from the resume of:
Phillips V. Bradford, Sc.D.
Specific Achievements in Program Design and Management
My skills in Program Design and Management were developed during my employment with Rutgers Universty, the State of Kansas, Columbia University and the State of Colorado.
Created a new technology transfer program at Rutgers University
At Rutgers University, I designed a technology transfer program to facilitate the liaison between the university and corporate research sponsors. This program was designed to serve the needs of the both the university (seeking research funds) and corporations (seeking technological advantages), while also satisfying the conditions and requirements of state and federal research funding programs. Although I worked cooperatively with the Rutgers University Foundation, my program was not based on philanthropic donations but rather on corporate payments for research services and intellectual property rights. I increased the annual level of corporate sponsoship of research from under $2 million to more than $5 million within the areas that were under my official authority. I brought professional investment sources to small business that were based on university technology, several of which have grown to become internationally recognized. For, example: Enzon, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENZN) was initially funded through contact with an investment banker as a result of my efforts. This company now (early 1999) has a market capitalization of more than $ 500 million, and is one of the major companies in the emerging field of Enzyme Engineering. It continues to outsource many research projects to Rutgers' faculty scientists.
Transformed and re-created the state science and technology agency for Kansas
In Kansas, I worked with Governor John Carlin to convert the Kansas Advanced Technology Commission into a state-chartered non-profit corporate program, renamed Kansas Advanced Technology Enterprise, Inc. (KTEC). As its founding Executive Director, I was responsible for creating the legislative and public policy environment for an effective technology program for Kansas. KTEC has prospered and grown to become the largest state entity of its kind in the U.S. on a per-capita basis. KTEC provides state matching funds for corporate and federal research support at research universities in Kansas. It also supports a variety of technology-based economic development programs, including a unique investment pool for start-up companies in high-tech industries.
Remodeled the CATCIS program at Columbia University
After a change in the gubernatorial executive administration of Kansas, I spent about a year serving my Alma Mater, Columbia University, to oversee its Center for Advanced Technology in Computers and Information Systems (CATCIS), a program created and funded in-part by the New York State Science and Technology Foundation (NYSSTF). This program was in need of redirection from an academic mission to an economic development mission in order to maintain the legislative intent and purposes of the state funding agency, NYSSTF, which was modeled as a foundation rather than as a corporate entity. I successfully managed the center's transition and brought it into fiscal observance of state and federal fiscal rules, while updating my computer programming skills. This is where I learned UNIX and other important modern computer languages.
Brought Colorado's CATI up to the 21st Century
Most recently, I have served as the Executive Director of the Colorado Advanced Technology Institute (CATI), which was created to serve similar needs for Colorado as NYSSTF and KTEC did for New York and Kansas, respectively. At CATI, I oversaw and managed more than 18 separate public/private partnership programs through a small staff of professional technologiy area directors and public policy experts. During my period of leadership over the past 9-1/2 years, CATI has grown from an annual state budget of about $2 million to more than $6 million. During the same period the growth of corporate sponsorship and private investment commitments to CATI projects has been about 10-fold to more than $40 million. The state of Colorado has become internationally recognized as a "high-tech" state during this time. The specific accomplishments of each of these CATI programs are summarized in a "Success Stories" document which is linked to the CATI Web Page at URL: http://www.cati.org/cati
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