Corporate
Spent entire career working with large companies at the intersection of strategy and technology. First half on “traditional issues” of strategy, portfolio selection, project management, R&D metrics, etc. Last 15 years on collaborative/entrepreneurial issues such as VC, incubators, IP management, university relations, tech scouting, spinouts.
- Founded the Corporate Entrepreneurial Network, a community of over 200 people and 90 companies interested in entrepreneurship.
- Lectured on Corporate Entrepreneurship at The Sloan School of Management for 7 years
- Member Board of Advisors, United Technologies Business Innovation Group
- Board of Directors, AutoHarvest Foundation. Detroit group promoting innovation in the automotive industry
University
Supported entrepreneurial activities at:
- MIT
- Harvard
- Northeastern
- UMass Amherst/Lowell/Dartmouth
Active in:
- National Council for Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer
- University Industry Demonstration Project
Startups
Various involvement in numerous companies
- CEO: Green Seas, Light Modulation
- Director
- Aphios Corporation (biotech)
- Monarch Antenna ( smart antennas)
- Skyprise ( Big data)
- Polynova (Composites)
- Advisor examples:
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- Liquid Bits (3d imaging)
- LayerBio ( coatings)
Regional Innovation Ecosystems
- Civilian Research and Deveelopment Foundations (“CRDF”)
- Russia
- Global Innovation Through Science and Technology (“GIST”) -North and West Africa
- Pathfinder program
- Countries: Romania, Greece, Chile, Georgia, UK, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico
Other
- Director, Built Environment Coalition
- Advisor, Greentown Labs
- Selection committee, Mass Tech Transfer Center, NE Clean Energy Center