Stuart Volkow

About Stuart Volkow

GOALS:Work with talented, progressive, scientific and technical teams.Build innovative businesses.Maintain thought leadership.Contribute to society, national security, and American technology superiority.SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE5 years at UC San Diego supporting astrophysics research and communications.Co-Founder of breakthrough space security, power grid and debris mediation company Built largest science Podcast and Youtube Channel in University of California System: Into The Impossible. now over 20 million downloads.10 plus years of experience working with technology transfer, commercialization and early stage companies.Over 10 years of experience as technical and research Project ManagementConceived and designed platforms for Internet video and Internet distribution of music. Thought leader, public speaker, lecturer in immersive media and technology.Taught over 30 courses at UC Los Angeles and UC San Diego on immersive media and entertainment technology.Government Contractor with TS/SCI clearance: DARPA, ODNISPECIALTIES:Science and Technology InnovationProduction and Creative Affairs: TV, Film, Interactive MediaSoftware Development Project & Product ManagementBusiness Strategy and AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentSystems design, business modeling, requirements capture and specification writing

Experience

1. Mentor and Industry Expert

   National Science Foundation Nsf

   Aug 2018 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

   NSF and NIH I-Corps™ training is the first step in the Path-to-Market for your product. This hands-on workshop series will guide you through the process of product development using the Lean Startup Methodology and with the help of a mentor. Participants will learn how to validate their ideas for the market, how to pitch their ideas to investors, and how to work with mentors to create an investor presentation.Admitted projects will receive in NSF Seed Funding for market validation and for building a prototype.OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM:Validate the market potential for the ideaEffectively communicate the value of your idea to investors and partnersLearn the basics of entrepreneurship and commercializationWork with seasoned mentorsFunding to develop prototype or customer validationDevelop your networkGateway to other programs such as NSF I-Corps™ Nationals or IGE’s Tech Accelerator

Education

• UC San Diego

  Visiting Scholar, Immersive Media, AI

  2017 — 2019

• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

  BA, Physiology

  1975 — 1979

• Amercan Film Institute

  Certificate in Production, Motion Picture Production

  1993 — 1994

• USC Information Sciences Institute (www.isi.edu)

  Information Security Training, Computer and Information Security

  2014 — 2014

• IIBA

  Certification, Business Analysis

  2008 — 2008

• UCLA Anderson School of Management

  Graduate Research Assistant, Business and New Media

  1994 — 1995

• UCLA

  Instructor Certification, Instructor Development Program

  1994 — 2008

• The University of Akron

  Graduate Research Assistant, Inst. For Biomedical Engr. Research, Biomedical Engineering

  1983 — 1984

• Disaster and Emergency Management

  Certificates: Hazardous Materials, Decon, Emergency Management, Emergency Management

  1997 — 2012

Skills

• Mobile Devices
• Blogging
• Film
• Online Marketing
• Entertainment
• Advertising
• Digital Strategy
• Mobile Marketing
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Start-Ups
• Creative Direction
• Machine Learning
• Integrated Marketing
• New Media
• Social Media
• Content Strategy
• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• Video
• Social Networking
• Multimedia
• Social Media Marketing
• Entrepreneurship
• SEO
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Digital Media
• System Design
• Interactive Advertising
• Information a
• Production
• Software Project Management
• Management
• Project Management
• Interactive D
• Television
• Business Modeling
• Producing
• Broadcast