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SUMMARY: My employment history includes positions of increasing responsibility in academic, government, and industrial sectors, involving research, business, education/training, and management/administrative responsibilities, focused on all aspects of science and technology development, transfer, regulation and commercialization. In the process, I have played a key role in the establishment of over 25 new for-profit and non-profit organizations, and have secured over $45.0 million in contracts/grants/investments from a variety of sources for support of these efforts. Areas of Expertise: Strategic planning and business development, non-dilutive funding assistance, grant/contract/program management, advocacy and advancement assistance, and regularity affairs assistance/management. Current clients include: * New Hope Community Inc. Loch Sheldrake, New York - strategic planning and grant development in support of individuals with disabilities and their families. * Institute for Advancement in Medical Innovations (IAMI), University of Kansas Medical Center - strategic planning, business plan development, fund raising (foundations, federal and state grants), and advocacy/advancement assistance. - NeuriLinkTM LLC, neurological treatments for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Stroke. - IAMI, anti-cancer therapy for bladder cancer. * Kansas Bioscience Authority (KBA) - strategic planning, fund raising (foundations, federal and state grants), federal earmark management assistance. * Multiple Nonprofit and For-Profit Board of Directors and Advisory Board affiliations, including Interim Executive Director for the Innovative Technology Development Foundation (ITDF, 2014 - 2015 2010 to 2014, Kansas Bioscience Authority and the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC, 2010 - 2011, Federal Funding Specialist. Also, continuation as Interim Executive and Board Director for the Innovative Technology Development Foundation (ITDF), Olathe, Kansas. Responsibilities: Mentor and develop programs that enhance the levels of statewide grant award funding - all types including those from federal, state, and foundation sources. Facilitate and leverage existing KBA and KTEC awards and investments through assisting recipient organizations in developing and implementing short- and long-term funding strategies. Facilitating the formation, development, and funding of new and existing centers, technology clusters/consortia, and non-profit for-profit public private partnerships. Selected accomplishments to date include: * Development and implementation of a statewide KBA and KTEC strategic plan for enhancing awarded funding (all types) to Kansas-based nonprofit, for-profit and quasi-governmental entities * Development and presentation of federal grant (e.g., SBIR/STTR) seminars, training workshops and federal agency-specific webinars. * Facilitated the drafting and submission of new federal partnerships and individual client grants worth over $12,500,000, with client awards to date exceeding $8,700,000. * Principal Investigator management of a Small Business Administration bioplastics consortium earmark/grant, and team manager of a related US Department of Agriculture earmark/grant. The combined value of these awards exceeds $1,240,000, with follow-on funding to date of $1.400,000. * Development and implementation a Grant Writing Voucher (GWV) program providing matching funding ($1.00/$1.00) to support the use of professional grant writers in preparing federal grant submissions. * Facilitation of the start-up of two non-profit research foundations/institutes focusing their efforts on applications in biomedicine. I currently serve as a Director on both Boards. individuals per project Consultant to the Ohio Department of Development and Thomas Edison Program. Responsibilities: Strategic planning/implementation of the Biotechnology Center's education/training, development, technology transfer, and the industrial liaison programs. Selected accomplishments include: * Coordination of Center grant preparation and fund raising activities including co-authorship of a successful $3.0 million Ohio Board of Regents grant proposal for Center Development * Development of a statewide biotechnology development and investment plan for the Ohio Thomas Edison Program * Planning and supervision of the renovation of 90,000 sq. ft. of office/classroom space for multi-purpose biotechnology research laboratory use * Development/implementation of a highly successful corporate-sponsored inter-disciplinary biotechnology graduate student seminar course and internship program. usually with multiple projects running simultaneously * Established and maintained start-up R & D support services including management of animal and biological testing monoclonal antibody and cell culture facility government contracts and grants and various areas of regulatory affairs compliance.
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