Experience

Huizenga College of Business at Nova Southeastern University

• Professor of Entrepreneurship

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Davie, Florida, United States Teach entrepreneurship courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Mentor, coach and support student-led businesses



Angel Bridge Partners

• Managing Director

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Angel Bridge Partners assists entrepreneurs, business owners, students, researchers, faculty, in executing their dreams and building companies. https://angelbridgepartners.com/



LifeX Labs

• India
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercialization Expert

  • Feb 2020 - Apr 2023

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States LifeX Labs is a life science startup accelerator focused on providing early stage companies with the support, resources and ecosystem they need to be successful. Founded in 2018, LifeX Labs is a purpose-built space for collaboration, creating a culture of excellence and resilience, mentoring, expanding networks and company building.



Duquesne University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship

  • Oct 2019 - Feb 2022

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Charged with developing, implementing, and managing policies and programs related to entrepreneurship as well as coordinating center activities, overseeing center spaces, coaching students in Duquesne Angels, managing the Duquesne New Venture Challenge, leading the Small Business Development Center, and being the external “face” of entrepreneurship for the School of Business.

• Director, Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2019

  Greater Pittsburgh Area



Ohio University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2018

  Athens, OH Teaching Entrepreneurship Business Consulting, Technology Evaluation and Commercialization, Fundraising, Pitching to Investors, Product Development, and Business Planning.



TechGROWTH Ohio

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive in Residence

  • Mar 2015 - Sep 2018

  Athens, OH TechGROWTH Ohio connects early-stage, technologically-innovative companies with valuable tools for growth and sources of capital. The program focuses on four technology industries: digital interactive media, bio-sciences, bio-agriculture and advanced energy. The mission of TechGROWTH Ohio is to significantly increase revenue growth and capital investments in technology-based businesses within the 20-county region of southeast Ohio.



La Marsa Consulting

• Principal Consultant

  • Jun 2014 - May 2018

  Greater Pittsburgh Area La Marsa Consulting provides a suite of business development services to seed and early stage technology companies including: technology transfer and translation, market assessment, business plan development, intellectual property assessment, fundraising presentation coaching, and on demand sales efforts. Client sectors include semiconductors, optical device, medical device, health care IT, railroad safety, and agricultural products. http://LaMarsaConsulting.com



Innovation Works

• Netherlands
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercialization Alliance Manager

  • Mar 2013 - Jun 2014

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Manage the relationships between member organizations to provide world-class commercialization expertise and take the lead on accelerating technology transfer of federal research performed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lead, and mentor researchers on productizing technology and commercializing products. NETL can be be found at http://www.netl.doe.gov/



Blue Water Growth

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jul 2011 - Mar 2013

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Blue Water Growth is a Pittsburgh, Shanghai, and Beijing-based consulting firm focused on cross-border merger and acquisition, financing, and distribution research, guidance, negotiation and execution between firms in the United States and the far east, with particular emphasis on China and India. Blue Water Growth clients are small or medium business enterprises looking for cross-border market growth or supply side extension.



NeuroInterventional Therapeutics, Inc.

• President and COO

  • Nov 2008 - Feb 2012

  NIT designs and manufacturers advanced catheter systems used to find, trap, and extract blood clots in the vasculature, including a wide range of cerebral vessels, and where necessary deliver therapeutics to the diseased site after clot removal.



Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive in Residence

  • Oct 2006 - Oct 2008

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Economic development organization whose aim is to help entrepreneurs reach their next fundable milestone.



Seagate Technology

• United States
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2006

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Research and Development Center focused on data storage



Verimetra, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing

• President and CEO

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Greater Pittsburgh Area A spin-off from XACTIX, Verimetra is a designer and manufacturer of nanoscale thin film sensors integrated in medical devices such as catheters, ablation tips, pacemaker leads and dental inpants.



Powercast

• Brazil
• Education

• VP Sales

  • 2005 - 2006

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Devices that transmit power without wires



XACTIX, Inc.

• United Kingdom
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering

• President

  • Nov 1999 - Jan 2001

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Manufacturer of vapor-phase semiconductor etching systems for the MEMS industry



E.A. Fischione Instruments

• Vice President of Sales and Marketing

  • Jun 1998 - Aug 1999

  Export, PA Manufacturer of sample preparation equipment for the TEM and SEM industries



Kurt J. Lesker Company

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Vice President of Technology

  • 1990 - 1998

  Clairton, PA Distributor and manufacturer of vacuum products, thin film deposition systems, surface analysis equipment, mass spectrometers, and other high vacuum technologies



Carnegie Mellon University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Research Associate

  • 1988 - 1990

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Develop thin film deposition methods for the synthesis of YBCO, a high temperature superconductor