Joe Dickson, COO & CFO, e2e Materials Joe Dickson is a veteran entrepreneur who has served as the founder and/or senior executive of seven high-tech start-up firms across multiple industry and technology sectors during his 30 year career. His areas of primary focus and expertise are advanced materials, renewable energy, microelectronics, and green tech/clean-tech business development. He has taught entrepreneurship at both Cazenovia College and Syracuse University, and was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Syracuse Citizen's Foundation in 1992. Mr. Dickson also developed and managed a successful Business Incubator for Syracuse University, and has run business plan competitions and mentored scores of aspiring entrepreneurs. Mr. Dickson has a BS in Chemistry from Syracuse University and an MBA from the University of Rochester.