Strategic and operational responsibility for all entrepreneurial program areas, including cohort-based programming, Entrepreneur-in-Residence and mentoring services, and professional servicesDeveloping and implementing cutting-edge programs to support new and growing businessesSupporting growth-oriented innovators and entrepreneurs, particularly those working on polymers, medtech and software startupsCollaborating to convene talent and create a sense of place

Providing oversight, assistance and strategic leadership to get the company from a laboratory research stage to beta testing.

Overseeing financial and legal matters for this adhesives based startup;Taking company through successful due diligence for both fund and strategic investments;Providing leadership and guidance as company grew from 1 to 8 full-time equivalent employees; and Negotiating exit to large multinational R&D company.

Providing strategic leadership for an organization that serves innovators and entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio; Serving as an instructor in the National Science Foundation I-Corps program at The University of Akron, through which more than 1,000 people have learned about lean launchpad methods for launching a startup;Coaching faculty, students and area entrepreneurs on technology commercialization;Director and officer of several university startup companies in advanced materials, biomedical and clean energy fields;Assisting companies in raising more than $8 million in investment and non-dilutive funding; andNegotiating licenses, options and joint development agreements.

Leading National Science Foundation I-Corps program at The University of Akron;Initiating the creation of a $500,000 UARF "Spark Fund" to invest in helping technologies create the proof needed to launch scalable startups;Serving on deal flow committees for regional investment networks;Assisting companies in raising investment and non-dilutive funding; andNegotiating licenses, options and joint development agreements.

Job duties include:Providing strategic guidance and oversight of company operations;Assisting with fundraising activities; andGrowing relationships with potential customers and partners.

Job duties included: Conducting research to develop recommendations on Ohio’s implementation of health reform, specifically provisions regarding the health insurance exchange, basic health program and rate review;Managing a database of clients brought in through a partnership with Akron Children’s Hospital; andDrafting legal documents, including letters to clients, authorizations to disclose health records, powers of attorney and requests for special education evaluation.

Job duties included:Analyzing differences between the Affordable Care Act and Massachusetts’ existing health care law to find heightened federal requirements for appeals of insurance coverage;Researching legislation on mandatory medical loss ratios for insurance companies, limitations on physician data mining by pharmaceutical companies, and potentially preventable hospital readmissions; andParticipating in a multi-organization coalition on payment reform.

Job duties included:Conducting legal research and composing memos to assist partners in advising clients on topics, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, bankruptcy proceedings, subcontractor disputes on latent defects, benzene exposure cases and indemnity agreements;Contributing to motions to dismiss in a Sixth Circuit appeal on attorney malpractice and a South Carolina District Court medical fraud and racketeering case; andOrganizing thousands of discovered documents for a water pipe defect trial and a benzene exposure case.