Jesko von Windheim is Professor of the Practice of Environmental Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Duke University and co-founder and CEO of Tyrata, Inc. Previously, he was co-founder and CEO at Nextreme Thermal Solutions, served as a Vice President at RTI International and JDS Uniphase, and was co-founder and Vice President at Cronos Integrated Microsystems, Inc. He has an MBA from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and an MS and PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Guelph.