from the resume of:
Phillips V. Bradford, Sc.D.
Description of CATI
CATI is a State agency under the Dept. of Higher Education
The Colorado Advanced Technology Institute (CATI) is the state agency for science and technology development. It is adminstratively under the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) and thus is a part of the community of public-supported research universities and community colleges in Colorado.
The Executive Director reports to the CATI Commission
The Executive Director serves at the pleasure of the CATI Commission, which is comprised of ten members. Seven voting CATI Commissioners are appointed by the Governor of Colorado from the high-tech private sector and three are ex-officio, and do not vote. The three ex-officio members include two elected legislators appointed by the Senate and House leadership and one member appointed by the head of CCHE.
The Executive Director of CATI is responsible for the general management of the agency, and oversight for its programs.
Specific Achievements
I have served as the Executive Director of the Colorado Advanced Technology Institute (CATI), from September, 1989 until mid-April, 1999. 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 increasingly 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 available upon request
Under my leadership, one of CATI's programs, known as Colorado SuperNet was sold to Qwest Communications for $20 million, constituting the first such sale of an active academic program to private industry in the State's history. The proceeds of the sale was primarily used to support the participating educational institutions, CU, CSU. CSM and DU. Another achievement was the orchestration of a donation from AMETEK, Inc. of equipment and 12 patents to the Colorado School of Mines, valued at $5 million in the area of technology relevant to the development of thin film electrodeposited solar cells.
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