Burton Lee Ph.D.

Invited research, lecturing and senior advisory engagements with rectors/deans at universities, engineering & business schools in Europe, Israel & Latin America: * Visiting Scientist - Technion, Haifa, IL; Mar-June 2017 * Scientific Visitor - Institute of Science & Technology (IST) Austria, Oct 2016. Host: President Thomas Henzinger (www.ist.ac.at) * GastProfessor - TU Graz; June 2016. Host: Rektor Harald Kainz (www.tugraz.at) * GastProfessor - Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Schumpeter School; Apr 2016 (www.uni-wuppertal.de) * GastProfessor - Ruhr Universität Bochum, Maschinenbau Fakultät; Apr 2016 (www.rub.de) * Visiting Professor - Univ of Stavanger, School of Business; Nov 2015 (www.uis.no) * Teaching Team, Innovation Academy ExecEd Program, Trinity College Dublin, School of Business; May 2015 * Visiting Professor - Trinity College Dublin, Mechanical Engineering; July 2014. Host: Prof Clive Williams, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Math & Science (www.tcd.ie) * Quality Reviewer, Trinity Research & Innovation (TCD); Sept 2014 (w/ Phil Clare, OxfordU & Koenraad Debackere, KU Leuven) * Visiting Professor - Riga Technical University | Rīgas Tehniskā Universitāte, Latvia, Mar 2014. Host: Rector Prof Leonids Ribickis (www.rtu.lv) * GastProfessor - TU Dortmund; Sept 2013. Host: Prof. Andreas Liening, Lehrstuhl Entrepreneurship u. Ökonomische Bildung (www.tu-dortmund.de | www.tu-startup.de) * Visiting Scholar - Max Planck Institute (MPI) | Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich, May 2013. Host: Prof Dietmar Harhoff, Munich Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research (MCIER) & Institut für Innovationsforschung, Technologiemanagement u Entrepreneurship (INNO-tec), BWL Fakultät (www.mpg.de | www.inno-tec.bwl.uni-muenchen.de) * Senior Advisor, Office of the President | Deans of Engineering & Business, National Univ of Ireland - Galway (www.nuigalway.ie) * Senior Advisor, Dean of Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota (www.uniandes.edu.co)

Speaker at the following events and conferences: * Keynote Speaker & Panelist - and& Summit, Leuven, BE (panel on Growing Entrepreneurial Regions, w Hermann Hauser, Christian Ketels, Duco Sickinghe), May 2 2018 (www.leuvenmindgate.be) * Invited Speaker, IHK Düsseldorf delegation visit, Silicon Valley (Feb 8)

Selected media appearances | interviews & mentions (books, refereed journal articles, other print media, online newspapers, blogs, radio, TV, video, press releases, analyst reports, studies, etc): * Featured Alumni Profile, "Around the World and Outer Space", School Year Abroad Alumni Magazine, Spring 2014, pp 18 & 40 (www.sya.org) * Cited in "Die Norgler tragen nun Nadelstreif", OpEd by Josef Votzi, 'Kurier' newspaper, Pg 2, Vienna, April 26 2014 (kurier.at) * Reviewer, "Europe and the Bay Area: Investing in Each Other", Bay Area Council Economic Institute, April 14 (www.bayareacouncil.org) * Mention in OpEd by Didzis Melkis, 'Dienas Bizness' newspaper, Pg 2, Riga, Latvia, Mar 31 (www.db.lv) * Interview, "Wo ist Europas Google?", 'Format.at' portal, Vienna, Austria, Feb 26 (http://www.format.at/articles/1405/525/372085/wo-europas-google) * Interview, "Europa hat ein Software-Problem", 'Kurier' newspaper, Vienna | Wien, Feb 22 (http://futurezone.at/digital-life/burton-lee-europa-hat-ein-software-problem/52.424.931)

