Andrew Sherman, Chairman and CTO PMT Group, FASM, founded one of the US’s only critical materials midstream manufacturers. He is a seasoned entrepreneur who has been a principle or lead in eight manufacturing start-ups, and has authored over 100 patents. He possesses more than 36 years of experience developing specialty metallic and composite products and their associated processing technology, including advanced rocket motors, satellite, reentry vehicle, missile, and aircraft critical components, energy adsorbing and nanocomposite metallic armor, magnesium specialty alloys for oil and gas, controlled response and multifunctional materials, including expandable, dissolvable, and reactive materials. He has raised more than $95M in early-stage financings, including federal, state grants, debt, equity financing and Fortune 100 investments. His leadership has led to a $250M+ corporate acquisition, two smaller corporate acquisitions, and an IPO. His developments are recognized with three R&D100 awards for Best New Industrial Technologies, four NorTech awards, one Wall Street Journal Tech Genius award, Forbes magazine Top Materials Science Company, NACE corrosion technology of the year, and more than 15 additional awards. Mr. Sherman is a thre time Ernst/Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, and is a fellow of the American Society for Metals and Materials (ASM), Mr. Sherman is a professional engineer who has multiple B.S. degrees in Ceramic and Chemical Engineering and a graduate degree. in Ceramic Engineering from The Ohio State University.