Appendix B

Biographies of Committee Members

MARYANN P. FELDMAN (CO-CHAIR)

Maryann P. Feldman is Watts Endowed professor of public affairs at Arizona State University. Her research and teaching interests focus on the areas of innovation, the commercialization of academic research, and the factors that promote technological change and economic growth. From 2014 to 2017, Dr. Feldman held a joint appointment at the National Science Foundation as Science of Science and Innovation Policy program director. Her early work revealed that universities were necessary, but not sufficient, for technology-based economic development. These findings launched a new area of investigation into university technology transfer. Dr. Feldman has written extensively on processes and mechanisms to commercialize academic research, areas germane to the SBIR/STTR programs. She earned her Ph.D. in economics and management from Carnegie Mellon University.

SCOTT STERN (CO-CHAIR)

Scott Stern is David Sarnoff professor of management at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He explores how innovation and entrepreneurship differ from more traditional economic activities, and the consequences of these differences for strategy and policy. His research in the economics of innovation and entrepreneurship focuses on entrepreneurial strategy, innovation-driven entrepreneurial ecosystems, and innovation policy and management. Recent studies by Dr. Stern include the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship, the role of institutions in shaping the accumulation of scientific and technical knowledge, and the drivers and consequences of entrepreneurial strategy, all areas that are relevant to the committee’s task. He currently serves as co-chair of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Innovation Policy Working Group. Dr. Stern earned his Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.

YAEL HOCHBERG

Yael Hochberg is Ralph S. O’Connor professor in entrepreneurship—finance and head of the Rice University Entrepreneurship Initiative. She also holds a research affiliate position with the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research is focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and the financing of entrepreneurial activity. Dr. Hochberg has studied the venture capital industry, accelerators, networks, corporate governance, and compensation policies. In 2016, she was awarded the Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship. Dr. Hochberg received her M.A. in economics and Ph.D. in finance from Stanford University, and her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and management from Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

AMOL M. JOSHI

Amol M. Joshi is associate professor of strategic management at the Wake Forest University (WFU) School of Business, and he holds a joint appointment in the WFU School of Medicine. His work focuses on technology entrepreneurship and has investigated the impact of workforce diversity at agencies awarding SBIR and STTR grants, and the likelihood of minority and women technology entrepreneurs receiving awards. In 2015, Dr. Joshi was awarded a Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research. He received his Ph.D. in business administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his M.B.A. and M.S. in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College, and his B.S. of electrical engineering (with highest honor) from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

RIITTA KATILA

Riitta Katila is W.M. Keck Sr. chaired professor, management science & engineering, at Stanford University and research director at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. She is an expert on innovation, competition, and entrepreneurship in large firms, and her current research centers on digital platforms, regulation of technology ecosystems, and responsible and inclusive innovation. Dr. Katila’s work on competition and innovation has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategic Management Journal, and Research Policy. She has served on several editorial boards of journals and is currently associate editor of the Academy of Management Annals and the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. Dr. Katila studied engineering economics and information systems as an undergraduate, earned a Ph.D. in technology strategy at the University of Texas at Austin on a Fulbright scholarship, and received a doctorate in engineering from Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University) in Finland.

LAUREN LANAHAN

Lauren Lanahan is Inman research scholar and associate professor in the Department of Management at the Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon. Dr. Lanahan’s research primarily investigates the relationship between institutions as it relates to innovation and entrepreneurship. She uses evidence-based analysis to investigate the role of public institutions in understanding the evolving, multifaceted research and development enterprise. She also investigates processes of self-governance and self-evaluation at academic institutions and of academic research, drawing insights from her experience working in the National Science Foundation’s Social, Behavioral and Economics Directorate. Dr. Lanahan’s recent work has appeared in the American Economic Review, Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and Review of Economics and Statistics. She completed her Ph.D. in public policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

MATT MARX

Matt Marx is Bruce F. Failing, Sr., chair in entrepreneurship at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, where he is faculty director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell. He serves as research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and associate editor at Management Science. Dr. Marx’s research focuses on reducing barriers to the commercialization of science and technology, which he experienced firsthand during a decade as an executive and engineer at two start-ups in the speech-recognition industry that achieved a combined $1.4 billion in equity value. In addition to six patents, he holds a B.S. in symbolic systems from Stanford University, a master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, and an M.B.A. and doctoral degree from Harvard University.

ALEXANDER OETTL

Alex Oettl is associate professor of strategy & innovation at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include the economics of innovation, knowledge spillovers, labor mobility, and economic geography. His current work focuses on the production and diffusion of ideas at the individual, firm, and regional levels. Dr. Oettl’s publications include work on the incidence and role of negative citations, the role of scientist immigration on domestic science, and the peer effects of star scientists. He received his Ph.D. in strategic management at the University of Toronto, and his M.Sc. and bachelor of commerce degree from Queen’s University at Kingston.

WINSLOW SARGEANT

Winslow Sargeant is senior advisor for globalization and head of capital markets for Genaesis, LLC. He is also managing director with S&T, LLC, an early-stage investment firm specializing in supporting small and innovative companies, and chairman for the International Council for Small Business. From 2010 to 2015, the Honorable Dr. Sargeant was chief counsel for advocacy with the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, where he advanced the views, concerns, and interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts, and state policy makers. Prior to these positions, Dr. Sargeant was managing director at Venture Investors, LLC, an early-stage venture capital firm invested in innovative research from leading universities, and cofounder and CEO of Silatronix, Inc., a producer of organosilicon materials for use in lithium-ion batteries. From 2001 to 2005, he was program manager for the SBIR program in electronics in industrial innovation within the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Directorate. Dr. Sargeant received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1995 from the University of Wisconsin.

STEPHANIE S. SHIPP

Stephanie Shipp is research professor at the University of Virginia. She is interim director of the Biocomplexity Institute’s Social and Decision Analytics Division. Her work spans topics related to the use of all data to advance policy, the science of data science, community analytics, and innovation. Dr. Shipp leads and engages local, state, and federal projects using new and traditional data sources to produce products that inform today’s challenges comprehensively. Her career includes leadership positions at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Science and Technology Policy Institute at the Institute for Defense Analyses. Dr. Shipp received a Ph.D. in economics from The George Washington University.

TIMOTHY SIMCOE

Timothy Simcoe is professor of strategy & innovation at the Questrom School of Business, Boston University. He was senior economist for the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2014 to 2015. Dr. Simcoe’s research focuses on industry standards, innovation, intellectual property, technology, and corporate strategy. He previously served on the National Academies’ Committee on Intellectual Property Management in Standard-Setting Processes: An International Comparison (2011–2013). Dr. Simcoe received an M.A. in economics and a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley. He received his bachelor’s degree in applied math and economics from Harvard University.