Board of Directors
Alan Hudd, President & Chief Technology Officer
Alan Hudd founded Xennia Technology Ltd in 1996. Prior to establishing Xennia, Alan worked for eight years as Fluids Technology Manager at Domino Printing Sciences and was directly responsible for developing a wide range of inkjet inks for diverse applications. Previous to Domino, Alan spent almost eight years with the Ministry of Defense and Royal Ordnance in the UK, developing solid polymer rocket propellants for air-to-air missiles.
Alan graduated with a B.Sc Honors degree in Chemistry and Physics, M.Sc and PhD research degree in Polymer Chemistry from Manchester University.
Nick Balon, Vice President & General Manager
Nick Balon joined Xennia in 2002 as Vice President and General Manager. Before Xennia, Nick was Director of New Ventures at INEOS where he was responsible for developing new markets and products. Prior to this, Nick worked for 10 years in the chemical industry for ICI in a range of marketing, business development and technology licensing roles.
Nick graduated with a BA Honors degree from the University of Oxford and an MA from Yale University.
Tracey Stephens, Business Development Director
Tracey Stephens joined Xennia in 2004. Before Xennia, Tracey was a founding employee of Plastic Logic, a leading developer of inkjet printed polymer electronics. Prior to this, Tracey worked as VP, Market Development at Polight Technologies, a pioneer in holographic data storage materials. Tracey spent the first 15 years of her career with Hewlett Packard in management, marketing and engineering roles.
Tracey has an MBA from the Judge Institute, University of Cambridge and holds a BA in physics and mathematics from the University of Northern Colorado.
James Fox, Technical Director
James Fox joined Xennia in 1996 and became Technical Director in 1999. With extensive experience in inkjet chemistries James is credited with many technical innovations and is listed as co-inventor on many published patents.
Prior to Xennia, James worked for Domino Printing Sciences supporting their patent activity. James also spent time at ICI Imagedata developing high performance media for a new, high quality, color printing process known as Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (D2T2).
James has a BSc Honors degree in Chemistry with Polymer Science/Technology from the University of Loughborough and a PhD from the University of Manchester.