Selected media appearances | interviews & mentions (books, refereed journal articles, other print media, online newspapers, blogs, radio, TV, video, press releases, analyst reports, studies, etc): * Quoted in "French Leader Lands in California for Tech Talks", Feb 12 2014 (washingtonpost.com) * Featured Interview, "Europe has a big shift in the economic model to make", by Maria Koleva, Europost, Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov 8 2013 (www.europost.bg) * Cited in "Die IT-Welt: Europa kapiert es einfach nicht!", by Helmut Fallmann, Die Presse, Vienna, Nov 7 (diePresse.com) * Cited in "Wake-up call for European research and innovation", article by Alan Osborn, University World News, Issue 291, Oct 11 (www.universityworldnews.com) * Cited in "Insomnia or a Wakeup Call – Which?", 'Paul4innovating's Blog', Oct 7 (http://paul4innovating.com/2013/10/07/insomnia-or-a-wakeup-call-which/) * Cited in "Conclusion of the 5th European Innovation Summit", EUREKA News, Oct 3 2013 (www.eurekanetwork.org) * Cited in "Press Release - 5th European Innovation Summit: Europe needs to wake up: 5 calls for action", knowledge4innovation, Brussels, Oct 3 2013 (www.knowledge4innovation.eu) * Featured Video, "IT as a Tool for Driving Innovation", EIF-K4I Dinner Debate, Brussels, Oct 2 2013 (http://www.youtube.com/user/eifonline) * Cited in 'Silikon Vadisi ve Girisimcilik' ('Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship'), e-book by Serkan Unsal, Turkey, June 2013 (www.silikonvadisivegirisimcilik.com) * Extensively referenced in "Labor, Technology, and Innovation in Europe: Facing Global Risk through Increased Resiliency", by P Engelke & RA Manning, Transatlantic Partnership for the Global Future - Strategic Foresight Initiative, The Atlantic Council, Washington DC, May 2013 * Featured interview / quoted in "De unief baart te weinig ondernemers" ("Universities create too few Entrepreneurs"), by Frederik Tibau, Belgian ICT news website Datanews, May 16 2013 (datanews.knack.be/ict/knowledge-center/start-ups)

Selected media appearances | interviews & mentions (in print media, online newspapers, blogs, radio, TV, video, press releases): * Interview, Careers Section, "Spend time with the creative people in your community", Sofia, Mar 21 2013 (www.karieri.bg) * Quoted in "Die Mutter aller Cluster", 'Markets' Magazine, Germany Trade & Invest, Dec 2012, p 42 * Video Interview with Yury Zisser, Tut.by Internet portal, Minsk, Belarus, Nov 29 (http://news.tut.by/economics/321973.html) * Television interview, SIC TV News, Miguel Gonçalves | Empreendedorismo, Lisbon, Nov 27 (sicnoticias.sapo.pt) * "Burton Lee presentó su plan para que la ciudad avance en innovación", Vanguardia, Bucaramanga, Oct 28 (www.vanguardia.com/economia/local/180637-burton-lee-presento-su-plan-para-que-la-ciudad-avance-en-innovacion) * Television Interview, Vive Digital TV, Ministerio TIC, Canal Institucional, Bogota, Oct 27 (youtube.com/user/minticolombia) * Video Interview, VINNOVA Annual Conference 2012, Stockholm, Oct 25 * "Making Green Profitable", in Copenhagen Cleantech Journal, Issue #3, Sept 2012 (cphcleantech.com/ccjlinks-3) * Guest Appearance, The Space Show, Sept 17 (thespaceshow.com) * "Nurturing Entrepreneurship", Blog post - Northern Ireland Science Park, Belfast, Aug 8 (http://normansnews.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/) * "What can students teach us about business", Irish Times, Dublin, July 26 (www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0726/1224320825698.html) * "O'Sullivan's tech visa initiative is welcome but too narrow", Dublin, July 25 (http://dlrintegration.ie/news/423) * “Silicon Dreams”, in ‘Crowdfunding Portugal’ blog, Lisbon, June 4 (http://blog.ppl.com.pt/2012/06/silicon-dreams-4-of-9.html) * "Software vs. Hardware Thinking", in Proseed Magazine, Issue 22, Warsaw, May 24 (http://proseedmag.pl/magazine/proseed-22) * "Sverige nobbar Silicon Valley", in Computer Sweden, 16 Mar 2012

