EMCODE was founded by Shrenik Deliwala in November 2020 with the vision of revolutionizing spectral sensors by providing a photon-efficient, low-power, scalable platform rapidly adaptable to diverse market needs. This innovative concept integrates insights from physics, photonics, analog electronics, and signal processing. Recognizing the potential, Missael joined Emcode in 2021, contributing his deep engineering expertise to make the idea a reality.

We have successfully demonstrated our calibration-free spectral-sensing technology with ultra-high SNR at competitive price points. Our device has been successfully used by strategic customers. 

We are excited that Analog Devices founder Ray Stata, a true visionary of the semiconductor industry, has recently invested in our vision.

Shrenik Deliwala, Ph.D.
Founder & President

Inventor and founder, Shrenik Deliwala has over 80 patents that span the fields of photonics, communication, electronics and packaging. He has a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University and has worked in the field of photonics for the past 30 years. At Analog Devices, Shrenik successfully invented and brought to market optical technologies generating over $100 million in market revenues. At his previous start-up, Shrenik pioneered a highly successful silicon photonics platform which was sold to Cisco for $270 million in 2012.

Missael Garcia, Ph.D.
Principal Engineer


Missael Garcia is a Principal Engineer with multi-disciplinary experience spanning mechanics, optics, and electronics. He graduated from Washington University in 2017 with a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and has extensive published work in biomedical and spectral imaging sensors. He previously worked as an Optical Engineer at Analog Devices in the molecular sensing group, supporting different optical products.

Greg Lief
Advisory Board Member

Greg is Founder and Managing Director of Asymmetry Group, a consulting firm specializing in commercializing innovation in healthcare. He founded Asymmetry Group in early 2017 with the mission to provide a differentiated consulting experience to innovative healthcare companies. Greg has devoted 25+ years to growing healthcare companies through industry and management consulting experience, with a particular focus on helping companies launch new therapeutics. Prior to founding Asymmetry, Greg ran Global Commercial Operations at Biogen, and also held leadership positions in Corporate Strategy at Life Technologies and Supply Chain Strategy at Wyeth Biopharma.

Yakir Siegal, Ph.D.

Advisory Board Member

Yakir is a Managing Director at Asymmetry Group. He joined Asymmetry Group after serving at Deloitte Consulting as a Managing Director in the Monitor Deloitte Strategy practice. He has worked in a variety of industries since originally joining Monitor Group in 1994, working on corporate and business unit strategy, commercial capability building, marketing and organic growth strategy, stakeholder management, new business development, leadership development, and organizational design.

Ben Brown

Advisory Board Member

Ben is a seasoned, business-minded attorney with an engineering background and an MBA. He currently serves as Assistant General Counsel, Chief IP Counsel, and Head of Government Affairs at Onto Innovation, Inc. He started his career at IBM working as an electrical engineer and transitioned to an IP attorney at WilmerHale in Boston & NYC, and then as Assistant General Counsel of IP at Analog Devices. He has counseled business leaders, inventors, and employees, in entities ranging from small startups to large companies, on a wide range of legal matters, including Intellectual Property, commercial agreements, licensing, investigations, litigation, M&A, government affairs, and export control. Ben also is a named inventor on a handful of patent applications. Ben particularly enjoys using his unique background in engineering, law, and business to mentor and guide other inventors and start-up companies.

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