Dan Smith Email & Phone Number

Happy Valley, Sa, Au

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Currently on secondment to the Department of Education. Assisting Universities to access Australia's Economic Accelerator (AEA).AEA is a $1.6 billion program taking a new approach to commercialising academic research. It empowers the brave, bold and inspired. It supports their passion and curiosity. It cuts through barriers and it bridges the ‘valley of death’ between great ideas and commercial success.www.aea.gov.au

National

Dan works in a national capacity with a focus on assisting businesses based in Regional Areas.Innovation Connections helps small to medium-sized businesses overcome some of the barriers commonly associated with research and development (R&D), such as a lack of technical expertise, funding or identifying the right R&D opportunity for your business.If you've never worked with a research organisation before that's ok - this is the case for more than a third of businesses that have engaged with Innovation Connections. Our facilitators will guide you every step of the way and are happy to talk about your R&D needs and how you can work with the research sector to develop innovative solutions.

Adelaide, Australia

The Australian Government in partnership with CSIRO engages the services of two expert Regional Incubator Facilitators to help existing and aspiring incubators access Incubator Support Initiative funding.The facilitators have run successful incubators or start-ups and have the knowledge, experience and international networks to help regional incubators overcome the challenges they face to set up and prosper.Regional Incubator Facilitators assist all regional applicants by:- providing advice, mentoring and specialist expertise- helping them to develop their professional networks and national and international connections- encouraging joint applications and boosting knowledge sharing between regional and metropolitan incubators- They also provide feedback on draft New and Existing Incubator applications (including metropolitan applications), and assist in providing feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

Adelaide, Australia

MassChallenge is the most startup-friendly business accelerator on the planet. No equity and not-for-profit, we are obsessed with helping entrepreneurs across any industry. We also reward the highest-impact startups through a competition to win a portion of several million dollars in equity-free cash awards as well as international bootcamp travel prizes through the Bridge program. Through our global network of accelerators in Boston, London, Jerusalem, Lausanne and Mexico City and unrivalled access to our corporate partners, we can have a massive impact - driving growth and creating value the world over.

Tonsley is home to a new $120mil facility housing robotics, nanotech/new materials, rapid prototyping, medical devices and simulations, submersible and autonomous vehicle research and more.Flinders University promotes innovation and grows enterprises to create economic development in the Adelaide and South Australian community by externally focusing the resources of Flinders University.

Business SA is the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in South Australia.Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer this role was responsible for creating and developing our small business unit whilst retaining management of The South Australian Young Entrepreneur Scheme (SAYES). Offerings ranged from startup to growth to exit of a business. Collaboration was key in the success of this endeavour with key inputs from the Small Business Commissioner, Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy and Regional Development groups.

The South Australian Young Entrepreneur Scheme (SAYES) aims to provide young South Australians with the skills and confidence to develop and implement their business ideas.

Early Career:Initially leased a flower farm from a retiring farmer straight out of Uni. - Licensed IP from University - new varieties of Sturt's Desert Pea. - Exporting to 12 countries.In the interim I worked for 2 years as a Technical Officer at a horticultural consultancy firm.Finally, the business moved to Viticulture providing:- Bud dissection data for pruning. Associated research led to a National Young Scientist Award through Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia in 2001- Developed and distributed software for spray application in Viticulture addressing the new Unit Canopy Row (UCR) rules.

Graduate Diploma In Business Enterprise

Entrepreneurs' Full Scholarship sponsored by Ernst & Young, American Chamber of Commerce (Australia) and Playford Capital.

Certificate Iv Small Business Management

Also included computer programming modules.

Bachelor Of Science (Honours), Genetics - Plant Breeding

Worked on the cut flower arm of the Sturt Desert Pea breeding program. Successfully created polyploid plants through chromosome.

Bachelor Of Science, Molecular Genetics