• M.S. (Chemistry) 1981, UCLA
• B.A. (Chemistry) 1979, Kalamazoo College
• President, Intermedia Design Systems (1993-1997)
• Director of Marketing, Automated Dynamics Corp. (1990-1993)
• Business Analyst, Capital Region Technology Development Council (1989-1990)
• Director of Technology, Cahn Instruments (1981-1988)

Business Experience:

• Identification, implementation, and management of technology transfer, commercialization, and economic outreach activities.
• Development of successful R&D funding strategies through federal and state assistance programs such as SBIR, STTR, ATP, and TRP programs.
• Venture capital and business planning.
• Debt and equity financing.
• Marketing and promotions.
• Corporate management of software development company in the professional publishing industry.

Business Development Achievements:

• Initiated and developed several multimillion dollar product lines.
• Assisted nearly 40 companies to solve critical strategic issues for business.
• Worked with companies to secure over $10 million in venture capital and financing.
• Set-up and negotiated technology joint ventures.

The Center for Advanced Thin Film Technology
The Center for Advanced Thin Film Technology was founded by New York State at the University at Albany - SUNY in October 1993. Since its inception, the Center has served as a unique environment to pioneer, develop, and test new ideas within a technically agressive yet economically competitive research environment.

The benefits are not only innovative solutions to immediate manufacturing challenges, but a means of exploring the science and technology of future generations of devices and components.

The mission of the Center is to act as a research, development, education, and economic outreach resource for industries which manufacture, use, or supply microelectronics, electronics, optoelectronics, bioelectronics, nanotechnology and telecommunications devices and components.