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Technical Advisory Council
Zion Bar-El, Chief Executive Officer, Ideation International Inc.,
Southfield, MI
Zion performs
multiple functions including those involving Sales and Marketing
Administration. Mr. Bar-El manages pre-sales activities and negotiates
exclusive agreements with potential clients, both nationally and
internationally. He has been involved in overseeing all activities of the
company since January of 1996.
Daryl
S. Boudreaux, Ph.D., Nanoholdings, Wallingford, PA
Prior to
forming his own company, Daryl was the first full-time director of the
Office of Technology Transfer at Rice University. His responsibilities
included the management of the university’s patent portfolio, technology
licensing and business development, and formation of spin-off companies.
Daryl came to Houston from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New
Jersey, where he directed its technology licensing and business
development activities. A scientist by background, Daryl has 25 years of
business experience with AlliedSignal, Inc. (now Honeywell), where he led
the engineering development and information technology departments. He
received his bachelor’s degree from Loyola University, New Orleans, and
holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Pennsylvania State University. He was a
member of the Condensed Matter Theory Group at the Cavendish Laboratory in
Cambridge, England and taught Physics at New York Polytechnic University.
He currently serves on the Advisory Board of Directors of the Houston
Technology Center.
Michael
Brady, Vice President, Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group,
Pasadena, CA
Mike is a hands-on executive with multi-level experience in a number
of industries. His primary background is in one-of-a-kind project
execution, planning and design. He has managed multiple projects
concurrently, responsible for both execution and personnel. Several of his
projects have won engineering awards. In addition, Mike has over ten years
of international work and was responsible for design and construction
support on $1 billion in development.
Daniel
Burrus, President, Burrus Research Associates, Inc., Hartland, WI
One of the
world’s leading technology forecasters, Daniel is the author of
Technotrends: How to Use Technology to Go Beyond Your Competition and
is the founder and president of Burrus Research Associates, Inc., a
research and consulting firm that specializes in global innovations in
science and technology. Over the past 18 years, he has established an
impressive record of accurately predicting the future of technological
change.
Robert
Cantrell, Director of Business Development, IP.com, Arlington, VA
Robert currently heads up the
marketing for IP.com’s IP Publications website and the IP Analytics
consulting. IP.com is a spin-off from Manning & Napier Information
Services (MNIS). Robert has spoken to over 100 companies and conferences
in seven countries regarding intellectual property strategy and analysis.
Paul
B. Germeraad, Ph.D., Chief
Technology Officer, VP & GM, R&D Applications, Aurigin Systems, Inc.,
Cupertino, CA
Paul is
responsible for overseeing the development of Aurigin’s intellectual asset
management products, including the flagship Intellectual Property Asset
Management (IPAM) system. Before joining Aurigin, Paul served as Vice
President of Corporate Research for Avery Dennison, where he helped the
company achieve one of the best 1997 technology commercialization track
records in the United States. He also directed the 90-person Corporate
Research Center and helped double the company’s percentage of new product
sales.
Stan
Kaplan, Ph.D., Chairman, Bayesian Systems, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Stan Kaplan is
a risk analyst, decision theorist, engineer, applied mathematician, and
ex-nuclear reactor physicist, now specializing in what he calls the
“science of uncertainty.” He is a founder and chairman of Bayesian
Systems, Inc., a software company developing products based on the Bayes
Theorem. Stan has written two popular books for Ideation: An
Introduction to TRIZ and New Tools for Failure and Risk Analysis.
David
Levy, Ph.D., Cambridge, MA
David heads two
companies focused on intellectual property. His one-person company, TH,
Inc., has signed three licenses in five years and has 16 patents pending
in toys, exercise equipment, medical devices, display technology,
computer interface and automotive applications. However, in 2001, TH
spun out Digit Wireless, LLC, a licensing company which has raised over
$2 million to develop and market the Fastap™ Keypad, a complete,
easy-to-use computer keyboard that fits neatly into a small mobile
phone. David has been profiled in Fortune Magazine, the New Yorker,
First Person, and Beyond 2000.
Yoni
Mizrachi, Ph.D., Ruppin Institute for Higher Education, Emek Hefer,
Israel
With a Ph.D.
and M.A. from Harvard University, Yoni is an entrepreneur who brings vast
experience and knowledge to areas related to competitive business
intelligence and strategic business environments. He has a profound
academic understanding and field experience in knowledge management,
information overload, business innovation and Business Processes
Reengineering (BPR). Currently, Yoni is actively involved in the business
strategy, development issues, R&D efforts, and daily operations of
NetOnCourse Ltd, an Internet start-up company.
Donald
Reimer,
CMC, President, The Small
Business Strategy Group, Southfield, MI
Don has
serviced the needs of family-owned and operated businesses in the Detroit
area for more than 30 years. Don is a well-known authority on
entrepreneurship and the challenge of closely held businesses. His
expertise includes entrepreneurial assessments and evaluations, strategic
and organizational planning, management and business assessments,
franchising, minority business development and supplier certification. Don
is recognized by the Institute of Management Consultants and has been
elected a Certified Management Consultant. He is the author of numerous
articles in the field of management and self-employment. He currently
serves as adjunct faculty in the School of Business Administration at
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, where he teaches courses in
entrepreneurship.
Larry
R. Smith,
Quality & Reliability Manager
for Full-Size Pickup and Utility Vehicles, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn,
MI
Throughout his career, Larry’s emphasis has been on Quality
Engineering and Product Development. He is skilled in team building and
problem resolution techniques and has application experience in Design of
Experiments, Taguchi Methods, Quality Function Deployment, and Hoshin
Planning. Prior to his current position with Ford, Larry led a team in the
development of a new Robust Product Development Process.
Glenn A.
Taylor, Professor, Hochschule Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
Glenn has spent
the last 29 years involved in the technical and business aspects of
developing new chemical processes/materials, from research to
commercialization. These experiences have allowed Glenn to evaluate the
risk and success factors for a new idea and to efficiently organize and
mentor a unit to perform its task.
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