Jack Steele

Experience

1. Assistant Director

   Columbia Technology Ventures

   Jul 2024 — Present · NY, US

   Strategic Partnerships: Lead six executive steering committees and industry consortia, aligning academic, industry, and public-sector stakeholders to advance climate and deep-tech commercialization.• Ecosystem Development: Initiate strategic collaborative partnerships between researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry sponsors through 20+ public-private partnerships across smart cities, emerging media, climate tech, pandemic preparedness, cybersecurity, AR/VR, biomedical devices, blockchain, point-of-care diagnostics, therapeutics, and material science• Program Management: Oversee 25+ accelerator and sponsored research programs, building grant structures, selection criteria, and performance tracking frameworks to support early-stage commercialization. • Impact Measurement: Design impact measurement frameworks that track financial and programmatic KPIs.• Grants Administration: Administer $56M+ in grant funding portfolios to 1K+ teams, overseeing full program lifecycle including solicitation, review, contracting, compliance, reporting, and impact measurement. • Curriculum Design: Create and implement customized educational programs to prepare early-stage teams for proposal development, ensuring alignment with sponsor investment priorities and market direction.• Employee Management: Recruit, train, and supervise part-time Student Venture Associates, building operational capacity to support accelerator operations.• Equity Building: Led Diversity and Inclusion in Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (DICE) Program, expanding equitable access to commercialization funding and mentorship.

Education

• Columbia University

  Master of Public Administration - MPA, Urban Studies/Affairs

• University of Vermont

  BS, Environmental Studies