Aaron C. Sumner Email & Phone Number

Various Proprietary Clients In Colorado, California And Mexico

Seeking full-time, part-time, contract or consulting opportunities in engineering management, research management, research and development, finance or international trade. Open to proposals regarding joint ventures and cooperative research and development agreements for biotechnology, medical device, healthcare, aerospace and defense applications development. Travel is ok. Presently providing patent research, strategy consulting, financial analysis, economic modeling and program management consulting services to various clients. Will communicate details in person depending on the nature of the request. Hiring managers: please contact me at aaron.sumner@gmail.com for non-redacted curriculum vitae.

Level 3 Communications - Broomfield, Colorado

Analyze and compile billing error data in the telecommunications industry. File billing error disputes with affiliated stakeholders using email and web-based vendor portals. Financial Analysis & Contracts Analysis. Examine dispute filing process from cradle to grave and work with subject matter experts to facilitate the implementation of optimization projects. One year funding cycle for this role completed October 22, 2014. Level 3 Communications Security Training most recently completed October, 2014.

Golden, Colorado

Mostly proprietary and confidential projects for mid-sized companies, non-profits and academic researchers. Will discuss general activities in person.

Golden, Colorado

Provide patent research and business strategy consulting to small and mid sized technology and engineering companies. Focus on new venture valuation and structuring, lab scale proof of concept and pilot scale development intiatives in the life and physical sciences. Expertise in the organization and management of multidisciplanary and interdisciplnary research and development ventures. Provide financial analysis and economic modeling incorporating qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. Import / export compliance consulting and logistics. Early-stage technology transfer, valuation and pricing. Market viability and industry analysis. Closed to focus on other ventures.

Golden, Co & Boulder, Co

Business Development Manager - coauthored several research grant proposals to various U.S. Government organizations for MEMS / nanofabrication based optics and aerospace sensor systems development. Optimized SOA by an order of magnitude, reducing SWAP footprint for next generation sensor systems used in applications for small spacecraft, microsatellites and cubesats. Extended technology platform and marketing efforts to include protection of terrestrial based aircraft, maritime and fixed assets. Directed energy risk analysis and technical threat assessment studies provided to clients. Program Manager - US Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) competitive DII award - responsible for contract management, client CLIN communications as per FAR, oversight, support and progress reporting for the technical teams. Engineering Management - responsible for engineering team management of two EEs, two MEs an Aerospace Engineer and an Embedded Systems Engineer. Project Manager for Mechanical Engineering and Optics Team - no out of bounds. Contract completed on time and under cost. MEMS R&D Principal Investigator & Research Engineer - provided MEMS & nanofabrication prototypes of specialty optics for digital imaging sensors, research accomplished at Colorado Nanofabrication Laboratory, an NSF funded open use research facility at CU Boulder. Primary author on licensing contracts with leading academic and government research institutions for embedded systems, derivative works, improvements, and commercial sales. Co-author and co-inventor on two provisional patents.

Golden, Colorado

Cooperative research project with the BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Harvard Medical School. Investigate novel biopolymers for use in high throughput elevated pressure microfluidic devices. Fabricate inertial sorting microfluidic devices for dynamic testing by affiliated research partners. Communicate with team members in CO and MA.

Golden, Colorado

MSc Engineering and Technology Management. Degree conferred May, 2010. 3.571 GPA overall. Strategy and Innovation Specialty (SI), 3.6 GPA. Operations and Engineering Management Specialty (OEM aka OR/MS) 3.85 GPA. Relevant coursework (A's only): Business Strategy Analysis, Project Management, Marketing for Technolgy Based Companies, Exploration Economics, Business Law and Technology, Management of Technology, Corporate Finance, IP Law and Licensing. Courses audited: Advanced Project Analysis, Linear Programming, Stochastic Methods in Management Science. Additional accomplishments: tied for highest grade in the class on a final project in the graduate course Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods, highest grade in the class for final project in Entrepreneurial Finance modeling a fully integrated pharmaceutical discovery company. Graduate Student Association Treasurer, Graduate Student Association Representative University Technology Fee Committee. Awarded: Jerome Brousard Fellowship for Engineering and Technology Management.

Golden, Colorado

Microfluidic device manufacturing. Droplet formation and hydrodynamic focusing experiments. Fabrication of three dimensional architectures. Investigation of novel materials and fabrication techniques. Plasma chemistry, laser microscopy fabrication, clean room use for photolithography and mask alignment. Digital photomicroscopy. Provided fabrication support for SBIR grants with the National Institute of Health (NIH) and tha National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLB). Created sub mm apertures in laser optics using concentrated hydrofluoric acid (HF). Training of new photonics PhD candidates in clean room and microelectonic fabrication laboratory equipment usage and compressed gas safety for the Department of Physics, including reactive ion etchers, profilometers, photosensitive polymers and mask aligners.

Golden, Colorado

Instructed senior level undergraduate students in techniques for microfluidic device fabrication. Provided specialty training in digital photomicroscopy of micro-scale fluid flows and devices under dynamic testing.

Kowloon, Hong Kong - Based Out Of Us Representative Office, Denver, Co

Manage US business interests, international technical sales, analytical and manufacturing equipment purchasing, logistics, supply chain management and import / export compliance for controlled hazardous materials and restricted technologies. Provide domestic US and international patent research on gas absorbing materials. Conduct market research for the alternative energy industry in general with competitive intelligence and market viability studies drafted for stakeholders in the international concentrated solar power markets. Work independantly in Denver, CO for company CEO based in Hong Kong and the President of a NYC based international investment bank providing Colorado office space and tactical support. Regulatory compliance reporting for international trade in zirconium (Zr) products and alloys. Managed export control licenses under Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Department of State, International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and international compliance for nuclear non-proliferation treaties. Work with suppliers and customers in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Italy, People's Republic of China, Spain and South Korea to secure supply chain of raw materials and after sale international trade logistics for hazardous materials. Acquire insurance for ocean and air shipment of materials to customers.

Golden, Colorado

Summer position. Assisted with instalation and alignment of laser optics, tuned quartz crystal microbalance and charted recorded data using Origin graphing software, Establishment and calibration of the beam path for a remote FT-IR sensor. Design and fabrication of a liquid nitrogen cooling system fill station provided for remote FT-IR sensor using standard Swagelok fittings.

Golden, Colorado

Domestic and international patent research and analysis. Reported to executive level management and joint venture representatives. Managed a variety of laboratory and pilot scale research and development projects. Construction of multiple ASTM testing apparatus for the physical characterization of samples generated from proprietary research and development programs. Data logging, data archiving, data graphing, report generation, and recommendations presentation to clients.

Master Of Science (Msc), Engineering And Technology Management, 3.571

Activities and Societies: Awarded: J. Broussard Fellowship for Engineering and Technology Management - Department of Mineral Economics 08.

Ba, Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Awarded: Research Grant - Staining VAM Fungi. Treasurer - TriBeta Biology Honor Society. Established a drug.