机械 & 电气工程工业咨询委员会

杰拉尔德一. Ephault, 工商管理硕士, RTTP, 有相关的制造经验吗, 技术开发和转让, 经济发展和教育领域跨越50多年. He served as Regional Manager of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 利哈伊大学, 在24年的时间里，他管理了8800万美元的项目活动. 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的活动包括42个项目活动和4美元.与教师和学生合作，提供5亿美元的项目资金. 他还曾担任the 工程的顾问委员会主席 & 在物理系工作了12年. His undergraduate degrees are from the University of Scranton, and 工商管理硕士 from Marywood University. He is a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) with the Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals. 他是技术经理协会(AUTM)的成员。.

Administered a portfolio of private sector-academic technology advancement and implementations within 300 projects representing $18,817,BFTP/新经济政策基金626美元和109美元,028,项目总投资192.

建立和协调技术开发 & transfer projects at 11 universities and colleges with faculty/student engagements for applied research. 为11所高等教育机构提供的财政支助共计19 932 253美元. 倡导成立7家企业孵化器，并担任顾问委员会成员(成立后). 担任过总统 & 研究中心的首席执行官 & 经济发展是东斯特劳兹堡大学的501 c(3)子公司. 曾担任501 c(3)组织创始成员:宾夕法尼亚研究联盟 & Technology; Great Valley Technology Alliance; Great Valley Technology Institute; TecBRIDGE.

BFTP/NEP技术转移项目成果

• 项目:300
• 投资总额:109,028,192美元.00
• 大学投资:19美元.932,253.00
• 新增/保留岗位:10304个
• 商业化产品:122个
• 实施进程:92
• 创业公司:52家
• 外部资本筹集19,932,253美元

推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜转学项目结果

• 项目:219
• 向客户提供小额赠款:11,701美元.44
• 承诺:325000美元.00美元现金和两(2)股权质押
• 开始经营:65年
• 现有协助业务:141
• 辅导时间:7,953小时
• 创造就业岗位:88个.5
• 保留职位:515
• 担保资本:4,055,542美元.00
• 商业化:64
• 支持租户:23个
• 知识产权:36
• 收到的版税:1050美元.00
• 无偿服务价值126,299美元.00

• 2019 两山区，BSA:武装部队日获奖者
• 2019 宾夕法尼亚州参议院引用:军事 & BSA服务识别
• 2014 TecBRIDGE: Wm. 麦克纳利“年度导师奖”
• 2014 APKCFEE“年度倡导者奖”
• 2012 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜工程系 & 物理学“杰出服务奖”
• 2012 Lowwapaneu分会“守夜荣誉箭”勋章
• 2012 美国退伍军人协会“方结奖”
• 2009 斯克兰顿商会:“小企业倡导者奖”
• 2008 BSA，东北宾夕法尼亚议会“银海狸奖”
• 2005 宾夕法尼亚州东北部联盟:卢西亚尼“地区主义奖”
• 2005 拉克万纳:“年度领袖奖”
• 1989 拉克万纳县交通管理局“董事会成员服务表彰”
• 1989 宾夕法尼亚州参议院引用- UNICO服务
• 1988 UNICO全国斯克兰顿分会“前任会长奖”

“Students are assisted to establish “growth mindset” and “learning mindset” so that an entrepreneurial approach is applied to each activity.“

Biju has more than 25 years of progressive engineering experience and a solid background in 研究 and Development, 工程, 创新, 新产品开发, 测试, 技术标准, 验证, 法规遵从性, 体育用品制造业, 复合材料制造, 国防和建筑领域. 他目前在Gentex公司担任职务, Biju is involved in multiple defense helmet programs for US Government agencies as well as international customer base.

Biju毕业于北达科他州立大学, 法戈, 拥有机械工程硕士学位. 他是多个ASTM委员会和NJ SAMPE分会的活跃成员.

• 复合材料制造
• 材料技术
• 加法制造
• 弹道
• 生硬的影响
• 自动化
• 机器人
• 多项专利和出版物的合著者/发明人.

Biju马修 is an engineering professional with a keen interest in defense personal protective industry focusing on helmets, 复合材料, 弹道, 生硬的影响, 先进制造技术, 加法制造, 精益六西格玛流程的自动化和应用. 他喜欢指导和指导新的专业人士.

Ken serves as the Regional Manager for Ben Franklin Technology Partners where he oversees investments in a portfolio of 47 companies in Northeastern PA. Each year this group of companies generate in excess of $500MM in revenue creating good family sustaining jobs in the region. 同样重要的是，本·富兰克林在这些公司每投资1美元，他们就会回报3美元.90美元的税收还给宾夕法尼亚联邦. 2019年，他的客户筹集了2300万美元的资金.

