RICHARD T. MEYER Ph.D.
9201 Preston Trail NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111
505-343-9555 Fax 343-9200 e-mail: richtmeyer@aol.com
PROFESSIONAL CAREER SUMMARY
Twenty years of creative and innovative practice of people-oriented, consensus-building,
goal-focused management in for-profit and non-profit business enterprises,
academic and industrial research, and state and federal policy-making arenas.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, Physical Chemistry, National
Science Foundation Fellow.
B.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison, Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENT
ORION TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.
President, June 1990 - Present. Consultant to technology and non-technology
businesses in strategic planning, market research, marketing, finance, and
capital formation and to developing countries on technology business formation
and technology transfer.
CIC PHOTONICS, INC.
CEO & President, March 1994 - Present. Manager of technology enterprise
engaged in design, manufacture, and marketing of analytical and industrial
instrumentation, serving the chemical, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor
industries (visit www.irgas.com and www.cicp.com ).
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Professor of Entrepreneurship; Manager, Office for Innovation & New
Ventures; Sept. 1990 - May 1993.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTER (University System of GA)
Director, Principal Research Scientist, July 1986 - Sept. 1990.
Led recruitment of large corporate technology divisions to Georgia and supported
the creation, growth, and development of technology entrepreneurs. Founded
the Georgia Seed Capital Fund.
COLORADO RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (CRDC)
Founder, President, Chairman of the Board, March 1984 - June 1986.
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF COLORADO (RIC)
Chief Executive Officer, Director of Research, September 1983 - October
1985. (Note: CRDC and RIC were closely-affiliated for-profit and non-profit
corporations.)
WESTERN ENERGY PLANNERS, LTD. (WEPL)
Founder, President, Energy Technologist, Economist, and Planner, July 1977
- September 1983.
Consultant to Los Alamos National Laboratory, EG&G Idaho, Inc., Science
Applications, Inc., Abt Associates, Inc., New Mexico State University, and
Solar Energy Research Institute.
WESTERN GOVERNORS' REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY OFFICE (WGREPO)
Acting President, Staff Director, December 1976 - June 1977.
Vice President, Assistant Staff Director, March 1976 - November 1976. Science
and Research Advisor, August 1975 - November 1976.
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES
Member of Technical Staff, Physical Sciences and Material Sciences Research
Directorates, 1965 - July 1975.
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
** BUSINESS ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
*** EMORY BUSINESS SCHOOL (EBS)
o Designed and taught all EBS courses on entrepreneurship, business planning, new venture financing and management, and managing rapid growth to BBA, MBA, and EMBA students.
o Conducted research on seed capital formation, technology transfer methodologies, and state and university science and technology policies and practices.
o Faculty advisor to EBS Chapter of Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs and to MBA New Venture Club.
o Author of fifteen case studies on fast-growth entrepreneurial firms in Metro Atlanta.
*** ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ATDC)
o Restored credibility and visibility of ATDC among technology entrepreneurs, business leaders, university and state government officials, and national technology administrators.
o Reactivated ATDC's role in recruiting high tech industries into Georgia, including AMOCO, NCR Corporation, Grinzebach, Ricoh, and Institute of Paper Science and Technology.
o Organized TDAN as statewide network of academic, business & industry, and government economic developers to identify and solicit national technology targets of opportunity; promoted Georgia bid for U.S. Memories, Inc. (DRAM microchip manufacturing plant).
o Raised ATDC's success and prestige over 3 1/2 years to be the nation's premier technology incubation center.
*** COLORADO RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (CRDC)
o Founded CRDC as the for-profit technology development and marketing extension of the non-profit Research Institute of Colorado, after a six-month evaluation and planning process for the RIC Board of Directors.
o Raised original investment capital by means of a private placement offering, comprehensive business plan, and innovative intellectual property agreement with university faculty researchers.
o Positioned CRDC as one of nation's first private, for-profit technology commercialization enterprises organized specifically to compete for federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts; secured $2 million in SBIR awards in first two years.
