Diane Borghoff Email & Phone Number

Albany, NY, US

Albany, New York Metropolitan Area

• Manager, IgniteU Consulting - Offer a wide range of services and expertise to support small businesses and entrepreneur's start, manage and grow their businesses. Provide one-to-one advice on strategies, problem.
• Co-Instructor & mentor, IgniteU Fellowship Program teaching college students design thinking for products, processes & service-based innovations.
• Demonstrated senior level experience partnering federal government innovations for private industry commercialization in quantum systems, devices, sensors, and microelectronics for extreme environments including.
• Assess start-up resource strengths in ecosystems targeting economic development organizations, innovation hubs, funding groups, and university technology transfer offices.
• Hudson Mohawk Chapter Secretary & Events Chair, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association
• Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Mentor, Mentorship Pilot Program 2024-2025

• Contributed strategic advice, translation expertise and collaborative efforts to engage multi-stakeholder dialogue via shared reports, articles, webinars, and interviews to facilitate successful translation of.
• Promoted awareness on assistive solutions based on advanced neurotechnologies, brain-computer interfaces, and artificial intelligence enabling persons with disabilities and seniors to interact with their environment

Menands, NY

• Led development and execution of marketing objectives, strategies and brand management
• Created partnerships and collaborations to foster innovation gateways leading to revenue producing licenses and sales in biotechnologies & medical devices, in particular, assistive technologies in neuroscience.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and teamwork skills, establishing relationships and communicating with senior management, programs, external partners, and subject matter experts
• Research emerging trends, assess intellectual property landscape, create financial models and business models including market size, valuations, and customer discovery
• Develop comprehensive market characterization for medical devices in various industries including strategic initiatives for various segments to predict revenue growth and CMS reimbursement models
• Project Management experience and creativity in both agile and waterfall methodologies

• Licensed in Property & Personal Lines; Casualty and Life insurance
• Provided insurance consultation services to business clients, individuals and families within assigned territory using consultative selling techniques
• Developed clients and leveraged opportunities through multiple marketing sources
• Established successful working relationships with key personnel at corporate accounts

• Managed Six Sigma Green Belt projects for Quality Improvement in liquid based testing and work flow analysis using problem-solving approaches i.e. data simulation, regression analyses and queuing systems using excel.
• Total Quality Management (TQM) team member for roadmap initiatives and process management
• Authored SOPs and control documents for ISO 9001 laboratory certification
• Employee Recognition Committee member responsible for reviewing candidate requirements for outstanding achievement awards and employee event planning.
• Screened gynecological/non-gynecological specimens utilizing the conventional method, SurePath and ThinPrep liquid based processing methods
• Contact with a variety of oncologist's, OB/GYN's and hospital personnel regarding diagnosis for appropriate treatment

M.S., Management With Concentration In Financial Management

GPA 3.75/4.0 Magna cum laude

B.S., Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Activities and Societies: Class President 1993-1994. National Dean's List 1993-1994. GPA 3.7/4.0 Magna cum laude

B.S., Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Joint Degree With U.M.D.N.J.)