Kaz Karwowski
Executive Director-Rice Center for Engineering Leadership, PMP®
- Role
- Innovation-corps (I-corps) Faculty at National Science Foundation Nsf
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kaz Karwowski
Proven leader with experience managing and leading teams worldwide. Focus areas: leadership development, cross-functional team building, multi-cultural communication, change management, project management, new technology development and commercialization, and organizational process development. Specialties: Leader DevelopmentTeam BuildingOperations Logistics ManagementProject ManagementNew Technology DevelopmentMentoringCurriculum and Course DesignSafety Management
Experience
Innovation-corps (I-corps) Faculty
National Science Foundation Nsf
Jul 2015 — Present · Houston, TX, US
The NSF I-Corps is an entrepreneurship and technology commercialization training program for the nation\'s leading scientists and engineers in academic research. As a national instructor at the Southwest NSF node (SW I-Corps), one of seven national nodes for the program, I coach professors and researchers in their search for commercial applications to their research.SW I-Corps is a regional program designed to foster, grow and nurture an innovation ecosystem in the SouthWest Region of the United States. The program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and jointly run by the University of Texas at Austin, Rice University, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University. The program provides real world, hands-on training on how to successfully incorporate innovations into successful products. The ultimate goal is to help program participants create a new venture or licensing opportunity.Participants in SW I-Corps programs engage extensively with industry. Over the course of our programs, teams talk to customers, partners, competitors, and other market stakeholders. During this time, teams seek to define a solid product-market fit while building a viable business model for their innovation.
Education
Thomas Edison State University
BS BA, Management
2004 — 2007
Harvard University
ALM, Management
2008 — 2012
Skills
- Leadership
- Organizational Development
- Team Leadership
- Product Development
- Management
- Team Building
- Project Planning
- Leadership Development
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Military
- Project Management
- Mentoring
- Microsoft Office
- Research
- Marketing
- Strategic Planning
- Training
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Business Strategy
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