在Ben Franklin Technology Partners工作了十多年, Ken has supported early stage technology companies and connected manufacturing firms to 学院及大学资源 supporting process improvement and product development projects. Ken Okrepkie’s career blends a variety of experiences from higher education to the world of the entrepreneur. He started his career at the University of Scranton ultimately serving as Assistant Dean of 入学s followed by Junior Achievement of Northeastern Pennsylvania where he held the position of 总统 leading an organization that teaches life skills and the American free enterprise system to 12,每年有1000名年轻人. 随后，他成为了一家互联网初创公司CollegeRecruiting的创始成员.在那里，他领导销售和战略计划. 在2004年本·富兰克林之前, 他加入了硅谷科技联盟, 现在TecBridge, 作为副总统.

He is credited with creating the Lackawanna and Luzerne County Keystone 创新 Zone (KIZ) Program that generates more than $2 million each year for technology companies in the region, 自该项目启动以来，已累计投入2400万美元. 支持地区经济发展和当地非营利组织, he has served the community as Chairman of the Boards for SLIBCO- the Scranton Chamber’s Economic Development arm, 硅谷技术联盟(现为TecBridge)和斯克兰顿明天, 这个组织正在领导斯克兰顿市中心的复兴. Mr. Okrepkie还主持了总部位于黑兹尔顿的CAN DO Inc .的CAN BE商业孵化器.,along with serving on all five Business Incubator Boards in the region and the Scranton Area Foundation’s Board of Governors. He has been both commissioner and/or coach for girls’ basketball and soccer in the Abington youth programs and coached his daughter’s high school girl’s soccer team at Holy Cross High School.

毕业于斯克兰顿大学, Ken拥有市场营销学士学位和人力资源硕士学位. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at 的 University of Scranton's Kania School of Management. He teaches in the Entrepreneurship program and has been inducted into their chapter of Sigma NuTau National Honor Society.

• 2018 | CAN DO董事长奖
• 2017 美国宾夕法尼亚科技加速协会(Accelerate PA)年度最佳科技加速领导者
• 2017 约翰逊学院毕业典礼演讲
• 2016 |推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜艾伦P. 柯比中心年度导师获得者
• 2013 | TecBridge Bill McNally年度导师奖
• 2008 | NEPA商业杂志“40岁以下20强商业专业人士”

“BFTP/NEP对处于早期阶段的科技公司进行种子投资, 为成熟制造商的创新提供资金, and supports clients with in-house experts and a network of proven technical and business resources. 我们帮助企业创造并留住高薪人才, 通过将技术转化为商业成功和经济繁荣，实现可持续就业.

三管齐下的使命

1. 发展早期的技术型公司
2. 通过技术帮助老牌制造商提高竞争力
3. Invest in innovative community-wide initiatives that foster a supportive business environment for high-growth companies.

BFTP/NEP works with companies on an enterprise-wide level to enhance their entire way of doing business, 为他们提供投资, 成熟的技术和业务经验, 学院及大学资源, 网络的机会, 并在后续融资社区中获得备受尊敬的认可.“

Jonny Perloff目前是Spinal公司的设计工程师, 创伤 and Robotic Navigated Custom Surgical Instruments for the Customs 工程 Group at the medical device company Globus Medical.  He has been with Globus since 2008 designing and developing medical device implants and surgical instruments. In his first seven years at Globus he worked in the Spinal Implant Product Development Group where he was responsible for the development and product launch of three spinal implant product lines and surgical instruments. 这些产品线从概念到完整的生产产品. 产品线包括:胸腰椎侧板系统, 开孔椎弓根螺钉系统, 以及可伸缩腰椎椎间融合垫片. 通过产品线的开发，申请并处理了12项专利.

Since 2015 his role has been with the Custom 工程 Group and is responsible for the design and development of custom surgical instruments for surgeons in the Spinal, 创伤, 和机器人导航手术领域.

他在医疗器械行业工作之前, he was a mechanical design engineer for product development in both automotive and consumer product industries.

Jonny holds a Bachelor of Science in 机械工程 and Minors in Physics and Business Management from 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜.  He has been an active member of the Wilkes 校友 mentor program and the Industrial Advisory council.

基底内陷种植体的装饰设计(经关节垫圈)

• D631,966 – 2/1/11

LATIS®可扩展腰椎椎间融合垫片系统

• 9,044,342 – 6/2/15
• 9,278,008 – 3/8/16
• 9,480,573 – 11/1/16
• 9,655,737 – 5/23/17
• 9,980,822 – 5/29/18
• 10,085,844 – 10/2/18
• 10,485,674 – 11/26/19

AERIALTM棘间固定系统

• 9,622,793 – 4/18/17
• 9,974,575 – 5/22/18
• 10,136,926 – 11/27/18
• 10,548,647 – 2/4/20

• 东斯特劳兹堡大学心理学学士学位.
• 斯克兰顿大学丨人力资源硕士学位.
• 1996年成为人力资源专业人士.
• 2006年加入GENTEX Corporation担任人力资源经理.

“的 primary purpose of the 人力资源 Manager in our Pennsylvania location is to serve as a senior level 人力资源 Business Partner in the management of employee relations, 培养高绩效文化, assessing and coaching talent for GENTEX Corporation and to ensure that the activities of the 人力资源 function contribute to and support the operational goals, 组织的文化和价值观.“