Mr Foster has business experience across a variety of industries. He is a creative entrepreneur with wide ranging experience in developing innovative technologies for global markets. He has founded and grown numerous technology and commercial ventures and holds over 40 international patents in optics and precision electronics. He has also held senior scientific positions with a local medical laser manufacturer and with the Department of Metallic Materials, University of Bayreuth, Germany, and has delivered intensive courses on startups and technology commercialisation for the University of Adelaide. He holds several private company directorships across a diverse range of industries and recently stepped down from the board of VivoSense, a San Diego based pharmaceutical services company, after guiding its capital raise. He remains a board observer, mentor to the CEO and leads its commercial advisory board whose members are located across the US. He is chair of the Risk Committee.
