Tom Anderson, Chief Executive Officer
Prior to starting Novint, Tom Anderson led the development of some of the first 3D touch applications in the world at Sandia National Laboratories. In 2000 he founded Novint, assembling a world class team. Mr. Anderson licensed over five years of Sandia’s groundbreaking research and oversaw Novint’s fundraising and business development efforts, building a significant portfolio of intellectual property and patents, positioning the company to successfully enter the consumer market. Mr. Anderson has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico, and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, where he studied computer interface technology and business management.

Bill Anderson, Vice President Game Development
Bill Anderson has worked in the field of haptics for over seven years and has over three years of game development experience. He worked at Sandia National Laboratories, and led a project to create haptic medical simulation tools in conjunction with the University of New Mexico Hospital. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Universiy of New Mexico to receive his BS in Electrical Engineering, and subsequently received his MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, with a focus on robotics and haptic interfaces.

Walter Aviles, CTO & Vice President Engineering
Novint’s Chief Technology Officer, Walter A. Aviles, has over 20 years of technical and managerial experience in commercial, government, and academic environments where he has spearheaded the design and development of advanced, first of a kind, human/machine interfaces, virtual environments and robotic systems. Prior to joining Novint, Walter was a Vice President at SensAble Technologies and a founding Principal at Teneo Computing. At SensAble, Walter helped establish the company's software group, produced the world's first commercial haptic software development toolkit, and led the development of the FreeForm haptically enabled 3D product design application. He later received the first Grand Innovation Award ever presented by Computer Graphics World and is used by customers such as Hasbro, Mattel/Fisher-Price and New Balance. At Teneo, he continued to help pioneer the development of commercial, haptically enabled solutions for customers such as Mobil, NHK and Harvard. Walter holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Chi engineering honor associations.

Jonathan Miller, Director of Advanced Products Group
Jonathan has worked for over ten years in the areas of business development, project management, and product marketing.  Prior to joining Novint, Jonathan worked in the field of education for seven years, and was the editor-in-chief of a magazine for five years.  He earned his degree from Stanford University, where he received the James Lyons Award for Service to the university.

Novint's Board of Directors:

Marvin Maslow, Director
Marvin Maslow is the Non-Executive Chairman of Manhattan Scientifics, the incubator company that provided seed capital for Novint. Maslow has provided a strong guiding hand during Novint’s early growth. With a background in merchant banking, Marvin founded and managed ten successful enterprises. Later, he was the principal in a private investment company and placed substantial capital in privately held, emerging growth companies. His responsibilities involved managing these investments as well as the growth and direction of their attendant organizations as the companies matured.

V. Gerald Grafe
V. Gerald Grafe is a founding partner of Hisey Grafe, P.C., a New Mexico law firm active in business and technology law. Gerald started his career at Sandia National Laboratories, first as a member of the technical staff researching computer architectures and robotics, and then as an attorney working on intellectual property and technology transfer. More recently, Gerald has served as intellectual property counsel and general counsel for numerous startups, venture-funded companies, and public companies. He counsels clients in venture formation, strategic planning, intellectual property protection, financing, and joint ventures.