Ira L. Friedman, the president of MTI holds a BS in Business Administration from Lehigh University graduated cum laude. http://www.linkedin.com/in/iralfriedman and is a graduate of the Owner President Management program of Harvard Business School. He co-founded and was CEO of Metallurgical Industries, a manufacturer of stainless steel and other iron, nickel and cobalt base powders and refractory metals and a Federal Aviation repair station for 33 years. He is the holder of six patents in metallurgy and turbine components. He is the founder of the Refractory Metals Association and served two terms as its president and served on the Board of Governors of the Metal Powder Industries Federation. He is the president of Material Technologies, Inc. (www.mtipm.com), a sixteen year old company based in Red Bank, NJ, engaged in the development and commercialization of technologies.