Director of Tehcnolgy Development & Transfer

Chris Daly

**** **** **. ~ Signal Mountain, TN 37377

423-***-**** ~ *******@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/pub/chris-daly/7/808/235

OVERVIEW OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Leadership: organization, planning and execution

. Entrepreneurship: business planning, launch, organization building,

and exit

. Cultivation of angel and venture capital investors, business

partnerships, grants, and boot-strap funding

. Hiring, staff development, and developing compensation plans

. Reviewing, improving, and implementing organizational processes

. Mentoring, public speaking, and team-building

. Negotiating, proposal development, and proposal implementation

. Facilitating multi-entity agency collaborations between business,

academia, and government

. EXPERIENCE

Director, Technology Development and Transfer, The Enterprise Center

Chattanooga, TN 2008 ~ present

. Established comprehensive technology transfer broker and

commercialization program. Business development efforts included

establishing an intern program, developing annual events, and

identifying prospects to license and commercialize technology.

. Initiated and facilitated technology options and licenses with

University of Tennessee, Y-12 National Security Complex, and Oak Ridge

National Lab.

. Networked with manufacturers to identify opportunities for licensing

and technical assistance from Oak Ridge National Lab and Y-12 National

Security Complex

. Mentored licensees on processes for successful growth including

building a management team, identifying a supply chain, accessing

capital, and developing marketing and sales plans.

. Facilitated successful commercialization by uncovering prospective

licensees, matching to available technology, developing business plans

and financial projections, and milestones.

. Planned and executed annual Technology Transfer Conference. Developed

agenda and programming, solicited sponsors, and served as Master of

Ceremonies. Attendance and sponsorships have increased year over year.

2013 conference had a media reach of 9.8 million.

. Established the Chattanooga Venture Forum for companies seeking

investment. Planned and executed annual event. Participating

companies received over $17 million investment.

. Contributed in creating foundation-led investment program, Innovate

Here, to encourage companies to locate to Chattanooga through @ $3

million investment fund.

. Established the Enterprise Center/Y-12 Business Plan Competition to

identify business and investment opportunities originating in Y-12

National Security Complex IP portfolio.

. Partnered with local entrepreneurship program to win $1.5 million

Accelerator program from the State of Tennessee Department of Economic

and Community Development.

Co-Founder, 4 Successful Startups Chattanooga, TN 2005 ~ 2008

. CDHC Solutions Founder of consulting company focused on leveraging

technology and new product offerings through new practices and

expanding medical practices. Operated company that provided

operations, business development, staff development and management,

data and software consultation, and project management for clients.

. PolyClinic University Health Services

Developed and executed business strategy for physician group to

contract with universities to provide a full spectrum of medical

services in lieu of traditional student health services. Hired staff,

set up clinic facility, contracted with vendors, and established

billing system. Marketed to universities, negotiated contracts, and

managed customer relationships. .

. Medical Technology Sales Founder, Electronic Medical Record and

Practice Management software. Provided industry and product expertise

to customers; presented software demonstrations, identified customer

value propositions, developed sales proposals, consulted on business

practices, and implemented training.

. Ivy Academy Co-Founder, Tennessee's first environmental charter high

school. Developed financial model and budget for new environmental

charter high school. Developed materials, presented, and negotiated

with local district and state department of education officials to get

the charter approved. Worked as volunteer board chair to construct

campus, market to students, hire staff, and manage the budget.

Managed the budget, cash flow, and vendors; also managed liaison with

state Department of Education and local school district.

Business Faculty (part-time), University of Phoenix, University of St.

Francis

Chattanooga, TN 2007 ~ Present

. Planned, delivered, monitored, and interacted with students online and

in classroom for University of Phoenix including undergraduate and

graduate classes in Economics, Finance, and Management, and

Administration.

. Planned, delivered, and interacted with students in classroom for

Healthcare Finance and Healthcare Economics for Masters of HealthCare

Administration degree from the University of St Francis which provided

distance masters programs to medical professionals.

Administrator, University of Tennessee Family Practice Center (Residency

Program)

Chattanooga, TN 2003 ~ 2005

. Designed and launched marketing campaign creating 15% increase in new

patients

. Negotiated and implemented cost-cutting measures that saved in excess

of $100,000 per year

. Managed a complicated dual-reporting relationship between the Erlanger

Health System, UT College of Medicine, and UTFP Center physicians.

. Established policies and procedures to improve internal organization

and customer service.

. Developed and delivered training program for 49 employees, including

physicians

CFO-CIO, Highland River Center CMHC

Dalton, GA 1998 ~ 2003

. Planned and implemented software conversion and integration during the

merger of two Community Mental Health Centers with 21 offices in 10

counties. Developed plan to update and integrate merged system

including budget, timelines, vendors, and business processes.

. Directed budgeting, negotiating, and implementing state grant for $8

million annually

. Created over $4 million new revenue by implementing high margin new

niche programming.

. Attained an $875,000 USDA rural development grant to expand a facility

and programming.

. Consolidated and oversaw construction of buildings and offices that

improved operational efficiency, saved money, and vastly improved the

quality of patient experiences

. Improved organizational decision-making through redesigned and

automated accounting processes: contract reporting, budgeting, AP, and

bank reconciliations

. Strategized and implemented additional cost-cutting measures, saving

over $250,000: renegotiating contracts with vendors, integrating IT

systems, and reducing staffing

. Established website and email server for improved internal and

external communication

. Developed and implemented department-wide performance incentive

program.

Practice Manager, Optima Health Care

Chattanooga, TN 1997 ~ 1998

Director of Managed Care, Fortwood Center

Chattanooga, TN 1996 ~ 1997

Assistant Administrator, HCA Valley Hospital

Chattanooga, TN 1995

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Riverbend Technology Institute

MBA Fast Track Certificate, 2004

John Hopkins University, Health Finance and Management, MS, 1994

Cornell University, Government, BA with Distinction, 1989

ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITES

Board Member, The Company Lab Entrepreneurial Accelerator, 2011-present

Board member, Past President and Chairman, Chattanooga Technology Council

2004- present

Member, Univ. Tenn-Chattanooga College of Engineering Advisory Committee,

2009-present

Member, AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers), 2009-present

Past-President, JFK Lunch Club 2005-2008

Member, MGMA and Chattanooga MGMA 2003-2008

Mediation Training, Georgia Supreme Court, Office of Alternative Dispute

Resolution, 2000

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Technology Transfer Regional Conference- The Enterprise Center

2009-2013

Annual National Conference- University Economic Development Association

2012

Family Medicine Update Regional Conference- University of Tennessee College

of Medicine

2003, 2004, 2008

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