Allison Sawyer

Allison Lami Sawyer was the CEO/Co-founder of Rebellion Photonics, which has the world’s only Gas Cloud Imaging cameras that see and quantify gas leaks before they cause explosions or unnecessary emissions on oil rigs, refineries, pipelines, and chemical plants. Sawyer has a BSc in Engineering Physics from the University of Colorado – Boulder, a Masters in Nanotechnology from the University of Leeds, and an MBA in Finance from Rice University. She was named to the Forbes and Inc. Magazine ’30 under 30’. Sawyer and Dr. Robert Kester founded Rebellion Photonics in 2010. Rebellion won an R&D100 in 2012 and was named ‘Start-up of the Year’ in 2013. The company has raised $10.4M in private equity funding and over $5.5M in government grants.