Team and Affiliates
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Richard K. Williams (CEO)
Serial entrepreneur, inventor, technologist (electronics, semiconductors, sensors, biotech), author, invited speaker. Management experience in startups and as public company CEO, IPO, M&A, IP licensing. Founder, CEO, President and Chief Technology Officer of Advanced Analogic Technologies. Holds more than 300 U.S. patents in device, process, package, circuit, system and application methods and apparatus. Published over 100 articles, invited papers and book contributions. Board of Directors member and advisory experience in strategy, business, operations and international enterprises. Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University and a B.S., with honors, in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Studied molecular biology and electrophoresis at University of California Berkeley (extension).
Daniel Schell (President)
Serial entrepreneur and inventor, is a 35-year veteran of high-tech startups in semiconductors and super-computing and an industry pioneer of LED-based light therapy. Educated in Silicon Valley, his extensive experience includes IC design, engineering, and corporate management in a variety of technology vanguards including American Microsystems Inc. (AMI), Eurosil, Elexsi, and Alient computer. In the early 2000s, Dan pioneered the design and development of one of the first LED light therapy devices at APL and commenced extensive research in developing therapeutic protocols to treat a variety of ailments and injuries in humans and animals. Dan’s efforts in LED therapy continue today focusing on creating new generation light therapy devices and in developing new protocols including those in sport medicine, for stimulating immune response, and combatting COPD, concussion & TBI, diabetes, as well as treating kidney and liver disease. Dan is a frequent lecturer and instructor and holds numerous US patents.
Ken Lin (Chief Manufacturing Officer)
Affiliates
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Laura Williams
Brooke McKeever
Affiliate and Director of Provider Services, Brooke spearheads training, sales, and support, driving the adoption of PBM therapy with a background in research science. She trains healthcare professionals and clients through Light Academy, enhancing their capabilities in delivering effective PBM treatments. A keynote and panel speaker, she advocates for LightMD’s transformative impact on healthcare, drawing on direct experience from UltraRed Light Therapy to showcase real-world success. Brooke’s commitment at LightMD is fueled by her personal experience and vision to revolutionize healthcare through innovative light-based therapies.
Jeff McKeever
Dr. Natanya Wachtel
Dr. Natanya Wachtel is an award-winning seasoned digitally equipped behavioral psychology scientist, with a profound commitment to integrative wellness and chronic disease management, focused on mental wellness in oncology, with a passion for all things integrative, psychedelic and the magic of Fungi.
Most recently, she has launched a TV segment for self-care called Mindful Moments, hosts the customer insights-driven podcast “Insights Out” on the Outcomes Rocket Network and is in development to co-host a new healthcare talk show about caregiving and self-care