Emma A. Durand
Emma Durand founded Isis Biopolymer, Inc. in 2006. The company was established to exploit the emerging fields of conductive polymers, flexible circuits and advanced micro-electronics. Isis' first product area was in the development of intelligent transdermal drug delivery. Joining Ms. Durand was a core team of scientists and engineers that had worked with her during much of her twenty years of extraordinarily successful entrepreneurial ventures. Ms. Durand served as Chief Technology Officer and Co-CEO at the time of her death in October, 2010.

Prior to founding the Company, Ms. Durand was Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of American Biophysics Corp.; a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of EvaluTech, LLC; the sole distributor of technology transfer for the Naval Underwater Systems Lab in Newport, RI. She also founded Sublimation Systems, Inc. the pioneer of four color printing of dyes; Key-Tech Inc., the pioneer of engineered plastic decoration and assembly; and Poly-Flex Circuit Inc., the pioneer in flexible circuit boards. She authored or co-authored over forty US and international patents, covering diverse areas of mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering, virtually all of which been employed in the development of successful commercial products. Ms. Durand attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she studied Mechanical Engineering.