bwtech@UMBC is home to approximately 50 innovative technology and bioscience companies. Every year, bwtech@UMBC companies generate nearly $200M in sales.
bwtech@UMBC Management Team
Ellen Hemmerly
Executive Director
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Ellen is executive director of the UMBC Research Park Corporation (RPC) and special assistant to the vice president of Institutional Advancement. As executive director of the RPC, Ellen is responsible for managing the development of the 500,000-square-foot bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park which houses 50 companies and includes an incubator, accelerator and research park. Most of the companies are actively collaborating with faculty and students at UMBC. Ellen is a founder of ACTiVATE®, a technology commercialization program for female entrepreneurs and is past president of the Association for University Research Parks (AURP). She also sits on the board of the Greater Baltimore Tech Council and the advisory committees of the Baltimore County Loan Fund, the New Markets Growth Fund and the Greater Baltimore Committee's Bioscience Steering Committee. Ellen is also a member of Leadership Maryland, a thriving network of informed, engaged leaders who are helping shape the future of Maryland. In 2006, she was voted one of 50 Influential Marylanders by the Daily Record and in 2007 was named Catonsville's Business Person of the Year.
Prior to joining UMBC, Ellen was vice president of the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), serving as the senior lender and director of the Enterprise Development Fund. While at BDC, she successfully started a business incubator, and marketed the city of Baltimore to high technology businesses. Before joining BDC, Ellen was an associate with K.S. Sweet Associates, a real estate advisory and development firm, and TDH, a venture capital firm. After graduating from Cornell University's Johnson School of Management with a Master of Business Administration, Ellen spent six years as a banker with Mellon Bank (formerly Girard Bank). Ellen earned a Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) in Mathematics from Moravian College.
Walter Schulz, Jr.
Director of Facilities and Leasing
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Walt, director, is responsible for managing the Incubator and Accelerator complex and leasing available space at bwtech@UMBC. He is the initial point of contact for incubator and emerging technology companies interested in joining the Incubator and Accelerator Program and/or those interested in initiating potential collaboration opportunities with the university faculty and staff. He, along with the director of Entreprenuerial Services, organizes business reviews of all companies entering the Incubator Program by the center's Business Advisory Board.
Prior to joining UMBC, Walt served 25 years with the Maryland State Police Department in positions including regional commander of the Drug and Criminal Investigation Bureaus and supervisor of White Collar Criminal Investigations within the Office of the Attorney General. He also served on federal, state and local Task Force Advisory Boards responsible for drug enforcement and drug prevention initiatives. During his career, Walt was recognized by the Maryland State Police Department, federal and local agencies and the community for outstanding service.
Walt has his Real Estate License. He earned a Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) from the University of Baltimore and is certified as a Real Estate Property Administrator by the Building Owners Management Institute (BOMI).
David J. Fink, Ph.D.
Director of Entrepreneurial Services
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David's career in biotechnology and biomedical product development spans over 30 years as a researcher, research manager, consultant, entrepreneur and officer of several start-up biotech companies. David was trained in chemical engineering at the Universities of Cincinnati and Michigan and was a post-doctoral fellow in biochemistry at Purdue University. He then joined Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio where he conducted and managed research on more than 100 projects over a 12-year period.
In 1986 he founded his own biomedical consulting business, Bio-Integration Inc., which was active until 1997. In 1988 he founded and served as president of CollaTek, Inc., in collaboration with Gattefossé SA of Lyon , France , to develop and commercialize technology licensed from Battelle for manufacturing collagen-based medical implants. David became the second employee of Osiris Therapeutics at the time it was founded in 1993. Osiris is a Baltimore tissue regeneration company with a platform technology based on adult stem cells. In 1997 David became vice president for International Technology Development and was responsible for planning and coordination of all international programs and collaborations conducted by Osiris, including a major corporate partnership with Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland. Fink joined Chondros Inc., a start-up cell therapy company in Baltimore, as its first employee in 2001, and continued as its President and COO until November 2003. He is currently Vice President for R&D of Cell Targeting, LLC, a cell therapy start-up in Cleveland, Ohio.
As bwtech's Director of Entrepreneurial Services, David advises early-stage incubator companies and is program manager for UMBC's ACTiVATE® program and is Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. He has authored 40 scientific papers and book chapters, and he has been awarded 22 US patents.
Alex Euler
Associate Director, Business Development
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Alex is the Associate Director of Business Development at bwtech@UMBC where he is responsible for developing strategic relationships with bwtech's stakeholders, delivering business and capital access services to entrepreneurs and recruiting high potential early-stage technology and bioscience companies for bwtech@UMBC's incubator programs. He also supports marketing and leasing efforts at the Research Park. Prior to joining bwtech, Alex was the communications manager for the largest bioscience support organization in Maryland, MdBio, where he successfully led several programs designed to assist the state's 300+ emerging bioscience companies. Prior to MdBio, Alex directed sales and marketing efforts for several “start-up” technology companies. He also has investment experience, having recently worked as an associate for an early-stage technology venture capital fund. Alex is a graduate of UMBC.
Alagra D. Weaver
Business Manager
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Alagra is primarily responsible for all of the general accounting functions related to the management of bwtech@UMBC, a commercial real estate complex which includes eight buildings and several state of the art conference rooms.
Prior to joining UMBC, Alagra was the Assistant Director of Finance and Budget at the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Information Technology Communications Division. She also served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Development Credit Fund, Inc. for 5 years.
Alagra earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Howard University in Washington, DC. She is also a Notary Public for the State of Maryland.
Debbie Shapiro
Marketing Manager
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Brenda Jackson
Executive Administrative Assistant
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Stacy M. Cotter
Administrative Assistant II
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Casina Rice
Administrative Assistant II
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