Martin J. “Marty” Kaszubowski has over 40 years of experience with a broad spectrum of public-sector and private-sector organizations in technology assessment, strategic planning, business model design, marketing, program management, mergers and acquisitions, financial management, and starting/expanding companies. He is an effective, widely-recognized advocate for new venture creation and innovation-led economic development at the local, state, and national and international levels. Marty is routinely asked to speak on related topics to groups of entrepreneurs, economic development professionals, and policy-makers in Virginia, across the US, and around the world.Specialties: Technology commercialization, technology transfer, technology policy, space policy, technology forecasting, innovation-based economic development, entrepreneurship, start-up ventures, aerospace and defense, commercial space, venture capital, management consulting, seed capital.