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Wilmington, De, Us

Strategic business development consultant with a focus on accelerating novel hard tech climate solutions. Capabilities include:- Strategic marketing- Partnership strategy- Financial and techno-economic modeling- Deal sourcing- Technical due diligence

o Co-founded team in new-to-Gore function of technology scouting, and assisted in hiring, onboarding, and mentoring of subsequent team memberso Built a strategic framework to evaluate startups and develop external technical collaborations. Sourced and evaluated 50+ startups for fit and partnershipo Negotiated legal and intellectual property terms for 10+ external collaborationso Pitched investment in Membrion, a leading industrial wastewater treatment company, based on both technical and business merits, resulting in 4+ years of collaborationo Served as technical lead for Membrion collaboration driving co-development of joint technology, from the lab bench to full commercial scaleo Initiated sponsorship of Greentown Labs, North America’s largest cleantech incubator, and served 4 years on the Industry Leadership Council, resulting in early awareness of 100’s of top startupso Advised on nomination and ranking of The Cleantech Group’s Global Cleantech 100 , as an Expert Panelist for 5 years, which provided the company inside access to 300+ shortlist nominees annuallyo Developed a research justification framework in collaboration with a global team, for new exploratory research projectso Created an innovation database for tracking research collaborations that analyzed by priority, themes, and milestones. Delivered first company-wide access to these external collaboration metrics

o Championed global experimental materials inventory project, which reduced new product development learning cycles by 14 days o Reimagined existing material production technology to create novel form factorso Created process structure property relationships for membranes produced with new raw materials

Elkton, Md

o Developed membranes with global teams for Fortune 500 clients, targeting venting and semiconductor fluid filtration applications, which led to $50M+ in saleso Developed characterization technology for microfiltration membraneso Mentored global colleagues in new product development best practices, which accelerated development timelines

Greater Boston Area

Engineering Processes:Maintain a safe laboratory environment, assist students with their projects, and teach the use of the necessary tools (lathe, drill press, horizontal miller, vertical miller, and band saw)

o Managed, scheduled, and trained staff of 40+o Hired and provided orientation to new teammateso Provided constructive feedback and addressed performance concerns

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

B.S., Chemical Engineering

Minor in Management and Technology