Dan Goodman

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Managing General Partner @ Sandy Spring Climate Partners
Olney, MD, US
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About Dan Goodman

Serial entrepreneur, executive coach, startup mentor, educator, consultant, and climatetech investor with extensive business and technology experience around the themes of business strategy, customer intimacy, innovation, entre/intrapreneurship, fundraising, business development and technology commercialization. Start-up specialist with over four decades of experience in bootstrapping for-profits and non-profits in the roles of founder, executive, board member and advisor. Capable technology assessor and translator between technospeak and business value. People-centric innovator with broad vision and proven capacity to concurrently execute multiple complex initiatives. Talented strategist and business development practitioner, intensely persistent and action-oriented, with a knack for architecting “everyone wins” collaborations.Specialties: Mentoring new scientific entrepreneurs, corporate culture change, business development, experiential business education and training, executive coaching, strategic consulting, technology transfer and commercialization processes, startups, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, board governance, cleantech/climatetech/deeptech, and various forms of venture midwifery.

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Sandy Spring Climate Partners

Sandy Spring Climate Partners

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Managing General Partner
Olney, MD, US
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Dan Goodman Work Experience Details
  • Sandy Spring Climate Partners
    Managing General Partner
    Sandy Spring Climate Partners
    Olney, Md, Us
  • Mit Proto Ventures
    Advisory Board Member And Startup Mentor
    Mit Proto Ventures Mar 2024 - Present
    The first in-house venture studio of its kind inside a university, Proto Ventures combines translation and technology expertise to create impactful startups from MIT research and technology in fusion and clean energy. Many potentially world-changing inventions remain on university's lab room floors. Proto Ventures seeks to be more deliberate about identifying venture opportunities at an early stage and cultivating those ideas to solve the world’s hardest problems. I'll also be serving as a mentor to some of Proto Ventures' startups.https://protoventures.mit.edu/
  • Matereal
    Advisor, Investor
    Matereal Nov 2023 - Present
    Matereal leverages breakthrough chemistry and AI to detoxify and decarbonize the plastics in everything from fashion to housing. Leveraging AI capabilities, Matereal works directly with brands and consumer product manufacturers to rapidly develop polymer formulations tailored to their unique specifications while ensuring the verification of product origin with fully traceable organic feedstocks.
  • Turnover Labs
    Advisor, Investor
    Turnover Labs Dec 2022 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Turnover is replacing the industry’s reliance on petroleum-based precursors that are needed to make most chemicals on the market today with carbon-neutral alternatives, using a cutting-edge electrolysis process that can directly convert impure carbon dioxide wastes from manufacturing into various valuable chemicals on-site.
  • Sandy Spring Climate Partners
    Managing General Partner
    Sandy Spring Climate Partners Aug 2021 - Present
    Sandy Spring Climate Partners invests in high-impact, early-stage, science-based climate technology companies.
  • Fedtech
    Deep-Tech Mentor & Certified Advisor
    Fedtech Apr 2021 - Present
    Washington, Dc, Us
    FedTech is a venture firm at the intersection of entrepreneurship, breakthrough technologies, and mission-driven organizations. FedTech works with the DoD, NASA, DoE, NIST, VA, federal labs, research institutions, and corporations to commercialize deep-tech and hard-tech innovations through startup studios, accelerators, internal innovation and corporate venture programs. I mentor entrepreneurs in the Oak Ridge National Lab's Innovation Crossroads program, the US Army's xTech Accelerator, the Venture Builder program, and NASA's ClimateTech Accelerator.
  • Celadyne Technologies
    Advisor, Investor
    Celadyne Technologies Jul 2019 - Present
    Lemont, Illinois, Us
    Celadyne has developed superior hydrogen membranes, the core component in hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers, which unlock a wide variety of hydrogen applications through a massive increase in component lifetime and unbeatable reduction in total cost of ownership.
  • Xl Batteries
    Advisor, Investor
    Xl Batteries Jan 2019 - Present
    Marlborough, Ma, Us
