Project Manager Engineering

Gerhard B. Beckmann, Ph.D.

518-***-**** . ****@********.***

Senior Technology Executive with Proven History of R&D Success

Accomplished materials-centric technology executive with strong business

acumen and experience in engineering, research and development and

commercialization. First named inventor on over 15 awarded patents and 20+

patents pending. Expertise in the intersection of technological advances

and business objectives. Skilled at coordinating technology transfer,

leveraging academic, public/private, and National Laboratory partnerships

and commercialization. Proven track record of innovative solutions and team

building.

Key Skills and Abilities

. Executive Leadership

. Research and Development

. Venture Capital Funding

. Patent Process & Procedures

. Strategic Planning

. Project / Program Management

. Data Acquisition & Analysis

. IP Portfolio Development

. Energy Storage Engineering

. Battery Systems Engineering

. Materials Engineering

. Powder Metallurgy / HIP

. Staff Development & Training

. Financial Analysis, Reporting

. Budget Development

. Technology Executive Expertise

Implement, professionalize and lead technology operations as the company's

most senior technology executive. Report directly to the COO and/or CEO in

aligning technology operations with business objectives. Offer strategic

leadership and vision in the development, commercialization and nurturing

of new technologies and due diligence. Intellectual property portfolio

development, management and deployment. Duties include:

. Promote a corporate culture of best-in-class research and development and

encourage employee innovation

. Provide clear direction, leadership and communication vital to achieving

research and financial goals

. Provide hands-on leadership by personally overseeing and participating in

R&D activities of my teams

. Recruit, hire, retain and secure training for highly skilled engineers

and technical staff

. Regularly liaise and network with fellow executives, regulatory

authorities and investors

. Delegate subordinate managers and employees to perform and be accountable

for respective performance

. Introduce collaborative work and continuous improvement processes;

encourage sharing ideas and information

. Create and implement commercialization strategies and product roadmaps

for powder metallurgy HIP products

. Coordinate with academic institutions, national labs and tech transfer

departments to license/patent technology

. Analyze research findings, project timelines, milestones and financial

metrics to evaluate performance

. Research and negotiate favorable contracts with vendors to facilitate a

competitive and reliable supply chain

. Participate in the development and presentation of bid packages and

proposals

. Deliver technology and business oriented speeches and presentations for

media, industry events, clients, etc.

. Hold current CAGE CODE and BPA for military purchases

Education

Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

B.S. in Materials Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Work History

Beckmann Engineering, Altamont, NY Chief Executive / Chief

Technology Officer 2008 - Present

. Named inventor of patent pending advanced self-renewing cutting

morphology based on PM and HIP resulting in high performance

improvements up to 500% increased material removal rate

. Created a proposal for, and secured winning bid for DC Electric

Current Assisted Machining at Ben t National Weapons Laboratory

through SSP at Battelle National Laboratory, implemented tooling

designs for Flowform manufacture of IN-718 alloy $6M effort

. Provide comprehensive engineering and systems integration services

under NDA to clients to solve engineering problems on time, on budget

and on target!

Paper Battery Company, Inc. Co-founder and CTO

2007 - 2008

. Identified enabling energy-storage technology, established NDA with

Rensselaer, licensing and term sheet to Rensselaer, built team, sited

facility, identified ionic fluids and expertise, implemented testing

designs for $1M NYSERDA Grant, evaluated commercial sources of SWCNT

and MWCNT

MTI Microfuel Cells, Latham, NY Senior Technologist

2005 - 2006

. Awarded over 15 patents; highlighted patents include fuel delivery

cartridge (#6,460,733), gas displacement enabled pump (#6,737,181),

CO2 separation using PTFE materials (#6,632,553) and MEMS

microfluidics design (#6,632,553)

. Specified, demonstrated enabling technology for vapor fed MobionTM,

DC up-conversion and battery hybridization, product design

Nanospire, Inc., Albany, NY Co-founder and CTO

2003 - 2004

. Designed and reduced to practice a YAG laser based machining station

for demonstration of focused 1064 nm wavelength light for creation of

cavitation and demonstrated the resulting micro-jets could be used for

fine scale drilling of ultra-hard ceramic materials

. Awarded NYSERDA grant

Embedded Power (became MTI MicroFuel Cells), Founding CTO

2000 - 2002

. Created multiple business plans that balance highly technical details

with business needs and objectives; secured seed and venture capital

funding for multiple startup operations and mapped out

commercialization strategies

. Developed DMFC technology to $54M valuation within 18 months; built

and directed a dedicated team of 45 engineers and technical

specialists tasked with supporting and facilitating the new technology

laboratory and prototype shop

. Led single-cell laboratory prototypes to brass board, and commercial

designs using toll gate approach

Beckmann Engineering, Altamont, NY Senior Technology Consultant

1994 - 2000

. Cultivated $2.2M of industrial research sponsorship for multiprocessor

control of thin film optical device coating manufactured for Bausch

and Lomb MR-16 projector bulbs using continual product & process

improvement

. Increased Albany International Pacific Rim business by 18% with no

additional investment through the development of a proprietary high-

speed computer vision edge sensing approach for flexible woven

materials using LabVIEW and custom developed real-time multi-threaded

DLLs written in C

Manufacturing Center at RPI, Troy, NY Project Manager later Assistant

Director 1985 - 1994

. Successfully administered a $4M budget and 25 direct reports as

Associate Director of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Center for

Manufacturing Productivity

. Researched and developed multi-disciplinary project proposals for

General Motors Tech Center ($500K-$640K annually) and General Electric

($600K-$1.1M annually)

. Taught Engineering Modeling & Design and Materials Engineering

AL-Tech Specialty Steel, Watervliet, NY Process Metallurgist / Process

Control Manager 1978 - 1985

. Product and Process Metallurgist responsibilities, EF/AOD, VAR/ESR,

Lab promoted to Senior Process Control Design Engineer, Corporate

reported to VP- Technology responsible for corporate-wide SCADA and QC

- documented ROI 3 months

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