WELCOME TO INNOV DEVICES INC.

SUNIT SAXENA
CEO

    Sunit is the founder and CEO of Innov Devices Inc. He has developed patent pending technologies for protection from and preventing the spread of airborne pathogens.

     Prior to this he founded Altierre Corporation in 2002 and served as its Chairman, CEO and President until 2017. He grew the company from zero, to a global enterprise with offices in Silicon Valley and Paris, France.  He invented a revolutionary ultra-low power wireless technology for IOT (The Internet of Things) that could deploy up to 70 million sensors in a local node with no self-interference. He invented the graphical wireless price tag, revolutionized price changes in retail stores and deployed over 20 million of them across several countries. His products and technology were deployed in Kohls department stores in over 1200 cities in the USA and at E. LeClerc stores in over 300 cities across France.

      He has over 40 years of extensive and wide-ranging experience in the silicon chip and other industries. He served as an Executive Officer/EVP of various companies including Alliance Semiconductor and Sandcraft Inc. He has managed annual P&L’s of over $200M on very high-volume tech products in the most competitive sectors of the silicon industry. Mr. Saxena has successfully engineered and delivered product to most Tier 1 companies, including IBM, AT&T, HP, Cisco, Siemens, etc. He has been instrumental in setting up satellite engineering and operations centers on tightly managed budgets. He was instrumental in the JV of a billion-dollar semiconductor fab in Taiwan. He has had very close top level working relationships with large manufacturing partners and test facilities in Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, etc.

    He has been involved in several startup companies. He co-founded a company for early detection of breast cancer pioneering A.I. based learning algorithms in that field. He developed a very high-performance, low cost, PC based image acquisition and analysis system for digital scanning and analysis of mammograms. He designed a digital tank gunner training system for FMC Corp. He has worked with a vast array of silicon product types and technologies including memories, microprocessors, networking chipsets, PLD’s, etc. He is the holder of several US and international patents.

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CHRIS HOFFMAN
Acting COO    

    Chris Hoffman has vast experience tackling Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction challenges. Chris’ career highlights include commanding operational CBRN units supporting missions globally; tasked to support national CWMD objectives.

     He finished his career overseeing the Congressionally directed Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) from within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). 

    At the Department of Defense, he was the Principal Director of the Chemical and Biological Defense Program. He coordinated activities for the execution and oversight of a Congressionally directed Defense-wide research, development, and acquisition program. He ensured the Chemical and Biological Defense Program’s alignment with all strategic guidance while providing for the needs of the Joint Force.

    Prior to that he was performing the Duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense.

      He provided oversight of a Defense-wide research, development, and acquisition program of $1.4B/year which directly reimbursed over 3000 employees. He led the integration of the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of the Chemical and Biological Defense Program. He contributed to the strategic direction for the Department of Defense on all matters pertaining to Chemical and Biological Defense.

    Key recent achievements were the construction of a new chemical and biological defense approach for the CBDP based on pandemic lessons learned while obtaining an extra $300M a year for the Program.

    He conducted dozens of threat briefings with intelligence community partners to senior leaders across the government raising understanding of an ever-evolving threat which contributed to the strategic direction transformation in governance of the CBDP.  His experience includes managing budgets, developing plans and strategy, reviewing, and assessing research, development, and acquisition programs along with leading complex and diverse organizations.

    In addition to his extensive experience in Chemical and Biological Defense, Chris is a dedicated leader who oriented his energies throughout his career into developing and training Soldiers while fighting for the resources needed for their missions.

    Chris possesses a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University, a Master of Public Administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. 

    At Innov Devices, Chris looks forward to utilizing his 28 years of experience in a continued quest to improve the ability to protect our nation against Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Infectious Diseases.