    XL Batteries develops safe, low-cost and reliable grid-scale batteries to enable the transition of the grid from fossil fuels to renewable sources. These organic flow batteries are the durable, reliable and inexpensive energy storage solution that can cost-effectively enable the massive shift to renewable power generation required to meet the world's net-zero goals.
  • Various Organizations
    Advisory Board Member
    Various Organizations 2002 - Present
    2024 - present - MIT Proto Ventures (university venture studio)2023 - present - Chesapeake Bay Seed Capital Fund (environmental capital fund)2023 - present - Strategic Maverick (leadership development)2010 – 2023 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland2015 – 2021 - Twomentor (corporate diversity and mentoring consultancy)2009 – 2011 - Atayne (sustainable sporting apparel)2009 – 2011 - ecoFusion & emPivot (green strategic communications)2007 – 2009 - Goozex (online videogame trading)2006 – 2008 - Hook and Ladder Brewing Co. (boutique beverage producer)2005 – 2010 - New Markets Venture Partners (early stage venture capital)2004 – 2006 - Minerva Seed Fund (early stage venture capital)2004 – 2006 - Chesapeake Innovation Center (national security business incubation)2004 – 2005 - U.S.-China Science Park, chairman (Chinese business incubation)2002 – 2010 - International Carbon Bank and Exchange (emissions trading)
  • Various Organizations
    Board Director
    Various Organizations 2004 - 2019
    2018 – 2019 - Security Cloud & Mobile Partners (Enterprise security network assurance)2010 – 2012 - PickUp America (waste reduction non-profit)2008 – 2011 - Green Guild Biodiesel Cooperative (renewable energy non-profit) [Co-founder]2008 – 2010 - Maryland Clean Energy Center (state economic development authority)2008 – 2010 - Foundation for Renewable Energy Education (renewable energy non-profit)2007 – 2009 - Eneractive Solutions (energy services firm)2006 – 2008 - Biodiesel University (renewable energy non-profit)2005 – 2009 - HandsOn Toys (specialty toy developer)2004 – 2007 - Zernike USA (international tech transfer and business development)
  • Climatetech Expertise Network (Cen) Supported By Nyserda
    Entrepreneur In Residence
    Climatetech Expertise Network (Cen) Supported By Nyserda May 2019 - Present
    CEN, administered by Columbia Technology Ventures and supported by NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) serves as a renewable energy catalyst – advancing energy innovation, technology, and investment. These efforts are key to developing a less polluting and more reliable and affordable energy system for all New Yorkers. CEN's Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program guides early-stage companies through specific projects and issues, such as staffing for growth, budget management, resource planning, strategic partnering and board management. Entrepreneurs-in-Residence are seasoned executives under contract who share experience, skills and acquired knowledge with early-stage climate tech companies.
  • University Of Maryland
    Entrepreneur In Residence
    University Of Maryland 2002 - 2023
    College Park, Md, Us
    2018 – 2023 - Entrepreneur in Residence & Senior Fellow for Executive Education, R.H. Smith School of Business2013 – 2018 - Member, Corporate Connect Council, the university-wide corporate relations body 2012 – 2018 - Entrepreneur in Residence & Special Advisor on Commercialization, Division of ResearchAdvised University's senior leadership on innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization strategies for the University's $560 million research enterprise.2011 - Research Development Lead, Lockheed Martin Strategic RelationshipDevelopment of research projects for UMD's largest corporate partnership including secure mobile and wireless communications, medical informatics and genomics, healthcare systems modeling and simulation, advanced robotics, energy and advanced materials, and cyber-psychology2010 – 2012 - Entrepreneur in Residence Emeritus, Robert H. Smith School of BusinessCo-taught MBA-level entrepreneurship classes and promoted custom business education programs to the Smith School's corporate partners.2007 – 2010 - Senior Fellow for Renewable Energy, R.H. Smith School of Business*2004 - 2007 - Technology Commercialization Fellow, R.H. Smith School of Business**Subject matter expert advising students, faculty and regional entrepreneurs; panel moderator and lecturer2004 – 2010 - Entrepreneur in Residence, Dingman Center for EntrepreneurshipMentored entrepreneurs on new venture strategies and execution, hosted angel investor forums, judged business plan competitions domestically and in China, and co-taught MBA entrepreneurship classes.2002 – 2004 - Entrepreneur in Residence, UMD Office of Technology CommercializationBusiness development for licensing the University's IP portfolio to industry.
  • Mach49
    Venture Builder, Accelerate
    Mach49 Apr 2022 - Oct 2022