Senior Financial, Technical & Strategic Advisor to global innovation organizations: startups, angel investors, VC/PE funds, corporations, universities, accelerators | incubators | S&T parks, EU/federal/state/regional/city STI | TBED agencies, industry | cluster assns, intl development banks. Diagnostic assessments & development of innovation, entrepreneurship & design strategies, roadmaps & programs for enterprises, universities, govt institutions and regional | national ecosystems. Public speaking engagements. Recent compensated & pro-bono clients include: * IE Business School, Madrid * MosaikTech, Barcelona * De Beers Group, London (debeersgroup.com) * HELLA GmbH, Timisoara RO (hella.de) * Statoil, Stavanger NO (statoil.com) * Science Foundation Ireland (www.sfi.ie) * Lyse SA, Stavanger (www.lyse.no) * Senior Expert - ICT Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programs & Policy, Horizon2020, DG CONNECT, European Commission, Brussels (Beaulieu 25) * Expert Evaluator, FP7 & Horizon2020, European Commission * China Europe Intl Business School, Shanghai (www.ceibs.edu) * UniCredit Bank Austria, Vienna (www.bankaustria.at) * Scientia Advisors, Cambridge, MA (scientiaadv.com) * Internet Initiatives Development Fund, Agency for Strategic Initiatives, Moscow (www.iidf.ru) * Skolkovo Institute of Science & Technology | MIT Innovation Ecosystems Ideas Lab, Moscow, Sept 2013 (skoltech.ru | web.mit.edu/sktech) * MIT Technology Review | Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Bogota (technologyreview.com | www.mintic.gov.co) * Corporate Development & Corporate Technology groups, Siemens AG, Munich (siemens.de) * LRM Investment Company, Limburg Region, BE (www.lrm.be) * Gdański Obszar Metropolitalny | Metropolitan Area + Województwa Pomorskiego | Pomerania Region (www.metropoliagdansk.pl | urzad.pomorskie.eu/pl) * Member, Irish National Innovation Taskforce, Office of Prime Minister, 2010 (www.taoiseach.gov.ie) [Addt'l clients - see below]

Mentor | coach to technology startups, investors, TTOs in Silicon Valley, Europe & LatAm. Coach to SBIR federal grant applicants. Recent/past roles include the following: * MosaikTech, Barcelona (2019) * Techstars Berlin | METRO Accelerator - Retail [2017] (www.metroaccelerator.com) * Mentor, Innovation Farm Teams, Stanford OTL (ifarmteams.stanford.edu) * Mentor - Endeavor Silicon Valley Tour 2012, Sept 14 (endeavor.org) * Mentor - Startup Wise Guys accelerator, Estonia (startupwiseguys.com) * Mentor - Forum Silicon Valley Bridge to Portugal * Mentor - SCALEit, Innovation Center Denmark - Silicon Valley (come.scaleit.us) * Mentor - Seedcamp, London (seedcamp.com) * Arete Associates, Longmont, CO (guidestar lasers, SBIR P2) * Thousand Eyes, Mountain View, CA (Global monitoring & service assurance for Cloud-based deployments, SBIR P1) * Robotic Technologies of Tennessee, Cookeville, TN (vertical climbing robots 4 industrial apps, SBIR P1) * Cellular Materials Intl, Charlottesville, VA. Adv materials (cellularmaterials.com) * Atomic Precision Systems Inc, Santa Clara, CA. High speed atomic layer deposition (atomic-precision.com) * Intelligent Optical Systems Inc, Torrance, CA. MEMS/MOEMS optical sensors (intopsys.com) * Language Computer Corp, Richardson, TX. Natural language processing (languagecomputer.com) * XRadia, Concord, CA. High-res 3D x-ray microscopes/imaging (SBIR P2, xradia.com) * The Playmakers Standard, Potomac, MD (plays2run.com)

Senior Financial, Technical & Strategic Advisor to global innovation organizations: tech startups, angel investor groups, VC/PE funds, accelerators | incubators | S&T parks, EU/federal/state/regional/city STI | TBED agencies, universities, corporations, industry | cluster assns, intl development banks. Assessment & development of innovation & entrepreneurship strategies, roadmaps & programs for institutions and regional|national ecosystems. Recent clients include: * ICT Industry Cluster of Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia [Cluster de Empresas de TIC en Santander] (cetics.com.co) * Information, Communication & Electronics Technologies Cluster, Aveiro, Portugal [Associação para o Pólo de Tecnologias de Informação, Comunicação e Electrónica] (TICE.pt) * National University of Ireland - Galway (NUI Galway); Office of the President, Deans of Engineering & Business (nuigalway.ie) * Univ of Aalborg, Denmark (aau.dk) * Universidad de los Andes, Office of the Dean, Facultad de Ingenieria, Bogota, CO (uniandes.edu.co) * TiViT, Helsinki [Finland's ICT SHOK Industry Assn | Cluster] (tivit.fi) * Cámara Panameña de Tecnologías de Información y Telecomunicaciones [ICT Industry Assn | Cluster of Panama] (capatec.org.pa) * MidtJylland (Mid-Jutland) Central Region Authority, Viborg, Denmark (rm.dk) * Venture Club Angel Group, Ciudad del Saber Science & Technology Park, Panama (ciudaddelsaber.org) * National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD * European Commission, DG Enterprise & Industry/REA, Brussels (FP7 Expert Evaluator) * National Science Foundation (NSF), Engineering Directorate, WDC * Civilian Research & Development Foundation, Arlington, VA. Commercialization advisor - Min of Education & Science, Kiev, Ukraine (crdf.org) * NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA (intl partnerships, NASA EIR program; electric aircraft, vehicles & transportation systems; small spacecraft) * Florida Research Consortium (floridaresearch.org)/MindForce

