Establish strategic alliances to leverage the strengths of academic, commercial/industrial, and government collaborative research in order to transition technology to capabilities. University of Minnesota (2011-Ongoing) – Industrial Liaison of the CDR Lab; Managing Director of the NSF I/UCRC: In this position, Mike has assumed a broad responsibility to manage the successful going forward of the entire I/UCRC, which consists of four sites: UMN, UPenn, WPI and Clemson U.