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Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

HG Ventures is the corporate venture investing arm of The Heritage Group, expanding upon and leveraging our 90-year track record of building diverse and successful companies in sustainability, environmental services, energy, transportation infrastructure, and specialty chemicals. We seek to invest in companies from seed to growth-equity stage with thematic connections to THG’s operating businesses, legacy industries that are ripe for disruption. Board Member: Pretred, ElectraMet, AvenewBoard Observer: ZwitterCo, Vartega, P2 Science, Equispheres, Titan AES, MITO Materials

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

VC3 is a next-generation venture investment model based on the principles of Web3 and decentralization - a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) structure. VC3 leverages a network of venture investors (Kauffman Fellows) and a token-based incentive structure that rewards members who create value to optimize the experience for entrepreneurs we invest in.

Research Triangle Park, Nc, Us

Technical, strategy, and P&L responsibility for the RTI Science and Engineering business unit comprising 65 technical professionals; continued leadership of the cross-RTI Commercialization practice including start-up incubation, interim-CEO, investment and launch

Research Triangle Park, Nc, Us

I built and led a commercialization and internal investment practice to expand the impact of our ~ $1B research portfolio, with visibility and accountability at the Executive and Board level• Vetted almost 200 RTI technologies over 24 months for commercial impact • Generated and optimized a transparent, stage gate process that is rapid and iterative to drive decision making for further investment• Craft cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, accomplish early-stage market assessments and determine business models for over 50 technologies to date, with outcomes ranging from project stoppage to strategic partnerships, licensing and spin-out companies• Established a seed fund for expanding and maturing RTI technologies to align with market needs and maximize their value• Attract and develop talent to build commercialization culture: developed and implemented value proposition, design thinking and pitch workshops reaching over 1000 scientists • Led cross-functional integration team for the divestiture of our microelectronics business, with executive-level reporting. Responsible for facilities, IP, CapEx, project and staff transfer • Realignment of 400+ patent portfolio with business strategy, resulting in over $1M in savings• Consult for $100M+ global biomedical technology accelerators to employ consistent approaches and best practices to translate and de-risk product concepts to meet the specific needs of stakeholders

Research Triangle Park, Nc, Us

A 15 member team selected by RTI’s CEO charged with inspiring and developing ideas and people to make RTI more innovative through coaching, events, and R&D investments • Led RTI’s “Ideathon,” a 2 day event designed to increase collaboration across RTI and to identify new ideas for future research; selected teams with highest potential for seed funding and incubation• As CD’s elected leader (2015), restructured our discrete programming into a company-wide integrated innovation curriculum and challenge, designated the Idea Kitchen. The innovation challenge included 300 participants, over 90 idea submissions and a 7:1 comment to idea ratio – engagement metrics that ranked this program at the top of corporate innovation challenges. In addition to new business generation, the IDEA Kitchen won an American Graphic Design Award and an RTI President’s Award.• Developed a lunch and learn, “The 30 second pitch,” which was taught to over 800 employees across the globe

Research Triangle Park, Nc, Us

As Center Director, I held P&L responsibilities for business and technical product development for new advanced materials and systems in energy, climate, health, and infrastructure. • Based on RTI's core capabilities and market interest, built and grew the upstream energy portfolio, expanding into polymer cements, nanomaterials and sensor networks through multi-million dollar collaborative product development with commercial entities• Established a medical device practice with over $15M in research funding to date • Consulted with government and private industry identifying potential risks and value of emerging materials and products through market research, intellectual property assessment and technology evaluation• Exceeded all financial metrics with year-over-year growth, moving from a new practice with 2 FTEs to a 20 FTE Center

CraZBrain is a science summer and track out camp founded by my husband and I, which builds on both our passions for science and education. The RTP-based camps provide a unique environment where science concepts are explored through hands-on experiences designing, building, problem solving, and re-creating. We utilize engaging camp themes including City Development, Lights, Camera Lego Action and Adventure Park Engineering to keep the campers motivated and energized all week long!

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Head of Materials Science / Cleantech Division• Accountable for group leadership and strategic planning for the Materials Science Division, including business development, Opex/Capex management, product cost modeling and technical program liason to the Board of Directors. • Strong team, project and client management for multiple nanomaterial-enabled prototypes and products developed in collaboration with Fortune 50 global organizations in energy and mobility• Principal Investigator on multi-million dollar federally funded Advanced Technology Programs for photovoltaic optical film manufacture and nanoparticle fabrication scale-up

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Led customer relationships and R&D for new and emerging PRINT® nanoparticle and film applications, leading to multiple patents and new business relationships. • Technical liason for business development and corporate financing activities.• Directed Liquidia’s Intellectual property portfolio, including patent strategy and competitive landscape assessment• Medley of additional entrepreneurial experience including company marketing, venture pitching, angel and debt financing, and financial modeling

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Design and study of solvent-free, environmentally free processes for microelectronics fabrication; Development of nanopatterning techniques for patterned polymers and nanoparticles for applications in cleantech, drug delivery, microfluidics, patterned electronics, and fuel cells (PRINT® technology). Co-founded Liquidia Technologies

Washington, Dc, Us

Responsible for extracted and quantified levels of PCBs, PBDEs, and OCPs in human adipose, serum, and soil; Individually programmed, calibrated, and maintained two FMS Power-Prep Systems; allowing for automation of time consuming tedious extraction steps (only one other system existed in the US); throughput of human adipose tissues more than doubled

Ph.D., Chemistry

Bs, Chemistry