President
CurrentCofounder & President, NanoLab, Inc., Waltham, MA (2000-present)STARTUP & OPERATIONS- Cofounded a startup in the nanomaterials sector.- Prepared & presented business plans to Angel and Venture Capital investors.- Secured commercial lines of credit for asset and cash flow management- Hired and directed the R&D activities for a multi-disciplinary team of scientists & engineers- Overall P&L responsibility for the company.IP PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT - Negotiated technology transfer and patent licenses from multiple universities & consortia to build an IP portfolio (Boston College, Auburn University, Battelle, SUNY Buffalo, Unidym, and ULVAC)- Patented key technologies for the company. (6 issued, 8 pending)PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT- Lead joint product development efforts with commercial partners (Intel, Lydall, GE, Gillette, Motorola, Samsung, Sony, Raytheon, etc.) - Identified scale-up partners for production handoff of developed technologies - Developed cost models for scaled processes. - Negotiated royalty bearing licenses for developed productsBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING - Managed >$7 million in product development funds from Small Business Innovative Research grants and Fortune 500 companies- Developed promotional messaging and strategy, executed across multiple platforms- online, print, tradeshow.- Negotiated distribution contracts for international representation of NanoLab products - Developed and managed corporate website & e-commerce system- Developed network of university collaborators/research partners