LA New Product Development TeamGeneral

Meeting 1

February 12, 2014

Introductions

Konstantin DolganFounder, President

Dr. Richard KordalFaculty Advisor

Luke LaggnerSecretary

What is the LA NPDT?

• Unique Student Organization

• Society

• Cross-functional Team

Purposes• Encourage Innovation, Research

and Commercialization

• Develop leadership skills

• Promote the welfare of Louisiana Tech University

Long-term Goals• Establish a Sustainable New Product

Development System

• Develop Project Portfolio

• Become Nationally Recognized New Product Development Organization

• Create a Model of the Organization for Adaptation at Other Universities

Goals for 2014• 2 Products Developed and Commercialized

• 10 Sponsored Projects Accomplished

• 20 Collaborations with Organizations/Companies

• 40 Collaborations with Experts

• $50,000 Budget

Structure of the Organization

R&D Marketi

ng

Prototyping

IT & Web

Finance

HR

IP

PR

Executive Board

Officers• President

• Department Executive Officers

• Public Relations Manager

• Human Resource Manager

• Secretary

• Treasurer

Projects

Developing Our Ideas

Sponsored Projects

Types of Products

Physical Products

Technology

Software & Web

Funding OpportunitiesDr. Dave Norris

Director, Louisiana Tech’s Enterprise CenterExecutive Director, Enterprise and Economic Development, Louisiana Tech University

• Professional economist in government, academics and private consulting

• Extensive experience in policy development, analysis and administration

• Specializes in Technology Transfer and Innovation Consulting; Startup and New Venture Consultant; Local Economic Development; Public Policy Analysis

Protection of Intellectual Property

Dr. Richard Kordal

Director, Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization, Louisiana Tech University

• Co-founded medical device firm, Uridynamics

• Developed and commercialized more than 10 products

• Member of Association of University Technology Transfer Managers (AUTM) and Licensing Executives Society (LES)

• Published articles in technology transfer journals

• Co-founded internet-based brokerage service, techquisition.com

Types of Meetings

General Meeting

Department Meeting

Executive Board Meeting

Needs of the Team

WWW

Bank Account

Website

Office Space

Guest Speaker

Dr. Barry Stevens

President, TBD America Inc. (global technology business development consulting group)

• Industry recognized executive with extensive front-line experience starting and leading globally competitive enterprises

• Served key roles with RCA, CBS, Kodak, Memory-Tech a Mitsubishi joint venture, Alcon Labs., RadioShack and Superior Concrete Products

• Led commercialization of Compact Disc, RCA VideoDisc, CD-ROM

• 5 Patents• Numerous publications

Questions and Answers

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