Ellen is head in charge for all things company strategy, business development and financial management. She's an expert in proposal preparation, marketing strategy, and following industry trends. She and Bill co-founded NECi in 1993 to commercialize nitrate reductase to make nitrate testing safer, more accurate and reliable. Ellen holds a BS in chemistry from The New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, has previous experience working with monoclonal antibodies, and has set up and directed commercial and academic biochemistry labs.

Bill is the brains behind the enzymes. When he's not watching baseball, he's thinking about biochemical reactions and protein structures, and how they interact. After teaching biochemistry at Michigan Technological University, he retired to start NECi with his wife, Ellen. He was on the editorial board of The Journal of Biological Chemistry from 2000 to 2005, and has published over 100 scientific journal articles from his research.

Justin joined NECi's team to design and build the internals and hardware for the handheld photometer. He also assists with developing the software for the photometer, attending trade shows, and researching project initiatives for research and development grants. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans, but attended a different university the year that hurricane Katrina hit.