Michael Wilkinson (B.Eng.) has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and construction industries. He is the founder and Managing Director of Wilkore Pty Ltd, a construction company specializing in the design and construction of controlled environment facilities. Michael is also a Board Member of the Small Technologies Cluster (STC), a cluster organization aimed at encouraging the uptake of small technologies in industry. Michael is actively involved in community development and helped in the establishment of the South East Melbourne Innovation Precinct (SEMIP). As the Chairman and a founding investor of MiniFAB (AUST) Pty Ltd, Michael has been intimately involved in the development of the company since its inception in 2002.

Erol has successfully combined a distinguished academic career and entrepreneurial spirit. With a PhD in Plasma and Laser Physics from Monash University, he spent time in Oxford, UK before returning to Australia in 1999 to become Professor of Microtechnology at Swinburne University. His team was the seed for the subsequent formation of the CRC for MicroTechnology, an AUD$75M vehicle that brought together Australian academia and industry, attracting such names as Cochlear Ltd, Robert Bosch Australia, and the Australian Institute of Sports. In 2002, together with Michael Wilkinson, he founded MiniFAB. A founding Director of the Australian Nano Business Forum (ANBF), in 2006 Erol was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

Dr Bruce Whan has been actively involved in innovation and commercialisation for over 20 years. He is currently the Director of Swinburne University of Technology's commercialization unit, Swinburne Knowledge and is the CEO of Swinburne Ventures. He is also a Board Member for Commercialisation Australia. He was Executive Director then Chairman of INNOVIC, the Victorian Innovation Centre Ltd for over 20 years, helping entrepenuers, inventors, and innovators achieve commercial success. He also has extensive experience in training and teaching. He was the General Manager, Training and Innovation for the Strategic Industry Research Foundation and has provided sessional teaching input on innovation and creativity to Swinburne's Master of Entreprenuership and Innovation program. Previously, Dr. Whan has held a range of research, technical, operational and management positions in industry.

Rodney Spooner is the Managing Director of the Caribbean Group, the organization that owns the 230-hectare Caribbean Business Park. Rodney has spent over 20 years developing the park as a premier business location. Today Caribbean Park has 23 multi-national companies as tenants in over 150,000m2 of building space. The Spooner family's vision is to develop Caribbean Business Park into a unique technology park for high-tech manufacturing, focusing on small technologies. Rodney built the business of International Marine from a local boat manufacturer to a business that exports boats throughout the world. He has also established and grown the business of the Caribbean Market. He has a wide range of experience in developing buildings and managing them. Rodney is a Member of the Board of the Small Technologies Cluster (STC) and is one of the founding investors in MiniFAB (AUST) Pty Ltd.

Professor Ron Lawes has combined an active research career with management positions in both large-scale government and industry-funded nanotechnology research projects. He is passionate about transferring technology from academia to industry. He has particular interests in nanolithography processes (X-ray LIGA, electron beam lithography, laser micromachining). Professor Lawes was Director of Engineering at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Founding Director of the Central Microstructure Facility (CMF) until he retired in September 2003. He is continuing his scientific career as a Visiting Professor both at Imperial College, London and at Birmingham University. Professor Lawes is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Physicist and is a Fellow of the United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).