Advisor to technology startups, accelerators, think tanks, governments, S&T parks & foundations in Europe and USA. Recent/past roles are honorific, generally uncompensated and include the following: * Member, Advisory Board, MosaikTech, Barcelona & Silicon Valley [2019] * Member, Scientific Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna, AT (www.alpbach.org) [Apr 2016 - Aug 2019] * Member, Council of Advisors, Nova Ukraine Foundation, Silicon Valley [2016-2018] * Member, Slovak Advisory Board on Innovation & Startups, Ministry of Economy, Bratislava [2015 - 2016] * Member, Advisory Council, German Accelerator - Silicon Valley (germanaccelerator.com) [2013-16] * Member, Advisory Board, Sofia Tech Park, Bulgaria (sofiatech.bg) * Member, Advisory Board, European Young Innovators Forum, Brussels (eyif.eu) [2012-13] * Member, Advisory Board, Global Innovation Summit, Silicon Valley, July 2012 (innosummit.com) * Member, Advisory Board, The Creativity Post, Silicon Valley | NYC (creativitypost.com) * Member, Advisory Board, GrowVC Intl Ltd, HK | London (equity crowdfunding startup) (growvc.com) [2011-2013]

Counseling and mentoring of astronauts, recent graduates, entry-level and mid-career engineers, senior managers, advanced dual degree holders (PhD MBA, PhD MD, PhD JD, MBA JD), girlfriends, proto-girlfriends ;-) and other professionals. I provide occasional assistance, on a pro bono basis, with resumes, cover letters, mock interviews, job search and career change strategies, and graduate school applications and essays. Individuals in search of career guidance and advice from a seasoned leader with broad technical, business, government and academic experience are welcome to contact me, but should understand that my time is extremely limited. Please note that I request of each mentee that they please provide feedback on our mentoring session(s) here on my LinkedIn profile. I am also registered as a mentor at Mentornet (www.mentornet.net), and with the Stanford, Cornell and Andover alumni associations.

[Resigned effective 1June 2022 due to contracting Long-Covid. On extended personal medical leave thru mid-2024 - Unable to return to new position in 2024, as not sufficiently recovered] Stanford School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - Design Group: European|Asian Innovation, Design & E-ship. Adjunct Lecturer, Center for Design Research (2008 - 2022) My weekly research seminar (‘Europe v Silicon Valley :: Innovation Ecosystems Design’ - ME421X) covering the European science, startup, venture finance & innovation ecosystem offered in the Stanford Design Group during Spring & Winter quarters. www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org | @Europreneurs www.youtube.com/user/StanfordEuropreneurs www.slideshare.net/burtonlee1/presentations Sponsors (2020-2009): * European Govts: European Space Agency (ESA), Enterprise Estonia, iMinds (Flanders BE), VINNOVA (SE), Invest Northern Ireland (UK), Innobasque (ES), PromoMadrid, OnlyLyon (FR), Innovation Norway, Enterprise Ireland, FinNode/Tekes (FI), Innovation Center Denmark - Silicon Valley * Industry: MindTheBridge (MTB), DLA Piper, Orrick, Southeast Europe Private Equity & Venture Capital Assn, VTT Research Centre of Finland; Plug & Play Tech Center Selected speakers: Andreas von Bechtolsheim; President Toomas H. Ilves, Estonia; Hermann Hauser, Amadeus Capital; Peter Vesterbacka, Angry Birds | Rovio; Peter Arvai, Prezi; Stanford President Emeritus, Prof. Gerhard Casper; Aydin Senkut, Felicis Ventures; Reshma Sohoni, SeedCamp; Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC; Michel Wendell, Nexit Ventures; Loic Lemeur; Mårten Mickos, MySQL; Duncan Logan, Rocketspace; Prof. Manfred Broy, TU Munich; Irina Anghel, SEEPEA; Uli Fricke, EVCA Topics: “Europe’s Software Industry - Growth Paths to Global Parity : Mini-Summit”; "EU Data Privacy Rules | GDPR"; "European Market Entry for Silicon Valley Startups"; "University Reform in Germany"; "University Commercialization & Spinouts in Europe"; "European-US Angel Investing Mini-Summit" w EBAN|ACA

* Member, Scientific Advisory Board, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna, AT (www.alpbach.org) [Apr 2016 - Aug 2019]

