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Our Principals Mitch Horowitz Marianne Clarke Simon Tripp Adrian Roberts
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Mitch
Horowitz Mitch Horowitz is Vice President and Managing Director in Battelle’s Technology Partnership Practice. Mitch brings over twenty years of experience in state and local economic development, both as a consultant and government official. Mitch has strong expertise in the areas of life science, information technology workforce development, and venture development. Mitch leads Battelle Public Technology Practice efforts in assessing core competencies and integrating into overall strategy development. As a consultant, Mitch had the unique experience of conceiving Maryland’s widely acclaimed biotechnology strategy, and then the responsibility for implementing that strategy as Technology Advisor to the Secretary of Economic and Employment Development. Mitch has also worked in private industry, serving as chief operating officer for a venture financing company and executive vice president for a health informatics company. B.S., Cornell University M.P.P., John. F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Marianne K.
Clarke Marianne Clarke has more than twenty years of experience in designing, managing, analyzing, and evaluating state and local economic development programs, with a special emphasis on technology-based initiatives. She has managed extensive research projects and provided direct technical assistance to numerous governors’ staffs and senior state officials. Marianne is nationally recognized as a leader in public/private economic development partnerships. Her work at Battelle has been dedicated to supporting organizations in the initiation, management, and evaluation of economic development, commercialization, and technology programs. Marianne also serves as the Research Director of the State Science and Technology Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing initiatives that promote economic growth through the application of science and technology. Marianne is a graduate of the Newton College of the Sacred Heart (merged with Boston College in 1975) and earned her M.P.A. from American University. Simon J.
Tripp, Mr. Tripp is a Senior Director to Battelle Technology Partnership Practice (TPP) and President of Impact Economics LP., an economics and economic development research, planning and strategy corporation. Simon’s areas of concentration include research methodology development, market and financial feasibility assessments, economic development strategies, and economic impact analysis services. Additionally, Simon has communicated the importance of and opportunities in agbioscience. As a seasoned business executive and company founder, Simon has considerable experience in business development and project team management. Simon has also served as Vice President of US Marketing for the British Government’s Welsh Development Agency and for the West Midlands Development Agency and has held a research position with the West Virginia Regional Research Institute performing analysis on business location decision-making factors for the US Department of Commerce. Simon is a graduate of Portsmouth University (United Kingdom) and earned his M.A. from West Virginia University.
J. T. Adrian Roberts, Ph.D. Dr. Roberts brings over thirty years of experience managing R&D organizations in both public and private sectors, including U.S. National Laboratories. He has extensive experience in technology innovation, spanning basic research to technology commercialization and technology-based economic development. He is now a consultant on technology management, and advises Battelle, Oregon University System, Oregon Health and Science University and other clients on technology projects, technology development and commercialization. He also teaches the topic at Oregon Health and Science University and advises Portland State University’s School of Business. Dr. Roberts currently serves on several advisory boards for venture capital and technology-based business startups in Washington and Oregon. Dr. Roberts earned a Bachelor’s degree with First Class Honors, a Master’s degree, and a Doctorate in Metallurgy at the University of Manchester, England.
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