David Gessel

Mr. Gessel is a partner in PicoStar, a Palo Alto, CA based technology incubator, Lead Hardware Engineer for Delta-E, Inc., a developer of optical detection and communications technology, CTO of Nebucon, Inc., a Business to Business ISP; co-founder Seamless Imaging, Inc., a QuickTime VR hardware company; and works as a consultant to Teradyne, Inc., developing semiconductor processing equipment. From 1993-1997, Mr. Gessel was a Researcher and Project Director at Interval Research Corporation where he was responsible for the development of a state-of-the-art rapid prototyping facility.

He designed and fabricated for numerous projects including pen based computers, panoramic cameras, 3D video, ultrasonic arrays, and teleconferencing. This involved sharing responsibility for the operation of the Electric Carnival which demonstrated the wonders of multimedia and the Internet throughout the U.S. and Canada. Previously, Mr. Gessel spent three years with Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group where he focused his efforts on digital camera technology, rapid prototyping, pen based computers, and display technologies. Mr. Gessel holds an BS in Physics with a Concentration in Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been awarded five patents.