InXitu

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inXitu, Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	Incorporated in 2007
Headquarters	Mountain View, CA
Key people	Scott Snyder, President Philippe Sarrazin, Chief Technology Officer Robert Espinosa, Chairman of the Board Carmen Cerrelli, CFO
Industry	technology
Products	XRD/XRF Portable Instruments
Website	www.inxitu.com [1]

inXitu, Inc. is a Mountain View, CA based company which develops portable X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis instruments. The company name is a combination of the terms 'in situ' and 'X-ray', portraying the company's dedication to developing X-ray instruments that can be easily transported to the original site of the material being analyzed. InXitu's portable rock and mineral analyzer received the prestigious R&D 100 award and chosen to fly on the Mars Science Laboratory rover scheduled for launch in 2009. [2]