The Team

We Build
and We Ship

Hexoris was founded by chemical engineering students who have spent years in real industrial and research environments. We are operators first — we build things and test them.

Co-Founders

The People Driving Hexoris

Lance Keddy, CEO
CEO · Co-Founder
Lance Keddy
Lance leads program execution, integrating the technical roadmap with funding, partnerships, and business development. He supports reactor fabrication and installation.
Planned and directed a $250K pilot-scale industrial project from concept through implementation.
Backfilled as industrial production operations lead; managed daily operations, shop floor, and technical meetings.
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, minor in Business (Finance/Accounting) — May 2026.
Isaac Richard, President & CTO
President & CTO · Co-Founder
Isaac Richard
Isaac leads the technology vision and is accountable for reactor design and scale-up. He invented the Hexoris continuous high-temperature reactor platform and personally runs experimental testing, operating-window definition, and supplier technical interfaces.
Five years of R&D in nanotechnology and plasma reactors across mechanical and chemical engineering.
Inventor of the Hexoris continuous high-temperature reactor platform; drives design reviews and experimental validation.
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, minor in Mathematics — May 2026.
Josh Pothier, Process Director
Process Director · Co-Founder
Josh Pothier
Josh directs process and operations workstreams. He focuses on process controls, safe operation of test reactors, and designs and installs electronic monitoring and control systems.
Industrial experience as mechatronic process technician — PLC logic, controls tuning, and electronic systems.
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering — May 2026.
William Wilcox, Environmental Compliance
Environmental Compliance · Co-Founder
William Wilcox
William supports day-to-day operations, is responsible for environmental compliance and modelling, and leads primary market research for Hexoris.
Experience with nuclear plant design teams, including radiation analysis and time-temperature aging analysis.
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering — Fall 2026.
Advisors

Experienced Advisors
Behind the Team

Hexoris is backed by a group of experienced entrepreneurs and commercialization specialists bringing decades of combined experience in deep technology, IP, and market development.

George Palikaras
Business Development
George Palikaras

Serial deep-tech founder and recognized industry leader. Co-founded Meta Materials (NASDAQ: MMAT) and Metamaterial Technologies Inc. Named EY Canada "Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year."

Dr. David Foord
Intellectual Property
Dr. David Foord

Over 20 years of experience in IP strategy, contracts, and technology transfer. Former Director of IP at a major Canadian university. Co-founded Springboard Atlantic. Certified Licensing Professional.

Dane Shepard
Systems & Technology
Dane Shepard

CTO at The Black Arcs, leading product development and long-term technology strategy. Deep expertise in big-data systems and applied AI for complex industrial applications.

What We Stand For

Our Convictions

01

Science Over Narrative

We hold ourselves to a standard that most early-stage companies avoid: demonstrate it first, then talk about it. Every claim we make has been earned through physical experimentation — prototypes built, materials produced, results sent to independent laboratories. We do not pitch projections as facts or treat a simulation as evidence. The culture of Hexoris is one where the experiment has the final word, and where that answer is welcomed regardless of whether it is convenient. If the data says we are wrong, we want to know. That discipline is what separates serious science from storytelling, and it is the only foundation we are willing to build on.

02

Strategic Sovereignty Matters

Advanced materials — synthetic graphite, silicon carbide, boron carbide — are not a supply chain consideration. They are a national security matter. The countries and alliances that control production of these inputs control the weapons, the power systems, and the industrial capacity of the next generation. Canada and its allies currently depend on foreign suppliers for materials that underpin their own defence and energy infrastructure. We take that seriously. Hexoris is not a political company, but we are a company that understands context. The technology we are building has direct relevance to domestic material sovereignty, and we intend to be a meaningful part of the answer to that challenge.

03

Born in Canada, Built for the World

We are a company rooted in Atlantic Canada, and we are proud of that. The talent, the institutions, and the culture that shaped this team came from here. But we are not building for a regional market, and we are not satisfied with a regional ambition. The technology we are developing is designed to be licensed and deployed internationally — competing in global advanced materials markets on the strength of its merit. We believe that world-class deep technology can originate anywhere, and that the obligation of a company like ours is to build something significant enough to prove it. Hexoris starts here. It does not end here.

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We're always interested in meeting talented operators and collaborators who want to help build what comes next.

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