F. Modzelewski's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Eclectic career at the highest levels of art, politics, marketing, governing, and technology.Senior Advisor @ Advise industry leading iBeacon platform company in a variety of areas --new business & partnerships, fundraising, corporate & legal strategy, branding & pr, and other key areas. From April 2013 to Present (2 years 8 months) San Francisco Bay AreaArtist @ Develop land, environmental and conceptual art pieces that weave a narriative around ritual, exile and yearning. Current efforts include an installation piece at MASS MoCA and an opera in development set to be performed in NYC the summer of 2014. In addition, Mr. Modzelewski is doing site work on his "Growing A Museum" project From September 1989 to Present (26 years 3 months) Co-Founder/Board Member @ Co-Founder and Board member for Big Data Coalition, the first national effort founded to advance the emerging industry of Big Data, analytics, cloud computing, and visualization. The Big Data Coalition’s mission is to create a collective voice for this dynamic industry and develop a range of initiatives to support and strengthen the Big Data business community. The coalition will lead public policy efforts, set standards, educate, and organize events. Launched in January 2013 and based in Washington, D.C., the Big Data Coalition is led by a team of prominent corporations, cutting edge start-ups, service providers and investors. From September 2012 to November 2013 (1 year 3 months) Vice President @ Service as Vice President out of the Boston office, overseeing efforts in the eastern half of the United States. LEWIS PR is a global PR and digital communications agency. In addition to traditional media and analyst relations, LEWIS specializes in social media, digital marketing and creative services. It works with organizations to implement integrated communications programs on an international scale. LEWIS works with leading and emerging brands across multiple sectors, including automotive, consumer, government, healthcare, insurance, legal, non-profit, technology and telecom. LEWIS has more than 25 wholly-owned offices across the US, EMEA and Asia Pacific, with regional headquarters in London, San Francisco and Singapore. Much of my work focuses on new business development, strategy, public policy and research. From July 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 1 month) Greater Boston AreaInstructor, Business/Art @ Taught emerging artists how not to starve and developed "Creative Futures". Developed lecture series and course that developed understanding of entrepreneurial practices among visual artists at Tuft-SMFA. This included marketing, branding, accounting, legal, grant writing and other skills. From July 2011 to December 2012 (1 year 6 months) Greater Boston AreaCo-Founder & Executive Director @ Co-founded and chair the Water Innovations Alliance and it's spin off foundation. Oversaw all public policy, development and planning, pr/branding/marketing, operations, research as well as recruitment of members ranging from Veolia to GE to IBM to Intel to Hach to EPA to Nestle to Badger Meter to Sensus to others. Secured significant private and public funding for te organization. From October 2008 to August 2012 (3 years 11 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaAdvisor @ Advised firm on investments in new technology areas including numerous due diligence projects. Areas included nanotechnology, clean energy (biofuels, hydro kinetic, solor concentrator, soft and mfc power) and materials. Efforts included assisting portfolio companies on branding and marketing, business development and partnerships. From April 2006 to December 2011 (5 years 9 months) Greater Boston AreaCo-Founder and Board Member @ Worked with Dr Mauro Ferrari to launch the venture backed company which seeks to develop a cure for cancer using advanced NanoBiotechnology discoveries from the Andersen Cancer Center. Raised $2million in A round funding. led business and marketing strategy efforts as well as the creation of key partnerships in the US and abroad. The company was acquired and remains active. From August 2005 to December 2010 (5 years 5 months) Co-Founder @ Licenses innovative RNAi water purification technology from Duke. Developed business and marketing planning, created numerous corporate partnerships, raised seed funding. Lead marketing and branding efforts. From October 2008 to March 2010 (1 year 6 months) Advisor for UT Commercialization Committee (Biotech/Medical) @ Served as one of the advisors to the University of Texas Commercialization Committee, focusing on biotech and medical discoveries at the University and their potential for being patented, commercialized and brought to market. From February 2005 to September 2009 (4 years 8 months) Austin, Texas AreaCo-Founder/Advisor @ Co-founded and served as a director of this Polish based venture capital firm. Raised funding, developed network, evaluated and placed investments.Worked with numerous commercialization and entrepreneurial mentoring efforts in Poland. Advised and assisted portfolio companies, one of which is currently public: http://www.medicalgorithmics.pl/ From January 2005 to June 2009 (4 years 6 months) Advisor @ Worked to develop and launch this Forge investment, including staffing, business planning, market research, marketing strategy, etc. the company was funded and shortly after acquired. It's efforts took a Harvard developed technology for microbial fuel cells and brought it to market. From April 2008 to April 2009 (1 year 1 month) Greater Boston AreaTechnology Commentator @ Appeared regularly as a technology commentator on Bullseye and Squawkbox among others. Occassionally served as co-host From February 2004 to November 2008 (4 years 10 months) Managing Director @ Served as managing director of Bang