Engineering the Future of Thermal Management

At Northern Carbon, we develop single-crystal diamond materials that solve one of the most fundamental challenges in advanced electronics: heat.

By combining decades of expertise in materials science, precision manufacturing, and semiconductor integration, we empower engineers and researchers to push the limits of performance and reliability.

Ownership & Investment

All shareholders and directors of Northern Carbon are (and will be) US/EU/UK citizens. Northern Carbon does not accept investment from private equity or venture capital. Third-parties may invest in Northern Carbon only by personal invitation of the Executive Committee.

Northern Carbon is a New York Corporation.

Manufacturing

Like virtually every high-end diamond retailer, Northern Carbon exclusively sources diamonds from Surat, India, the global capital of diamond processing for more than six decades. Thus, all M-Series diamond plates are products of Surat. Northern Carbon’s connections to the best Indian processing houses are two generations deep.

Team

The Executive Committee

Our team combines decades of experience in materials science and semiconductors.

Dr. Firooz Faili
Director, Technologies and Sales

Firooz is a co-founder of a number of CVD diamond product companies including Group4 Labs and P1 diamond and the former head of CVD thermal products at Element Six/De Beers. Firooz has a PhD in Materials Science from USC.

Check Firooz’s LinkedIn for a list of his many diamond publications.

Max Snow
Director, Legal

Max is a former patent litigator and patent examiner. Max joined Northern Carbon after leading Fenix Diamonds to total victory in the nation’s largest lab-grown-diamond patent lawsuit. Max has a BS in mechanical engineering from Illinois and a JD from University of Chicago.

Naman Parikh
Director, Finance

Naman runs Fenix Diamonds, one of the top distributors of lab-grown diamonds in the United States. Naman has a BS from the London School of Economics.

Susan Harrison
Director, Customer and PR

Susan Harrison is a communications professional with 20 years of experience in broadcast television, specializing in live news production and direction. Known for her work managing graphics and directing live coverage, Susan built her career in the demanding world of broadcast news, including time at ABC.

She holds a B.S. in Communications from Western Michigan University, with minors in English and Spanish.

Dr. Michael Pinneo
Director, Innovation and Technologies

Northern Carbon is the commercial manifestation of Michael’s inventions. Michael received the original patent on diamond for cooling computer chips. He is the founder of Crystallume, the first venture funded CVD diamond company with a successful IPO in 1994.

Michael, a former Caltech undergrad, got a PhD in Neurophysiology from University of California at Santa Cruz and a JD from Cal.