Invited by Upper Austria region (Land Oberösterreich) government to assist the region’s enterprises, universities and economic development agency with forging a comprehensive AI applications and research strategy and roadmap. Onsite visits and interviews at JKU, FH OOE, local Mittelstand enterprises and WKÖ. Collaborated with Prof. Sepp Hochreiter, Informatikfakultät, JKU Linz. Keynote speaker with Prof. Hochreiter at kickoff AI Conference and workshops in Linz. Onsite in Linz, Software Campus Hagenberg and Wien. www.biz-up.at | www.jku.at | www.fh-ooe.at

GastProfessor. Hosted by Prof. Christoph Herrmann, Dekan, and Prof. Reza Asghari, Lehrstuhl for Entrepreneurship, MaschinenbauFakultaet (Mechanical Engineering). Keynote speaker at 1st High Tech Entrepreneurship & Innovation Forum (HTEIF), along with Philipp Roesler, WEF. www.tu-braunschweig.de | entrepreneurship-forum.de

EE PhD *Minor* - Semiconductors, MEMS, nanotechnology Internet-based Complex Mechatronic Equipment Remote Diagnostics, Automated & Federated Reasoning, Bayesian Belief Networks, FMEA, Product Design, Probabilistic Risk Analysis, Structured Knowledge Representation & Ontologies for Engineering Design & Diagnostics, Knowledge Engineering, Object-oriented Software Engineering & Architectures, MEMS & Nanotechnology. Dissertation: “Failure Modes & Effects Analysis with Bayesian Belief Networks: Bridging the Design-Diagnosis Modeling Gap” PhD Committee: Prof Martin Fischer (Chair, Civil Engin), Prof Larry Leifer (PhD Advisor, ME), Prof Ross Shachter (Co-Advisor, Management Science & Engineering), Prof Mark Musen (CompSci/Medical Informatics), Prof Mark Cutkosky (ME) Core Depts/Disciplines: CompSci (AI, Bayes Nets); ME (product design, manufacturing, robotics, DfM); EE (semiconductor processes, MEMS, nanotechnology); AA (small satellites/spacecraft engineering, re-entry systems, controls)

Advanced MBA (AMBA) Program

Founding ISU Summer Session, held at MIT. Received NASA Scholarship.

Double major. Did Junior Year in Munich (JYM) Program at LMU via Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. www.brown.edu

Double major. Did Junior Year in Munich (JYM), Germany.

Majored in Soviet Economics (Sowjetische Volkswirtschaftslehre) and Physics (Physik). VWL Student an das Institut fuer Ost- und Suedosteuropaeische Studien, Dr. W. Gumpel. Lived in various student dormitories around Munich, including Turkenstrasse 58, Biedersteinerstrasse and Studentenstadt Freimann. Concentrations: Physics (1975-76); Soviet Economics (1976-77) www.uni-muenchen.de www.jym.wayne.edu

Attended Junior Year in Munich (JYM), Munich, Germany, overseas study program administered by Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Enrolled as a student at the Ludwigs-Maximillians University of Munich (LMU) during 1975-76 and 1976-77. Frau Dr Marianne Riegler served as JYM Director. Concentrations: Physics (1975-76); Soviet Economics (1976-77) I started the LinkedIn JYM Group for alumni, students, faculty and staff. To join, pls follow this link: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/119135/37F8390ADCE8 www.jym.wayne.edu

I arrived in Arenys de Mar for the first days of orientation on my bicycle from Dover, UK via France, Belgium, Toulouse and Carcassonne. I started and manage the School Year Abroad Alumni & Community group on LinkedIn. SYA students, alumni (all years), faculty and staff are welcome to join this group at the following URL: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/47756/42D6F842CCBF SYA Spain is now based out of Zaragoza, ES. www.sya.org

Andover, Massachusetts. Graduated June 1972, with Honors in Mathematics. Resident of Bishop House. Studied w Profs. Couch (Spanish), Reese (Chemistry). I manage one of the main Andover Alumni & Community Groups here on LinkedIn. Alumni of all years, students, faculty and staff are welcome to join at the following link: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/120021/5DE11151CDB7 www.andover.edu

Weston, Massachusetts. Graduated June 1971, Honor Roll. Studied with teachers Don Burke (Physics), Angela Heptner (Spanish), Bruce MacDonald (English), Susan Poster (Math), Suzanne Meiree (Biology), Joe Emerson (Social Studies). Manager, Weston High Varsity Track Team, Coach Rob Duncan (2 Spring seasons). Earned Varsity letter. https://www.westonschools.org/high/