The Honorable Dr. Walter G. Copan is Senior Adviser and co-founder of the Renewing American Innovation Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He had previously served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and […]
Dr. Courtney Silverthorn is the Acting Director of the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). With over a decade of experience in Federal technology transfer, she is currently responsible for providing leadership for […]
David McFeeters-Krone is an experienced executive with more than 25 years of consulting on various aspects of commercialization. After roles at MIT, NASA, and Intel, he started his own firm in 2001 to facilitate R&D business development between the U.S. […]
John Dement is detailed to the Office of Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering, Laboratories, & Personnel Office leading DoD Technology Transfer. He has served on the Executive Board of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) for a […]
Paul Zielinski is director of the NIST Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) and former chair of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, and he coordinates the Interagency Work Group on Technology Transfer. Prior to joining NIST, Paul worked at the […]
Richard R. (Dick) Paul is an independent consultant with 40 years of R&D-related management experience. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2000 with the rank of Major General after serving 33 years, and from The Boeing Company in […]
Dr. Whitney Hastings is an Intellectual Property and Partnerships Manager at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Whitney has more than 10 years of technology transfer experience, leading numerous technology transfer initiatives and managing diverse portfolios that include therapeutics, medical […]