ITTC held its annual IAB meeting on April 3, 2009. The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) helps guide ITTC’s research and development initiatives. The picture was taken outside Nichols Hall on the KU campus.
Front Row (Left to Right): Keith Braman, Mike Swink, Marc Epard, Matt McClorey, Tom Crook, COL Wayne Parks, and Brian Ruf.
Back Row: Joseph Evans, Michael Sobeck,John Strand, Eric Mokole, Tim Johnson, Susan Norris, and Kevin Carr.
"ITTC is a great example of the exciting possibilities that exist at the intersection of research and enterprise. Researchers develop innovative technologies that are given opportunities to mature at the Center. This incubation makes ITTC technologies ripe for commercialization opportunities," said Victor Hwang, managing director, T2 Venture Capitol, Mountain View, California and ITTC board member.
"This world-class research center is a renewable Kansas resource. Given the necessary care and resources, ITTC can help grow a more robust, diverse economy. Talented ITTC researchers are developing technologies that can be spun out into Kansas companies. These start-ups attract high-tech innovators and give ITTC alumni more opportunities to stay in the state after graduation," said Marc Epard, ITTC IAB member; Horizon Analog, Lawrence, Kansas.
"In today’s world, business would do well to look toward the innovative research taking place in centers like ITTC. As a state and nation, we need to find new ways to use technology. ITTC helps us to understand what is possible and provides us with ideas on how to make possible, what is not. As we are challenged to create a new infrastructure and economy, it is good to be able to take advantage of this resource," said Susan Norris, ITTC IAB member; communications industry advisor, Norport Technology Management Consulting, Lenexa, Kansas.
James Baxendale, Director, KU Center for Technology Commercialization, KU Center for Research, Inc., University of Kansas
Gerard Canavan, Chief Marketing Officer, Road9
Kevin Carr, Chief Operating Officer, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
William Duncan, Ph.D., President, Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute
Marc Epard, Horizon Analog
Jeff Fuller, Engineering Projects Manager, Honeywell FM&T/KCP
Marshall Greenspan, Ph.D., Director of Technology Northrop Grumman Corporation Electronic Systems
Bennett Griffin, President, Griffin Technologies
David Hardin, Pd.D., Technical Director, Rockwell Collins, Inc.
James Isaacs, Ph.D., ITT Aerospace Optical Division
Timouthy Johnson, Vice President for Innovation & Technology, IDEA Center
Bob LaGarde, President & CEO, LaGarde Incorporated
Tom Lyon, Lyon About, LLC
Gary Mastin, Ph.D., Principal Engineer Special Systems, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions
Matt McClorey, President/CEO, Lawrence Regional Technology Center
Eric Mokole, Ph.D., Head, Surveillance Technology Branch, Radar Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Wayne Morgan, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, Netchemia
Chris Murrish, Vice President, Cerner Innovation, Cerner Corporation
David Nicol, Ph.D., Chief Financial Officer, Solutionary
Susan Norris, Communications Industry Advisor, Norport Technology Management Consulting
Wayne Parks, Col, Director, U.S. Army Info Ops and CNO-EW Proponents, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
Stan Pierson, Project Engineer/Program Manager, Aeroflex Test Solutions
Brian Ruf, Chief Information Officer, Ruf Strategic Solutions
Stephen Schneider, Director, Sunflower Broadband
Michael Sobek, Chief Technology Officer, StoreFinancial
Deborah R. Stokes, Advanced Technology Investments, Strategic External Research, Nortel
John Strand, Axis Solutions
Kathy Suprenant, Ph.D., Professor & Chair Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas
Mike Swink, Partner, Tactical Blue Laboratories--Ascent Intel
Ben Vos, Vice President, Core Technologies, Sprint
Gerald White, Client Executive, EDS
George Wilson, Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for Research, KU Center for Research, Inc., University of Kansas
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