Joe Buffa Email & Phone Number

Extensive Commercialization, Business Management and Army Transition Expertise Team-oriented, thorough and persistent professional with more than 35 years experience with technology start-ups. Roles have included CEO, commercialization executive, manager, business director, analyst and legal adviser to diverse technologies ranging from armor and other novel military technologies to lithium ion battery electrolytes to novel software proiducts. Specific areas include lock-free and wait-free algorithms, mission command simulation and tactical Course of Action generation, novel phosphazene additives for lithium ion battery electrolytes, unmanned vehicle controls, condition-based maintenance, medical devices, computer security and energy strategies. Until 2012, provided management, analysis and support services for Phase II companies through multi-million dollar Army SBIR PMO commercialization pilot program manager. Founder/CEO of several paradigm-shifting start-ups and recognized primarily for ability to work effectively with disparate, and often competing, interests within small organizations to bring necessary focus on project/product development and acceleration of market opportunities, revenues and profits in challenging, complex business environments. Spent fifteen years as active civil and criminal attorney-litigator in state and federal court systems, trial and appellate levels.

Listed skills include Business Development, Private Equity, Product Development, Strategic Planning, and 8 others.

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  West Virginia University

  Engineering, Law