Fuentek Names Steve Carnes Technology Transfer Consultant
25-Year Industry Veteran Joins Local Intellectual Property (IP) Management Consulting Firm.
Apex, NC, August 29, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC (http://www.fuentek.com), has announced that Steve Carnes has joined the firm as a technology transfer consultant. In this position, Carnes screens and assesses various technology ventures. After conducting necessary background research into these technologies, he performs market assessments and recommends whether the technologies should be commercialized.
Carnes has more than 25 years of diversified international engineering, operations, sales and marketing, and general management experience. He spent 14 years working in aerospace, including three shuttle payloads for Sally Ride at the California Space Institute and NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He has worked with three industrial robot manufacturers, ABB, Fanuc and Motoman, Philips Electronics in Europe, Motorola in Singapore, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Ryobi Corp. in Japan. He has experience in multiple venture capital–backed startups, including Illinois Superconductor Corp (NASDAQ IPO) and private-equity turnaround situations, particularly in medical devices.
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“Steve has experience in many different industries, along with expertise in the areas in which Fuentek specializes,” said Schoppe. “By knowing the IP management industry backwards and forwards, Steve, like the rest of our consultants, can critically analyze every technology’s commercial potential.”
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- Carnes has been involved with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, IEEE, in West Michigan, and formerly served as the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) chapter president.
- He has worked with software programs for large cable access television networks, has developed avionics for the C-130 Hercules and the P-8A Poseidon, and has designed and built numerous aviation ground support equipment (GSE) and test stands, including several for Boeing 737 actuators and a mid-air refueling system.
- He also has five years of experience as a business consultant and general manager, working primarily in the medical sector.
- Carnes’s educational background includes a master’s degree in manufacturing engineering and a master’s in business administration, both from Northwestern University.
- Carnes resides in Michigan with his wife, Cindi, and daughter, Kelli. They also have two older sons, Andrew and D.J.
About Fuentek, LLC:
Fuentek, LLC is a consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology management services. With a specialization in technology commercialization, Fuentek works with a wide variety of clients to identify promising technologies and assist them in converting their ideas and inventions into marketable products. Drawing upon its unique combination of technical, business and commercialization expertise, the firm is the largest NASA contractor in North Carolina and has helped organizations around the world find the technology they need. Led by Laura A. Schoppe, a 2008 recipient of the prestigious Triangle Business Journal Women In Business award, Fuentek also offers training workshops, guidebooks and Web sites to help clients improve effectiveness in managing their intellectual property. DiversityBusiness.com has recognized Fuentek as a top women-owned, diversity-owned and small business in North Carolina for the past five consecutive years. The firm has received numerous awards for its work, including an entrepreneurial Pinnacle Business Award from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Fuentek was most recently named a finalist in the NCTA 21 awards in the category of most innovative technology company. For more information, please call (919) 249-0327 or visit Fuentek’s website at http://www.fuentek.com.
Brittney Storm
MMI Public Relations
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brittney@mmipublicrelations.com
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Carnes has more than 25 years of diversified international engineering, operations, sales and marketing, and general management experience. He spent 14 years working in aerospace, including three shuttle payloads for Sally Ride at the California Space Institute and NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He has worked with three industrial robot manufacturers, ABB, Fanuc and Motoman, Philips Electronics in Europe, Motorola in Singapore, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Ryobi Corp. in Japan. He has experience in multiple venture capital–backed startups, including Illinois Superconductor Corp (NASDAQ IPO) and private-equity turnaround situations, particularly in medical devices.
Quotes:
“Steve has experience in many different industries, along with expertise in the areas in which Fuentek specializes,” said Schoppe. “By knowing the IP management industry backwards and forwards, Steve, like the rest of our consultants, can critically analyze every technology’s commercial potential.”
New Media Content:
Fuentek Blog
http://www.fuentek.blogspot.com
Fuentek Twitter Account
http://www.twitter.com/fuentek
Details:
- Carnes has been involved with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, IEEE, in West Michigan, and formerly served as the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) chapter president.
- He has worked with software programs for large cable access television networks, has developed avionics for the C-130 Hercules and the P-8A Poseidon, and has designed and built numerous aviation ground support equipment (GSE) and test stands, including several for Boeing 737 actuators and a mid-air refueling system.
- He also has five years of experience as a business consultant and general manager, working primarily in the medical sector.
- Carnes’s educational background includes a master’s degree in manufacturing engineering and a master’s in business administration, both from Northwestern University.
- Carnes resides in Michigan with his wife, Cindi, and daughter, Kelli. They also have two older sons, Andrew and D.J.
About Fuentek, LLC:
Fuentek, LLC is a consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology management services. With a specialization in technology commercialization, Fuentek works with a wide variety of clients to identify promising technologies and assist them in converting their ideas and inventions into marketable products. Drawing upon its unique combination of technical, business and commercialization expertise, the firm is the largest NASA contractor in North Carolina and has helped organizations around the world find the technology they need. Led by Laura A. Schoppe, a 2008 recipient of the prestigious Triangle Business Journal Women In Business award, Fuentek also offers training workshops, guidebooks and Web sites to help clients improve effectiveness in managing their intellectual property. DiversityBusiness.com has recognized Fuentek as a top women-owned, diversity-owned and small business in North Carolina for the past five consecutive years. The firm has received numerous awards for its work, including an entrepreneurial Pinnacle Business Award from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Fuentek was most recently named a finalist in the NCTA 21 awards in the category of most innovative technology company. For more information, please call (919) 249-0327 or visit Fuentek’s website at http://www.fuentek.com.
Brittney Storm
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
brittney@mmipublicrelations.com
http://twitter.com/MMIPR
http://www.mmipublicrelations.com
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