The Research & Innovation External Advisory Board (EAB) is comprised of nationally recognized thought leaders and experts from industry, academia, nonprofits and government agencies, serving to advance the mission of CU Boulder by advising on matters related to the university’s research and innovation enterprise.
Alex Andrianopoulos
Chief R&D Officer, Kairos Ventures
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Sebastian Brannstrom
Software Engineer, Lyft Level 5, Self-Driving Division (on Sabbatical)
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Joe Broz
IBM Vice President of Quantum Growth
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Lon Cardon
Chief Scientific Officer, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
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Walter G. Copan
Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology; Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Dianna Devore
General Counsel at Inscripta, Inc.
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Marla Dowell
Director, NIST Communications Technology Laboratory and NIST Boulder Laboratory
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Mehrdad Farhangnia
Founder & CEO at Track Medical
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Scott Fox
CEO & Founder, Global View Partners
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Mike Freeman
CEO/General Partner at Innosphere Ventures
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Dick Green
Retired President & CEO, CableLabs
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Jeff Gustavson
Vice President, Chevron North America Exploration & Production Mid-Continent Business Unit
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Sebastien Henot
Senior Manager for Digital Businesses Integration, Accenture
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Bill Jeffrey
CEO, SRI International
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Henric Johnson
Professor and Swedish Science & Innovation Counselor to the United States
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Eyal Kaplan
Chairman, Expand Investments
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Martin Keller
Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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John Kembel
Co-Founder of d.global; Entrepreneur & Design Thinker
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Dan Linzer
President, Research Corporation for Science Advancement
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Cary Ludtke
Strategic Board Advisor/Consultant, Former VP and GM, Ball Aerospace
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Makenzie Lystrup
Vice President & General Manager, Civil Space at Ball Aerospace
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Dan Mallin
Managing Partner & Founder, Lucy
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Chris Moody
Partner, Foundry Group
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Chris Musselman
Head of U.S. Commercial Business, Palantir Technologies
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Faran Nouri
Managing Director, Lam Capital
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Jane Poynter
Founder & Co-CEO, Space Perspective
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Eric Roza
Chairman, TrueCoach
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George Sparks
President & CEO, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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Susan Strong
Principal, The Strong Group; Entrepreneur in Residence, Venture Partners at CU Boulder; Director, SAGE Boulder; Innosphere Client Manager
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Jim Willett
President and CEO, Aspero Medical
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PR Yu
Managing Partner, Yu Galaxy
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