
Director of Business Development at SRI International
San Francisco Bay Area

Director of Business Development at SRI International
San Francisco Bay Area
Business development director with broad experience and background in technology commercialization.
Commercialization and business strategy development, intellectual property management, licensing, new venture creation, marketing, and key account management.
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
October 1999 — Present (9 years 10 months)
Current technology areas: wall-climbing robots, electro-adhesion, electroactive polymers (actuators and generators), OLEDs, speech recognition, wireless medical telemetry
Industries served: aerospace, alternative energy, athletic footwear, automotive, medical devices, specialty plastics, toy, educational and language learning software
Companies launched:
Polyfuel, Inc. (2000): Provider of engineered membranes that provide breakthrough performance in fuel cells for portable electronic and automotive applications. (www.polyfuel.com)
Artificial Muscle, Inc. (2004): Smart materials company that designs and manufactures novel solid-state actuator components for use in speakers, generators, motors, pumps, and valves based on electroactive polymers. (www.artificialmuscle.com)
Averatek Corp. (2007): Low-cost flex circuits and engineered materials. (www.averatek.com)
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