Ventures a Boston based technology venture capital fund. The firm made numerous successful investments and became globally known for the You Be The VC competition. From January 2007 to October 2008 (1 year 10 months) Greater Boston AreaSenior Vice President @ Lead corporate development and partnership efforts as well as public policy and public relations strategy. Worked with senior most management and investors to grow the company from a couple of dozen employees to over 200 in offices around the US focused on the development of nano-materials for clean energy.. Garnered in excess of $12 million in federal funding. Created partnerships with leading corporations including development a joint venture company with Shell. From January 2005 to October 2008 (3 years 10 months) Buffalo/Niagara, New York AreaManaging Director @ The Benet Group was an investment fund and incubator for NanoBiotechnology companies. The firm successfully funded and launched three companies. It formed them with their lead scientists. Efforts included business planning, marketing, partnership development, developing additional investors, products, etc. the firm was acquired by the Arrowhead Research Corporation, a public company based in California From April 2004 to June 2008 (4 years 3 months) Advisor @ Served at the behest of Pres. George W. Bush on the the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Nanotechnology Advisory Group (nTAG). PCAST created nTAG to review U.S. nanotechnology efforts. The nTAG was composed of leading experts in nanotechnology representing a range of disciplines, and was established to serve as a source of technical facts and information needed to assist the Council in the area of nanotechnology, particularly in reviewing current U.S. government-sponsored nanotech research and funding efforts. As part of NTAG, PCAST has formed three Task Forces in the following areas: Materials/Electronics/Photonics; Energy/Environment; and Biology/Medicine/Societal Issues. From July 2003 to June 2008 (5 years) Washington D.C. Metro AreaVisiting Professor @ Taught technology entrepreneurship. From January 2005 to December 2005 (1 year) Co-Founder and Managing Director @ Lux Research is the world's premier research and advisory firm focusing on the business and economic impact of nanotechnology and related emerging technologies. Lux Research provides continuous advisory services, customized consulting, and reference studies to corporations, start-ups, financial institutions, and public sector organizations. Our founders and our research staff are the most widely recognized nanotechnology visionaries throughout the world. From April 2004 to June 2005 (1 year 3 months) Greater New York City AreaFounder & Exec. Director @ The NanoBusiness Alliance is the first industry association founded to advance the emerging business of nanotechnology and Microsystems. The NanoBusiness Alliance's mission is to create a collective voice for the emerging small tech industry and develop a range of initiatives to support and strengthen the nanotechnology business community. Secured in excess of $10 billion in federal funding for the nanotechnology field in the US/ Oversaw the creation and promotion of the business of nanotechnology, working with corporations and governments cross the globe to develop nanotechnology strategies. Developed the multimillion dollar legislation for funding the development of the USA's nanotechology initiative. Served as the industry spokesperson and branding strategist. Managed the organizations growth from inception. Developed over 50 members including Fortune 50 companies, to ground breaking startups to the worlds leading investors, consulting firms and law firms. Created dozens of global nanotech events and groundbreaking reports. From October 2001 to May 2004 (2 years 8 months) Managing Director @ NRW was the leading technology branding and public relations firm at the turn of the century with clients ranging from Apple to Yahoo to eSpeed to Pixar. Lead the creation of the New York office including planning, hiring, operations development, client development. Created new divisions for website optimization and social media and well as research and issues management. The office was the fastest growing in the company upon departure and grew from zero employees to over 60 and had nearly a dozen leading tech clients. Aside from management efforts, oversaw branding and strategy efforts for clients as well as business development and internal corporate pr. From July 1999 to October 2001 (2 years 4 months) Co-Owner//Director @ Curated shows for emerging artists From February 1999 to October 2001 (2 years 9 months) Vice President @ Lead pr, issues management and public policy efforts for numerous clients, launched offices internet practice. Worked on significant on new business development. Clients included the DailmerChrysler merger, Sprint, DMI, MasterCard and BancoSantander. From June 1998 to July 1999 (1 year 2 months) Clinton Administration Appointee: Spec. Asst. Sec. Cisneros & Sec. Glickman @ Served as an appointee in the Clinton Administration, including stints as Special Assistant to two Cabinet Secretaries. Provided advice and consul on policy and communication strategy in areas ranging from economic development to mortgages to rural technology to GMOs to Internet strategy. From January 1993 to June 1998 (5 years 6 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaBFA @ Boston UniversityMaster of Fine Arts (MFA) @ Tufts UniversityJD @ University of Denver - Sturm College of Law F. Modzelewski is skilled in: Economic Development, Start-ups, Emerging Technologies, Investments, Business, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Renewable Energy, Public Relations, Interdisciplinary Teaching, Business Planning, Market Research, Mergers, Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing