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• Serve as Executive Director of the National Science Foundation's I-Corps Hub Southwest program, a multi-million dollar center of excellence in entrepreneurship housed at UT Austin that includes eight institutions of higher education from four states. • Instruct and present on technology commercialization at the national and international level.• Conduct outreach and business development to expand programs regionally and internationally. • Report data and outcomes to gauge the effectiveness of programs.

Deploy commercialization programs on behalf of the U.S. federal government and foreign governments and entities. Recent examples include the CleanTech Innovation Challenge Morocco and the Venture Pipeline Development Program Turkey.

• Manage and deploy multi-million dollar innovation and entrepreneurship programs for the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of State to facilitate technology commercialization efforts domestically and abroad.• Instruct and present on technology commercialization and communication topics, and serve as a mentor to entrepreneurship teams. • Conduct outreach and business development to expand programs regionally and internationally. • Manage data and outcomes to gauge the effectiveness of programs, and provide detailed reports.• Coordinate marketing materials and deploy social media efforts.

• Organized multilateral and bilateral international efforts to advance international partnerships, policies, and best practices between U.S. federal research agencies and foreign researchers for innovation capacity building.• Drafted, negotiated, and oversaw the implementation of international cooperative agreements for the United States, achieving consensus among diverse stakeholders.• Organized and managed international conferences and meetings led by high level White House and State Department officials and foreign dignitaries.• Served as the Secretariat for the U.S.-Ireland Research and Development Partnership, which has successfully funded 35 trilateral research partnerships between the United States, Ireland and Northern Ireland and promotes cross-border peace and security. • Provided policy advice and talking points to high level officials including the President of the United States and the Secretary of State.• Coordinated and led high level visits to Central and Latin America and Europe.

• Provided informed policy advice to the Congressman and effectively advocated, supported and advanced legislative initiatives on issues of defense, homeland security, and foreign relations.• Effectively represented U.S. military needs in Alaska through coordinated high level visits to strategic defense locations.• Secured defense funding to ensure U.S. military readiness and improved family and veteran health care. • Drafted bipartisan bills and amendments, and worked closely with federal agencies and other Congressional offices to ensure passage. • Managed legislative aids and interns.

• Drafted and passed legislation that created a comprehensive telework program for federal employees leading to security preparedness, higher retention rates, higher moral, and lower traffic congestion and emissions. • Drafted and passed legislation that saved taxpayer money and led to a higher recruitment and retention rate of federal employees in Alaska and Hawaii through comprehensive reform of federal employee retirement regulations. • Provided informed policy advice, drafted bills, amendments, statements and questions for the record, researched hearings, and provided summaries of legislation and witness testimony.• Effectively secured funding for disaster recovery and defense preparedness through high level site visits and field hearings. • Managed the subcommittee budget and staff.• Managed and conducted Congressional investigations and authored reports.

• Researched, tracked and drafted legislation. • Advised the Senator on issues, prepared statements and questions for the record, researched hearings and provided summaries of legislation and witness testimony.• Managed and secured appropriations requests for constituents.• Traveled domestically and abroad representing the Senator’s interests at meetings, hearings, and conferences.