chicago, and BS Engineering Physics, Cornell University; IBM Fellow and Argonne researcher with expertise in nanofabrication and custom tool design.

Dr. Supratik Guha

Co-Founder & Advisor

Former Distinguished Engineer at IBM, Senior Advisor at Argonne National Lab, and Professor at University of Chicago – brings decades of semiconductor and microelectronics R&D leadership.

Joseph McDonald

Chief Financial Officer

MBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; BS Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NC State; 7+ years at ExxonMobil; leads operations and finance.

Sagar Kumar Seth

PhD 26’, University of Chicago; M.Tech. in Nanotechnology, and B.Tech Engineering Physics, IIT Bombay; Focused on quantum and materials engineering.

Muhammad Hashaam Asif

MBA/MPP 26’, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; 5+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, banker, and marketer.