Meet the Team
David Soane, Ph.D. - Founder and Chairman
M. Sharon Webb, M.D., Ph.D. - Vice President of Intellectual Property
Amber Dolman - Vice President of Strategy & General Counsel
Dr. Soane is a serial entrepreneur and innovator in the field of polymer science and nanotechnology. A prolific researcher with hundreds of published articles as well as more than 100 patents, he served as a tenured Professor of Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley for 15 years, prior to founding several advanced materials companies focuse
Dr. Soane is a serial entrepreneur and innovator in the field of polymer science and nanotechnology. A prolific researcher with hundreds of published articles as well as more than 100 patents, he served as a tenured Professor of Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley for 15 years, prior to founding several advanced materials companies focused on direct market applications, including: ACLARA, a maker of reagents for genomic, proteomic, and diagnostic applications; Nano-Tex, textile materials with unique performance characteristics; 2C Optics, a just-in-time manufacturer of polymeric eyeglass lenses; ZMS, a developer of the next generation of contact lenses; and ICBM or Innovative Construction and Building Materials, developer of light weight high strength wallboards. With Crop Enhancement, NanoPaper, ReForm Biologics and Transform Materials, spin-offs from Soane Labs he continues to innovate across a variety of industries. Dr. Soane received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley.
Amber Dolman - Vice President of Strategy & General Counsel
M. Sharon Webb, M.D., Ph.D. - Vice President of Intellectual Property
Amber Dolman - Vice President of Strategy & General Counsel
Ms. Dolman brings almost 20 years of experience as a trusted legal advisor. Before joining Soane Labs, Ms. Dolman was a partner at Goodwin, a top ranked global law firm, where she advised companies and investors in a wide variety of strategic transactions and corporate operations and co-chaired Goodwin’s Fintech group. While at Goodwin,
Ms. Dolman brings almost 20 years of experience as a trusted legal advisor. Before joining Soane Labs, Ms. Dolman was a partner at Goodwin, a top ranked global law firm, where she advised companies and investors in a wide variety of strategic transactions and corporate operations and co-chaired Goodwin’s Fintech group. While at Goodwin, Ms. Dolman served as Soane Labs’ primary external legal counsel. Ms. Dolman was named a “Top Woman in the Law” and a “Super Lawyers Rising Star. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. from the University of Western Ontario, with a semester at the Universiteit Maastricht.
M. Sharon Webb, M.D., Ph.D. - Vice President of Intellectual Property
M. Sharon Webb, M.D., Ph.D. - Vice President of Intellectual Property
M. Sharon Webb, M.D., Ph.D. - Vice President of Intellectual Property
Dr. Webb has been helping companies and investors with IP strategies for over twenty years, focusing on investor-side diligence, company-side portfolio development, and technology transfer. Before joining Dr. Soane, she was a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston MA. Before entering the legal field, Dr. Webb was a board-certified surge
Dr. Webb has been helping companies and investors with IP strategies for over twenty years, focusing on investor-side diligence, company-side portfolio development, and technology transfer. Before joining Dr. Soane, she was a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston MA. Before entering the legal field, Dr. Webb was a board-certified surgeon, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, with teaching positions at Harvard, Tufts and the University of Pennsylvania. She received her M.D. degree from Duke, her Ph.D. from Yale, and her J.D. from Harvard.