Accelerating Licensees' Commercialization with Intra AND Inter-mural Collaboration

Even when your licensee's business plan has been approved and license secured, there are still many more steps to success. Join David McFeeters-Krone of Intellectual Assets Corporation and Jennifer Sinsabaugh, CEO of NM MEP as they teach attendees how to use the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) to fill the gap between license and manufacturing. You will hear about both the MEP Advanced Technology Team and State MEP centers.

David McFeeters-Krone

Intellectual Assets Corp.

David McFeeters-Krone is a commercialization consultant, longtime member of the FLC Program Committee, and past winner of the FLC Outstanding Service Award. He has been involved with technology transfer since the mid-1990s, serving in MIT's licensing office and later at one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regional technology transfer centers. In the aughts, he continued his federal tech transfer work with contracts to TechLink and two of the other first Department of Defense Partnership Intermediary Agreements. Throughout the years, he has facilitated Cooperative Research and Development Agreements at Army, Navy, Air Force, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASA, the Department of Energy, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) labs.

McFeeters-Krone has a Physics degree from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and serves on the Small Business Administration Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee.

Most recently, McFeeters-Krone has worked heavily with NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program to connect small manufacturers to federal labs and Manufacturing USA. The program he co-developed (Center for Advanced Technology Solutions) spun out of an MEP focus on technology and the Manufacturing USA Institutes. Over the past four years, he has co-led this national pilot program to great success, helping small manufactures overcome production issues that can be solved with technology, often leading them to federal labs.

Jennifer Sinsabaugh

CEO of NM MEP

Jennifer Sinsabaugh is an authority on creating and implementing strategic initiatives that result in company growth. In her capacity as CEO of New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NM MEP), she builds long-term relationships and shepherds a solutions-oriented mission to build manufacturing in New Mexico. Her academic background and on-the-ground experience demonstrate the ability to analyze systems and processes, create efficiencies and seize opportunities for optimization that transform companies.

Jennifer earned a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.B.A. in technology management from the University of New Mexico. Jennifer’s dedication to New Mexico and community businesses extends well beyond office hours; she has served as a project reviewer for economic development projects such as NMSBA, the Venture Acceleration Fund and Native American VAF. She has also served on various boards and committees including as Chair of the Foundation for Manufacturing Excellence, Center Leadership Team for MEP National Network, and currently serves as a Director for the Central New Mexico Community College Foundation, Member of the Central NM Workforce Board, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory Technology Commercialization Advisory Board.