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DAVID WASHBURN, CLP, MBA
INTERESTS
Commercializing technology, Innovation, Start-ups, Media, Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, Corporate Innovation, Software deals
EXPERIENCE
University of Illinois (2001-present)
- Senior Technology Manager within the Office of Technology Management
- Lead on Software Commercialization Practice
- Executed 40+ royalty bearing licenses that will yield $4M+ over their respective lifetimes.
- Executed 12 start-up company licenses with combined value now exceeding +$100M.
- Negotiate intellectual property terms embedded in corporate sponsored research agreements.
VerticalPlains, Inc. (1999-2001)
- Self Employed Investor, Consultant, and Entrepreneur
- Involved in many early stage start-up company opportunities that all eventually failed.
- Self taught web developer with over 25 clients across the U.S.
InstallShield Software Corporation (now Flexera Software) (1997-1999)
- Operations Analyst and International Business Development
- Directed corporate budgeting, financial reporting and investor relations.
- Led international business development, worldwide channel management and European expansion.
Kuck & Associates (now Intel) (1996-1997)
- Directed sales, marketing and business development for the KAI C++ compiler tool.
- Sold into academic, commercial and government research labs.
Wolfram Research (1989-1996)
- Sales, marketing and business development for the Mathematica software platform.
- Manager, International Business Development charged with establishing Japanese operations as well as channels throughout the rest of world (1994-1997).
- European Sales Manager driving sales, marketing and channel development from Oxford, UK office (1992-1994).
- Academic Sales Manager building and refining software licensing programs within the US University market (1989-1992).
Information Resources, Inc. (1988-1989)
- Research Analyst
- Performed data reporting services to internal client services group.
- Data tracked movement of consumer packaged goods sold in grocery stores across the US.
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BA, MBA
SERVICE
Champaign Rotary (Member, currently on leave)
Orpheum Children’s Science Museum (Board Member, 2005-2007)
AFFILIATIONS
Certified Licensing Professional™ –Inaugural class
Licensing Executives Society
Association of University Technology Managers