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About Us
Ellen Hemmerly
Executive Director
410-455-8400 voice
410-455-8750 fax
hemmerly@umbc.edu
Ms. Hemmerly is Executive Director and President of the UMBC Research Park Corporation and Special Assistant to the Vice President for Institutional Advancement at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). She is responsible for overseeing a 515,000 SF high technology research and technology park (bwtech@UMBC) which includes three incubators, an accelerator and research park, and two technology commercialization programs (ACTiVATE and Innovate). bwtech@UMBC currently houses 75 companies (including 15 cybersecurity, 25 life science and 10 clean energy companies) and holds equity positions in 25 tenant companies. bwtech@UMBC companies have access to faculty research collaborations, student workers, specialized technology training programs, and a full range of business services including access to experienced entrepreneurs and funding. ACTiVATE and Innovate facilitate tech transfer for universities and federal labs and provide entrepreneurial opportunities for women (ACTiVATE) and post docs (Innovate).
Ms. Hemmerly sits on the boards of the New Markets Venture Fund, Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce (Vice President and Chair, Economic Development), Maryland Business Incubator Association, Research Parks Maryland, the Greater Baltimore Technology Council (term expired 2011) and is a member of Baltimore Angels. Ms. Hemmerly is Past President of AURP, the Association of University Research Parks, and is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Maryland. In 2007, she was elected by The Daily Record as one of the Fifty Most Influential Marylanders and as Business Person of the Year by the Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce. In the same year, UMBC Research Park Corporation was selected as a Heavy Hitter in Real Estate by the Baltimore Business Journal. In 2009, Ms. Hemmerly was selected as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women by The Daily Record and received one of SmartCEO’s Brava! Women Business Achievement Awards.
Prior to joining UMBC, Ms. Hemmerly was a Vice President at the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) serving as its Senior Lender and Director of the Enterprise Development Fund, the City’s venture capital fund. While at BDC, Ms. Hemmerly successfully started up the city’s first business incubator and spent two years as a business development officer marketing Baltimore to high technology businesses. Prior to joining BDC, Ms. Hemmerly was an Associate with K.S. Sweet Associates, a real estate advisory and development firm, and TDH, a venture capital firm. In addition, after graduating from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management with an M.B.A., Ms. Hemmerly spent six years as a banker with Mellon Bank (formerly Girard Bank). Ms. Hemmerly has a B.S. (magna cum laude) in Mathematics from Moravian College.
H. Victor Hess
Venable Entrepreneur in Residence
301-922-8608
vic@development-resources.net
Vic Hess' career has spanned a very wide range of successful achievements. He has served in senior positions in all of executive management, marketing, sales, business development, and technical disciplines. These roles have been implemented in a variety of business entities, all the way from the launch and growth of a number of entrepreneurial startups to the creation, development, and direction of the executive team in several midsize and Fortune 1000 companies.
Mr. Hess has consulted for major technology companies such as Intel, Fujitsu America , Cadence Design systems, COMDISCO and numerous small companies both on technology development and strategic market positioning.
Vic is the designer and developer of “Systematic Entrepreneurship” a nationally award winning program that is based upon the premise that businesses can be guided through a structured process toward a more successful, sustainable and profitable growth .
Mr. Hess is a Principal in the strategic management consulting firm Development Resources, LLC and a partner at Genna Associates, LLC strategic management consultants. Additionally he is Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the Cyber Incubator a Cyber Security focused Incubator where his primary responsibilities are to help nurture and develop entrepreneurial technology companies.
Mr. Hess is the author of numerous papers on high technology sales, marketing, business development and corporate management. He was educated in physics at Frostburg State and studied engineering and computer sciences at George Washington University . He also attended the Drucker Graduate School of Management.
Mr. Hess is a member of the American Management Association, The American Marketing Association, and board member of the Howard Community College Technology Advisory Board. He was the founding Chairman of the Howard Tech Council. He also serves as a trustee for TechGrowth, Inc. a not for profit organization focused on entrepreneurial technology development.
Walter Schulz, Jr.
Director of Facilities and Leasing
410-455-5798 voice
410-455-5901 fax
schulz@umbc.edu
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).
Alexandra Gold
Administrative Coordinator
443-543-5047 voice
443-543-5671 fax
alexandragold@umbc.edu
Advisory Board
Vic Hess
Development Resources, LLC
Tom Jarboe
COO
Technology Security Associates Inc
Fran Landolf
Core Consulting LLC
Jeff Leco
Vice-President / CTO
Summit Solutions, Inc
Chris Mills
President
CyberCore Technologies
Keith Moulsdale
Partner
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
Martin O'Neill
Corsum
Tom Peltier
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Christopher Valentino
Director, Cyber
Northrop Grumman Information Systems
Rick Geritz
CEO
CyberHive LLC