Benchmarked seven state bioscience strategies (and their relationship to the largest cities in each state) and nine “captive” university technology-commercialization funds, as part of a statewide strategy for biosciences developed for the State of Missouri and commissioned by the Danforth and Kauffman Foundations.
Benchmarked state-university-system policies on intellectual-property ownership and management in 10 pairs of state/public universities, in a project for the Idaho State Board of Education.
Conducted extensive benchmarking of competitive state and univeristy initiatives in both information technology (2000) and nanotechnology (2005) for the Connecticut Office of Workforce Competitiveness.
Conducted stakeholder interviews and other research for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), in a project conducted jointly by Battelle and Hammer, Siler, George Associates to identify the best location for a South Jersey research park.
Benchmarked 10 bioscience university research parks as part of a strategy project for the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, developer of what became the Colorado Bioscience Park in Aurora.
Independent Reviewer for the Technology Transfer Incentive Program of NYSTAR (one year only; discontinued to avoid potential conflicts of interest once incubator association was started).
Consultant to the Director of Policy, Office of the Bronx Borough President (at that time, Hon. Fernando Ferrer), on economic-development issues.
Principal researcher and author of a “framework for a technology strategy” for the City of New York, performed through ITAC and funded by discretionary funds controlled by the Speaker of New York City Council.
Prepared case studies of environmental research conducted at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development in Cincinnati. Also conducted early planning through Battelle for what became Central State University’s NET (National Environmental Technology) incubator, the first such program nationally at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU).