*** WESTERN ENERGY PLANNERS, LTD. (WEPL)
o Founded this profit-sharing consulting firm to perform economic, environmental, and engineering assessments of renewable and non-renewable energy resource development projects throughout the Rocky Mountain and Western States.
o Co-managed a multi-million dollar national geothermal energy demonstration program with EG&G Idaho, Inc. for resource planning and application among ten Rocky Mountain States.
o Performed a "Future of the Institute" planning project for the Director of the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado with key members of his management team. (Note: In 1991, SERI was reorganized as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.)
ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
*** EMORY BUSINESS SCHOOL (EBS)
o Engaged by the EBS Office of the Deans in 1990 to develop business plan for a new school-wide research center--the Center for Innovation & New Ventures; $5 million fund-raising campaign designed.
*** RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF COLORADO (RIC)
o Engaged in 1983 by RIC Board of Directors to provide both technical and business management of the total reorganization of the research programs and administrative operations of the Institute; RIC provided contract administration of private industry and federal agency research grants and contracts for Colorado State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, and University of Colorado at Denver.
o Increased contract and grant research volume by 15-20 percent each year by restoring confidence of faculty researchers in RIC's administration and marketing services.
o Performed a complete restructuring of the Institute's financing by introducing fee income from contracts to provide working capital and by reducing the level of debt financing through shifting RIC to a "pay as paid" program with researchers.
*** SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES
o Conceived and conducted basic and applied research in the physical and materials sciences programs of Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque.
o Developed the technique of time resolved mass spectrometry for application to fundamental studies in gas phase kinetics, explosion chemistry, chemical lasers, high temperature vaporization and ablation phenomena, radioactive waste storage, nuclear power reactors, and both conventional and alternative energy resources.
o Published over 50 technical journal articles and presented numerous research papers at scientific meetings and conferences.
*** NEW MEXICO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
o Served as President for two years during the first period of the nation's energy crisis (1973-74) and organized the state's university and federal scientists and engineers into formulating new energy resource R&D programs.
STATE AND FEDERAL POLICY-MAKING
*** ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ATDC)
o Achieved authorization by Georgia General Assembly of Georgia Seed Capital Fund through three-year process of researching legislation of other states, formulating draft legislation, securing sponsorship of three key State Legislators, passing H.R. 552 in 1988 to obtain Constitutional Amendment, overseeing statewide campaign to voters, securing voter approval in November 1988, passing Enabling Legislation H.B. 151 in 1989, preparing national Request for Proposals to solicit a General-Partner Fund-Manager, and working to obtain Legislative Appropriation of $2.5 million in 1990, to be matched with $7.5 million of private investment.
o Organized and coordinated a 15-person TDAN State Technology Initiatives Committee during 1989-90 to produce a Draft Science and Technology Plan for the State of Georgia, which was presented to the 1990 Gubernatorial Candidates and to the 1991 General Assembly for endorsement and action.
o Served during 1989 on the Governor's (Joe Frank Harris) Advisory Committee on Capital Markets.
*** WESTERN GOVERNORS' REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY OFFICE (WGREPO)
o Served as technical and administrative advisor to ten governors in 1975-77 on all aspects of energy resource development in the Rocky Mountain States; formulated policy positions for adoption by the governors; negotiated positions with administrative and regulatory agencies of the federal government; drafted testimony for the governors to present at Congressional hearings in Washington D.C.; drafted related state statutes and regulations.
*** NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR'S ENERGY TASK FORCE
o Participated as a Task Force Member in 1974 in formulating both policies
and programs to achieve aggressive yet orderly development of the energy
resources of New Mexico and to implement effective conservation of energy.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITIES
o Elected to 1987 Class of Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF); participated in all SIBF business training programs and foreign travel briefings, including 1989 and 1990 briefings in Brussels and Weisbaden on European Community organization and "Europe 1992."
o Traveled to Mainland China in 1988 with Georgia Tech President to tour the major "comprehensive universities" of China (in Shanghai, Xian, and Beijing) and to renew or establish cooperative business and technical research agreements with them; met key policy leaders of China and activated Cooperative Agreement between ATDC and the New Technology Development Center/ Technology Clearinghouse of China/ China Association of Science and Technology; in Hong Kong, initiated business with Hong Kong Government Industry Department and with China International Trust & Investment Corp.
