Dan Suhr Email & Phone Number

Eugene, Or, Us

Salem, Oregon, United States

I coach companies on creating and winning Small Business Innovation Research grants. (Learn more about SBIR at www.sbir.gov) I have been serving this role in the community for more than 15 years. During this time, I have managed, served as key personnel and created partnerships for multiple SBIR grants related to education (STEM, team simulations, eLearning, and innovative module/application development), environmental sensor strategies and medical devices. More importantly, I have successfully led the commercialization efforts for SBIR-created products. In the last few years, I have trained hundreds of entrepreneurs in SBIR strategy and proposal writing through Independent Platform. Independent Platform was awarded a USDA SBIR Phase I grant (7/2018) for a training tool to address the challenges building a system to look at culture in the context of Entrepreneurial education.One of my projects (2016-2019) at Independent Platform is KARMA (Kellogg Advanced Rural Manufacturing Alliance) which Navajo Technical University and Kellogg Foundation have joined to bring additive manufacturing opportunities to the Navajo Nation. My role for this project is to create a entrepreneurial platform roadmap that will guide development of electronic and human resources to support the Navajo STEM entrepreneur given the time, distance, and infrastructure constraints of the Navajo Nation. The other task I am leading for this project is development of business models that will support the local innovation community in a sustainable way.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

inXsol is a commercial eLearning and simulation company. Over the years, I have led proposal development and execution of six SBIR Phase I and three Phase II awards granted by NSF, NIH and USDA. In addition to the SBIR grant activities undertaken at inXsol, I helped manage commercial client efforts including the training development process for Honeywell Aerospace Training Solutions between 2001 and 2010 through an inXsol contract. This included almost $2.5 million of simulation and eLearning development for Honeywell’s technical products. Finally, in my role as an inXsol project manager, I helped create and deploy a commercial Incident Command Certification Program (www.bluecardcommand.com) with almost 40,000 active users and 20,000 certified incident commanders in the fire service. This activity is the result of an NIH SBIR award.

Tempe, Az

Association Trust was a start-up focused on creating a web-based financial application for Home Owners' Associations (HOA). During the startup, my activities included: leading angel financing round of $1 million for initial funding; completing management team recruitment; developing business plan and financial model for enterprise; executing investor relations strategy; identifying, devising and implementing key strategic partnerships; managing technical and business roll-out strategy for B2B product; and, devising strategic alternatives for the company's assets.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Activities included: developing strategic planning and competitive analysis tools used company-wide for internal and external opportunity evaluation; completing product line analysis -- recommended and implemented exit strategies including writing offering memorandum; leading international acquisition and strategic alliance projects (over $500 million value) in Mexico, Canada, China, Russia, and Vietnam. Tasks included: completing preliminary evaluation, targeting purchase price, coordinating due diligence, retaining consultants if necessary, and advising senior management team regarding transaction issues and negotiation tactics; developing business analysis models for evaluation of production outsourcing and joint ventures; and leading a cross-functional team adapting policies, procedures, controls, training and tactics to utilize and enhance the SAP system.

Activities included: completing a company-wide study of 1,100 branches and identifying candidates for closure; implementing statistical warehouse for branch system to provide improved operating information; completing profitability studies for functional business groups including a proposal to keep service and maintenance of student loans in-house, increasing the profitability of the portfolio by 25 percent; developing statistics to rank customers, by household, based on products used; and, evaluating capital projects for economic feasibility.

Lowell, Ma

Led plant accounting team (Cost Accounting, Inventory Control, Procurement, Information Technology) in a R&D rich environment of factory that manufactured coated fabrics for the shoe industry and industrial applications.

Phd, Political Science (Social Research)

Activities and Societies: Dissertation Published 2010, "Globalization and the Community: A Case Study of NAFTA's Impact on Nogales.

Mba, International Studies

Also taught Strategic Planning in the Graduate School

Bba, Finance

Certified Supercoach(R) Instructor

Global Leadership Certificate Program