    Redwood City, California, Us
    Mach49 helps Global 1000 companies develop a pipeline and portfolio of successful new ventures by Disrupting InsideOut™ — creating, building and launching new ventures generated from within their organizations — and Disrupting OutsideIn™ — designing and managing world-class corporate venture groups. The company partners with global businesses to disrupt markets & create new growth opportunities, focusing on execution fueled by decades of Silicon Valley experience.I assessed the commercialization potential of dozens of deep-technology projects for XEROX's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).
  • Stanley+Techstars Accelerator
    Startup Mentor
    Stanley+Techstars Accelerator Feb 2022 - Aug 2022
    Stanley Black & Decker partnered with Techstars to run an accelerator focused on Electrification. I mentored several of the program's startup teams.
  • Breakthrough Energy
    Technical Reviewer
    Breakthrough Energy Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
    Kirkland, Us
    The Breakthrough Energy Fellows (BE Fellows) program, a component of Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy initiative, identifies and supports the best and brightest individuals and teams across the globe working to develop, scale, and commercialize technologies that have the potential to reduce carbon emissions by at least 500 million tons per year by 2050. I vetted applications to the program for Cohort #2.
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Commercialization Consultant
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 2021 - 2021
    Richland, Wa, Us
    Subcontract to assess the commercialization potential of this federal laboratory's energy infrastructure, energy conversion, energy storage, and advanced materials patent portfolios.
  • Columbia Technology Ventures
    Executive In Residence
    Columbia Technology Ventures 2018 - 2020
    New York, Ny, Us
    I worked with faculty and post-doctoral researchers at Columbia University to facilitate the transfer of their research innovations from the lab to the market, as well as supporting the university's start-up efforts. Columbia Technology Ventures, the technology transfer office of Columbia University, manages more than 350 invention disclosures from faculty, 100 license deals and 20+ new start-ups each year. CTV currently has over 1200 patent assets available for licensing across research fields such as biopharma, medical devices, software, cleantech, semiconductors, and material science. To learn more about CTV and available inventions, please visit http://www.techventures.columbia.edu/.
  • Relativity Sciences, Inc.
    Founder And Ceo
    Relativity Sciences, Inc. 2007 - 2020
    Relativity Sciences provided strategic consulting, culture change, and training services to Fortune 500 companies committed to re-igniting their lost entrepreneurial cultures through intrapreneurship and innovation, or becoming truly customer-focused through growing a culture of customer intimacy.
  • H2Refuel Accelerator
    Mentor
    H2Refuel Accelerator 2019 - 2019
    The H2 Refuel Accelerator is a unique partnership between Fraunhofer TechBridge, Greentown Labs and the Urban Future Lab. It offers unparalleled collaboration opportunities for startups who want to bring their hydrogen innovation from concept to market with the support of Shell, Toyota, and NYSERDA.
  • Business Plan Competitions And Grantmakers
    Judge/Reviewer
    Business Plan Competitions And Grantmakers 2004 - 2012
    2024 - TIE University Global Pitch Competition, DC Pitchfest, Washington, D.C.2012 - ACC Clean Energy Challenge, College Park, MD2008, 2009, 2010 - American Security Challenge, Washington, D.C.2006 - Cupid's Cup, R.H. Smith School of Business, College Park, MD2005, 2007 - UMD China Business Plan Competition, Beijing, China2004 - National Institutes of Science and Technology (NIST), Advanced Technology Program2004 - Michigan Technology Tri-Corridor Initiative, Grants Program
  • Maryland Clean Energy Technology Incubator@Bwtech
    Chairman
    Maryland Clean Energy Technology Incubator@Bwtech 2009 - 2010
    The Maryland Clean Energy Technology Incubator@bwtech was the first clean energy technology incubator in Maryland's state-wide clean energy incubation network, mandated by the State legislature. Co-located at the bwtech incubator at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), the MCETI@bwtech offered wet lab and office space, as well as hands-on business assistance.
  • Maryland Clean Energy Today
    Podcast Host
    Maryland Clean Energy Today 2009 - 2010
    Podcast focused on renewable energy and energy efficiency in the State of Maryland.
  • Maryland Clean Energy Center
    Vice Chairman
    Maryland Clean Energy Center 2008 - 2010
    College Park, Maryland, Us
    Appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley. The Maryland Clean Energy Center is the state's quasi-governmental clean energy authority. Created in 2008 by the state legislature to grow renewable energy economic development and deployment in Maryland, the MCEC helps create new jobs, foster investment, innovation and growth in the state’s clean energy infrastructure, and promotes energy efficiency and clean energy adoption. Chaired the Finance and Budget Committee. Served as Treasurer for 2008 and 2009.
  • Foundation For Renewable Energy Education
    Chairman
    Foundation For Renewable Energy Education 2008 - 2009
    Us
    The parent organization of Biodiesel University, the Foundation was a stand-alone non-profit headquartered within the University of Maryland, College Park. Its mission was to inspire adoption of careers in renewable energy science and technology. Its central methodology was to provide exciting hands-on experiences in renewable energy technologies via a fleet of mobile education labs. These extreme science labs offered sponsoring organizations unique, high-profile experiential marketing opportunities while providing students and other visitors an unforgettable high-touch renewable energy education.
  • Silverthorn Biofuels
    Founder And Ceo
    Silverthorn Biofuels 2007 - 2009
    Biodiesel producer using WVO feedstock.
  • Zernike Usa, Inc.
    Co-Founder And Managing Partner
    Zernike Usa, Inc. 2004 - 2007
    Zernike Group was a multi-faceted Netherlands-based organization with offices in 12 countries. Zernike's core activities included seed fund management, science and technology park management, business development consulting, and cross-border sales and marketing of innovative products and services. Zernike USA was the organization's U.S. joint venture.
  • Odexia
    Founder & Ceo
    Odexia 2003 - 2004
    Oxedia commercialized a high-performance MEMS (micro-electromechanical) fiber optic acoustic sensor system licensed from the University of Maryland.
  • Brainchild Maryland
    Co-Founder, Partner
    Brainchild Maryland 2002 - 2004
    BrainChild Maryland was the State of Maryland's public-private partnership formed to create technology startups from the intellectual property generated by Maryland's universities and federal labs. It was sponsored by the state's Department of Business and Economic Development.
  • Equest Technologies, Inc.
    Director Of Software Development
    Equest Technologies, Inc. 2000 - 2002
    Managed a team of software developers and network engineers developing and deploying OSS, BSS and server farm provisioning systems for Tier 1 telcos, ISP's and ASP's in North America, Europe and Asia. This team largely served as a dedicated contractor to Microsoft's Consulting Group, designing and implementing Microsoft solutions for major Microsoft clients. Notable projects included co-developing Microsoft's data center provisioning product with Microsoft's software engineers, and building the domain name registrar for the country of Japan.
  • Silverthorn Group, Inc.
    Founder, Ceo And Director Of Engineering
    Silverthorn Group, Inc. 1986 - 2000
    Embedded systems design firm, specializing in an early Internet-of-Things technology (LonWorks intelligent distributed control systems). Contract prototype and product development for building automation, transportation, energy, and medical systems for iRobot, Hill-Rom, Eaton, General Motors, Ford Aerospace, ABB, Bombardier, and many others. The company also developed, manufactured and marketed a line of LonWorks components (control modules, voice annunciators and dialers) as well as recreational and therapeutic devices for people with traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. Silverthorn also performed expert-witness analysis of complex multi-manufacturer control system installations for determining network device manufacturer liability in systems owned by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ray Ozzie, The Washington Post, The New York Daily News, and many others.

Dan Goodman Skills

Entrepreneurship Start Ups Venture Capital Business Development Program Management Strategic Planning Business Strategy Leadership Mergers And Acquisitions Strategic Partnerships Training Management Consulting Executive Management Intrapreneurship Renewable Energy Management Innovation Business Planning Commercialization Culture Change Customer Intimacy Organizational Change Communication Teamwork

Dan Goodman Education Details

  • University Of Maryland
    University Of Maryland
    Electrical Engineering
  • Nat'L Institutes Of Health, Foundation For Advanced Education In The Sciences
    Nat'L Institutes Of Health, Foundation For Advanced Education In The Sciences
    Technology Transfer
  • Oberlin College
    Oberlin College
  • Sandy Spring Friends School
    Sandy Spring Friends School

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