o Participated in 1989 University System of Georgia economic development information mission to Recife, Brazil, for seminar presentations on ATDC entrepreneurial services programs to Federal University of Pernambuco and to Federation of Industries of State of Pernambuco; developed prospective collaborative programs between ATDC and specific academic, business, and industry entities.
o Consultant to Higher Education Science Park Association of the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly USSR) since 1990; provide expert advice to universities and research institutes on the formation and operation of science parks for technology transfer to free market enterprises.
o Consultant to the United Nations Development Program and the Technology Park Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on technology business growth and development and on capital formation process.
PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ACADEMIA, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT (specifically within Georgia)
o Member of Business and Technology Alliance, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 1986 - 1993.
o Advisory Board Member, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Mercer Atlanta University, 1988 - 1990.
o Co-Sponsor with Digital Equipment Corporation of Technology Executives Roundtable, 1986 - 1990.
o Member of Governor's Advisory Committee on Capital Markets, June - December 1989.
o Member of Atlanta Venture Forum, 1987 - 1993.
o Chairman of Scholarships Subcommittee of the Society of International Business Fellows, 1991 - 1993.
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES AND SUCCESSES
o Extensive success in securing technical, economic, and policy research grants and contracts (millions of dollars) in prior positions with Sandia, WGREPO, WEPL, RIC, CRDC, and ATDC.
o Successes with Georgia State Legislature in achieving Continuation and Improvement Funding for ATDC-Atlanta and its Branch Offices in Augusta and Warner Robins.
o Established THE PR1ME FUND in 1988 with memberships for national corporate Partners to provide loan guaranties to ATDC Member Companies.
o For CRDC in 1985, arranged the private placement offering process to secure up to $500,000 of equity capital.
o Led three-year campaign to achieve state authorization for the Georgia Seed Capital Fund; required adoption of State Constitutional Amendment.
o Principal author of seven editions (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997,
and 1998) of The National Census of Early-Stage Capital Financing, the 1995
edition being prepared in collaboration with the University of New Mexico
Anderson Schools of Management.
o Wrote comprehensive business plan for a new $40,000,000 early-stage venture
capital fund for Technology Park Mayalsia to be established in early 1996.
OTHER MEMBERSHIPS AND HONORS
o Prior member of American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.
o Elected Fellow in 1975 of the New Mexico Academy of Science.
o Board of Directors, National Business Incubation Association, 1988 - 1993.
o Serve on the Board of Directors and Advisors of several technology business enterprises.
o Academician, CIS Academy of Scientists in Higher Education, Elected Charter Member, August 1992.
+ Member, Board of Directors, Business Technology Group, Albuquerque, NM, 1997 - present.
+ Founder, Technology Executives Roundtable, Albuquerque, NM, 1999.
+ Founder, Charter Member, and Board Member, National Association of Seed and Venture Funds, 1993 - present.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born in St. Peter, Minnesota in 1934; Father was of third generation immigrant descent from Germany; Mother was of Pettijohn lineage from first Swedish settlers in Delaware area in the 1630's. Married to artist Adrienne F. Ewing-meyer (an original "Ewing" from Dallas!). Three grown children: Lynne Meyer Peck, who has given us our first grandchild; she and husband Darren live in Phoenix; Lynne is a graduate of Colorado State University. Kim Meyer lives in San Francisco and Vienna, Austria; she is an international financial consultant in telecommunications; she was in San Francisco during the Great Earthquake of 1989; Kim has a B.S. in Economics from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. Son Richard Nasby Meyer and family live in Atlanta, where he is General Manager of the Buckhead Bread Co.
Grew up in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Moved to California for graduate school. Then took first professional position in New Mexico, staying there 15 years. Moved to Colorado for 12 years and later to Georgia. Returned to the Land of Enchantment in 1994. Personal interests and activities include collecting Southwestern Indian arts (see ArtsSouthwest.com), snow skiing, jogging (Peachtree Road Race), reading, writing, ballet, opera, live theater, politics, etc.
Business and personal references available upon request.