Karen Meidlinger

Email: abqfz6@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ********** ******

City: Philadelphia

State: PA

Zip: 19130

Country: USA

Phone: 267-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: > $250,000

Willing to Relocate

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DR. KAREN Y. MEIDLINGER

2107 Brandywine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130

Cell: 267-***-**** abqfz6@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

MEIDLINGER PARTNERS Philadelphia, PA

Managing Principal November 2008 present

Co founded firm & shares responsibility for all major functional operations of the firm, which include

transaction sourcing, structuring, negotiating & divesting, working with Portfolio Companies &

handling relationships with Limited Partners.

Launched Meidlinger Water Investments, LP, a $7.45 million growth equity fund.

Made 5 Investments in water technology firms & have already achieved 1 exit.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON New Brunswick, NJ

Associate, Corporate Office of Science & Technology April 2005 November 2008

Planned & launched a new Johnson & Johnson pilot program for seed stage investments in

healthcare companies (pharmaceutical, consumer, medical devices & diagnostics).

Planned & launched a new non-progressing assets initiative at Johnson & Johnson to appropriately

package and monetize shelved intellectual property assets.

SCIENCE CENTER Philadelphia, PA

Director, Alliance Management October 2003 August 2004

Responsible for business development & alliance management for the Science Center. Managed

alliances with corporate partners, entrepreneurial support organizations, shareholders (universities),

& government (City, State & Federal). Resulted in funding for several Science Center companies.

Built relationships with regional directors from the Economic Development Administration (US

Department of Commerce) & designed an entrepreneurial assistance program that resulted in a

$530,000 grant for the Science Center.

Managed the Science Center Port Advisory Board.

Director, Life Sciences June 2001 - September 2003

Business Development

o Sought opportunities, identified suitable companies & evaluated the technology of promising

life science companies for admission into the Science Center Port.

o Negotiated equity & rental agreements with over 30 life science companies.

o FY 01-02: Achieved 80% rental occupancy & grew rental/services revenue from $0 to

$60,000/month within first 6 months.

o FY 02-03: Doubled Port rental & service revenue to $1.17 million within one fiscal year.

Created new life science incubator

o Drafted a business plan for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that led to $5M in funding for

the creation of a new life science incubator.

o Helped develop physical plan of the incubator including lab & equipment layout.

o Created revenue model & budget for life science incubator & hired laboratory manager.

Created new life science programs

o An Early Look at Deals - program to introduce companies to Venture Capitalists.

o Lunch for Hungry Minds - scientific lecture series.

Director, Business Development January 2001 - June 2001

Increased the quality & quantity of deal flow by developing strong relationships with academic

departments & technology transfer offices at the Science Centers shareholder institutions.

Identified, assessed & helped negotiate agreements with information technology companies.

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Manager, Business Development June 2000 - December 2000

Generated quality deal flow for the Port by building relationships with corporate partners through

active networking in the academic, business, technology & venture communities.

Business Development Consultant July 1999 - May 2000

Co-Launched Port of Technology

o Coordinated business plan development that led to a $1 million investment by the City of

Philadelphia & over $1.1 million in corporate contributions.

WHARTON ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS Philadelphia, PA

Project Director November 1999 - May 2000

Managed operations for the Wharton Business Plan Competition

o Coordinated student entrepreneurial teams, corporate sponsors, judges, angel investors,

venture capitalists, local entrepreneurial support groups & mentors.

o Organized the Wharton Venture Fair that attracted over 500 attendees.

o Achieved 100% annual growth rate in business plan entries & Venture Fair attendees.

WHARTON SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER Philadelphia, PA

Associate Director September - November 1999

Managed a team of 25 Wharton student consultants working with over 200 small business clients.

Performed portfolio reviews & oversaw client relationships.

Senior Business Consultant January 1999 - August 1999

Provided strategic, marketing & business planning consulting services to a portfolio of start-ups &

emerging businesses up to $10 million in sales.

Structured & taught business planning seminars for local entrepreneurs & business managers.

Developed business plans from the early concept stage for regional entrepreneurs.

BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY Cambridge, UK

Ecologist August 1994 - June 1997

Key member of marine invertebrate scientific research team.

Conducted research on the Antarctic brachiopod, Liothyrella uva that contributed towards a larger

scientific program in the Life Science Division of British Antarctic Survey.

EDUCATION

THE WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, PA

Visiting Scholar, Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs January - May 1999

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Cape Town, SA

Masters of Business Administration Degree (MBA) December 1998

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Southampton, UK

Doctorate Degree in Marine Ecology (PhD) June 1997

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL Liverpool, UK

Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Biology First Class Honors (BSc Hons) June 1993

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Board Chairman, Liberty Hydro, Inc., a watertech company focused on treating mine runoff.

Board Member, GoodCompany Group, a non-profit that incubates social ventures.

ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

Traveling, photography, art, swimming & water polo (University of Liverpool & Everton womens teams),

sailing, boogie-boarding, snowboarding, mountain biking & SCUBA diving (HSE part IV professional).

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