Matt Francis is President and CEO of Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc,. which he founded in 2011. Matt is passionate about technology transition and alignment, and has helped many entrepreneurs and scientists learn the art of customer discovery as the starting point of a successful venture. He serves on the Board of Directors of IEEE, the worlds largest technical professional society, and through his company has built computing solutions for aerospace, defense and energy markets, operated in environments from jet engines to earth orbit.