JoEl Meeks-Matous

Experience

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  Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Researcher

  Applied nanotechnology and thin-film functionality. Project parties included Boeing, DARPA, Lockheed Martin, and Caterpillar.

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  Patina Restaurant Group

  Feb 2006 - Jan 2008

  Banquet Server
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  Dolce & Gabbana

  Feb 2008 - Jul 2009

  Sales & Consignment
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  Playfon

  Jul 2009 - Dec 2009

  Chief Operating Officer: US Office
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  AT&T Mobility

  May 2010 - Jul 2011

  Sales Executive
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  Walking Shadows LLC/Circus Road Films

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Marketing Coordinator
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  The Home Depot

  Jul 2014 - Jan 2015

  Finance and Admin Manager
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  TMM Disruptive Advanced Materials

  Sept 2015 - now

  Co-Founder

  TMM has a library of Si and Carbon nanomaterial composites for use in additive manufacturing, lightweight design and various energy applications.More specifically, TMM owns solgels and hydrogels for drug delivery as biomaterials and we are creating cryogenics and energy products, such as our Cryobox and SolarGel; both from a suite of strategic storage/shipping materials and 2D-3D printable conductive inks and resins. We’re developing super capacitors from nano carbons and silica gels.We also make substrates and compositesYou can see our website and learn more about us at http://www.TMMindustries.com Show less

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  TMM Industries LTD

  Jan 2016 - now

  Founder & CEO

  TMM makes the materials of the future sustainable and puts them into products today. Advanced Materials with patented technology through novel low-cost sustainable manufacturing and recycling industrial waste by conversion into useful materials. Our two divisions are Disruptive Advanced Materials (Aerogels, Carbon Nanotubes and composites) and Librecycle! (Metals/Rare-Earth/Styrene/ABS).TMM Industries is the parent company, being the MANUFACTURING and value chain for TMM Disruptive Advanced Materials. Disruptive Advanced Materials was what we launched in 2015 at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. We showcased what we could do with our composites in Hydrogen Storage, Solar, Strategic Packaging and Lightweighting. Later, Librecycle was founded to address other materials needs with respect to expensive metals and rare-earth elements.We incorporated TMM Industries in January 2016 to validate our market, build a platform with risk assessment, and gain traction with potential collaborators. This lead to our inclusion in global networks to develop exciting innovative products. Show less

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  Indie Lab RVA

  Jan 2018 - now

  Co-Founder

  We built the most affordable workshop in America for makers and scientists needing high-level capabilities. A 501(c)3 with wet chemistry, biotechnology, microscopy and additive manufacturing.Led Nanotechnology and Diversity initiatives. Increased donor roster successfully in 2020 by 300%Extended advisory board to include participation from UCLA and GWU.Was Secretary of the Board from mid 2018-April 2020

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  Librecycle!

  Aug 2018 - now

  Co-Founder
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  Blood Sweat Honey

  Apr 2019 - Apr 2021

  Producer's Rep

  Film Consulting: A different route to film sales and more, working with the top 100 distributors in movies and TV, such as Playstation, PBS, Netflix, HBO, and Hulu.

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  Spira Inc.

  Sept 2022 - Feb 2023

  Sales Development
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  Montage Business Financial

  Dec 2023 - now

  Principal

  Montage is a privately-held family office specializing in investments along with unsecured and secured funding. We offer monetary tools to help companies achieve scale and address issues in cash flow.