Successful Serial Entrepreneur Named
Technology Commercialization Fellow at
University of Marylands Business School
College Park, Md. July 25, 2005
The Robert H. Smith School
of Business, University of Maryland
today announced that Dan Goodman, CEO of
Zernike USA, has been appointed
technology commercialization fellow at
the schools Dingman Center for
Entrepreneurship. The Dingman Center is
a nationally-recognized, leading
entrepreneurial center that assists
students and regional entrepreneurs with
expertise, resources and funding. In his
new role, Goodman will work with Dingman
Center scholars and local companies to
commercialize technologies from within
the university community. Goodman will
also focus on identifying market
opportunities for developing new
ventures.
I am very pleased to announce Dans
appointment as technology
commercialization fellow, said Howard
Frank, dean of the Robert H. Smith
School of Business. Dans extensive
technical experience will be an
invaluable resource for the Dingman
Center and for early stage technology
companies looking for the centers
assistance in refining their business
models to get to market quickly.
Goodmans ties to the Smith School
and the University of Maryland include
previously serving as the founding
entrepreneur-in-residence at the
University of Marylands Office of
Technology Commercialization; currently
acting as a scientific advisor with the
New Markets Growth Fund, a $20 million
venture capital fund headquartered at
the Smith School; and a previous role as
an advisor to the Dingman Center.
Dans experience in all aspects and
phases of electronic and IT product
development, and in founding and
managing a diverse range of businesses
has already been a great asset to
Dingman Center entrepreneurs. We look
forward to his further contributions and
assistance, said Asher Epstein,
managing director of the Dingman Center
for Entrepreneurship.
Goodman is a serial entrepreneur with
over 30 years of experience in founding
and running product, service and
consulting businesses. Previous
positions include working inside
Microsoft Corp. as the director of
software development of a captive
contractor to Microsofts consulting
business unit and a position as vice
president of U.S. business development
for Trykor, Inc., a technology transfer
and entrepreneurship training contractor
to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Goodman also served as CEO and managing
director of TrykorZernike, Inc., a
high-technology import/export firm, as
well as co-founded BrainChild Maryland,
the State of Marylands public/private
technology commercialization partnership
focused on spinning high-technology
companies out of Marylands university
and federal laboratories. Goodman serves
as acting chairman of the Board of
Advisors of the U.S.-China Science Park
and serves on the Advisory Committee of
the Chesapeake Innovation Center, the
nations first Homeland Security
incubator, sponsored by the National
Security Agency. Goodman is a member of
the Greater Washington Board of Trades
Technology Task Force and a member of
the Board of Directors of HandsOn Toys
in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Goodman
holds a BS in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Maryland and has
studied Technology Transfer at the
National Institutes of Healths
Foundation for Advanced Education in the
Sciences.
About the University of Maryland's
Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business
is an internationally recognized leader
in management education and research for
the digital economy. The Smith School
one of 13 colleges and schools at the
University of Maryland, College Park
offers undergraduate, full-time and
part-time MBA, executive MBA, PhD, and
executive education programs, as well as
outreach services to the corporate
community. The school offers its degree,
custom and certification programs in
learning locations in four continents
including North America, Europe, Africa
and Asia. More information about the
Robert H. Smith School of Business can
be found at
www.rhsmith.umd.edu.
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For more information:
Angela Toda
Robert H. Smith School of
Business
University of Maryland
(
301.405.8062
atoda@rhsmith.umd.edu
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