Speaking
In the room
I speak to research leadership, advancement teams, corporate-relations groups, and industry audiences about how universities and companies build partnerships that last. Every talk draws on operating the model at Illinois, Carnegie Mellon, and Georgia Tech — not observing it.
Topics
What I speak about.
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A blueprint for the 21st-century university: inside Georgia Tech’s corporate-engagement model
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From flowers to trees: turning one-off transactions into partnerships that compound
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Silos kill: the siloed answer-set, and the one-voice alternative
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Hiring engagement talent from industry — and why it works
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The great funding pivot: corporate engagement when federal dollars contract
Venues
Where I’ve spoken.
Association of University Research Parks (AURP)
University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP)
Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officers (NACRO)
Salesforce higher-education convening, with MIT, UMass Amherst, Boston University, Babson, and Syracuse