Technology Development/Program Management

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
· Founder and operational executive of a high-technology (technology transfer) start-up
· Developed and executed marketing, strategic and business plans; raised and managed funds.
· Initiated/managed strategic relationships and multi-party alliances; managed innovative projects
· Accomplished significant technology investments and achievement of key milestones.
· Negotiated/secured licenses and CRADAs National Laboratories.
· Initiated and managed three successful federal grant programs (1992, 1999, 2000)
· secured $927K contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (2008)
· experience in homeland security related issues (identity, authentication and anti-counterfeit)
· experience in law enforcement technologies
· evaluation and involvement in data fusion and infrastructure interoperability
· public-private partnership component to grants
· team leader/systems integrator for highly sensitive actions in Central America
· 18 years of technology transfer experience (federal and private laboratories, university R&D)

DEMONSTRATED SKILLS
· Leadership & Teambuilding
· General management
· Marketing (strategies, plans, tactics)/branding (positioning)
· Strategic planning & creative management
· Innovative problem solver; analytical decision maker
· Business and technical planning & implementation
· New product development from concept to market introduction
· Technology transfer & commercialization
· Program development and management
· Ability to bridge research, academia, government, business and financial participants.

HOMELAND SECURITY/TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATIONS
Contributing writer on Homeland security, technology and policy issues www.Threatswatch.org. Serves on advisory board for Technology Connexus a 501c3. Member of Infragard-San Antonio, an F.B.I. program to improve and extend information sharing about critical national infrastructures between private industry and the government. Member of the Defense Technology Cluster in San Antonio Texas, an organization leveraging regional defense and technical capabilities.

PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS
Named on multiple issued and pending patents.
Presented numerous papers on technology transfer, and entrepreneurship (disclosed upon request)
2008 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security Certification in "Enhanced Threat and Risk Assessment" (through Texas Engineering Extension Service).

PROFESSIONAL VALUES
Deeply ingrained work ethic coupled with ceaseless persistence. Big picture vision with a strong sense and understanding of management by objectives. Reputation for faultless honesty, diligence, professionalism and pride in producing high quality work.

EDUCATION
December 1973 Adelphi University Graduate School of Business (MBA)
May 1971 New York University, University Heights College (BA)