Richard BENDIS President and Chief Executive Officer, Innovation America; Member, USIP - White House U.S. Innovation Partnership, Philadelphia
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| 1967-1972 | Account Manager, Quaker Oats Company, Indianapolis, In |
| 1972-1973 | District Representative, Polaroid Corporation, Overland Park, Ks |
| 1973-1975 | District Manager, Texas Instruments, Inc., Overland Park, Ks |
| 1976-1980 | Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Marion Laboratories, Inc., Kansas City, Mo |
| 1981-1983 | President and Executive Committee Chairman, Kimberly Services, Inc., Overland Park, Ks |
| 1983-1986 | Chairman, President, and CEO, Continental Health Care Systems, Inc., Overland Park, Ks |
| 1986-1992 | Founder and President, R.A.B. Ventures, Inc., Overland Park, Ks |
| 1986-2001 | Founder, First President, and Board Director, SPTA - Silicon Prairie Technology Association, Kansas City, Mo |
| since 1993 | Founder and Chairman, President & CEO, GTEC - Global Technology Enterprise Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa |
| 1993-2001 | President & CEO, KTEC - Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, Topeka, Ks |
| 2001-2006 | Founder, President, CEO, and current Chairman of the Board, IP - INNOVATION PHILADELPHIA CORPORATION, Philadelphia, Pa |
| 2006-2007 | Former Chairman, President, and CEO, TPID - TRUE PRODUCT ID, Philadelphia, Pa |
| since 2006 | Founder, President and CEO, BIG - BENDIS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, Philadelphia, Pa |
| since 2008 | Founder, President and CEO, IA - INNOVATION AMERICA, Philadelphia, Pa |
Mitgliedschaften
| Member, Founding Board Member, State Science and Technology Institute | |
| Member, Founding Board Member and Vice Chairman of the Board, The National Association of Seed and Venture Funds | |
| Member, Drexel University Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology Advisory Board | |
| Member, Chairman Strategic Advisory Board, Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center |
Publikationen
| Intentional Entrepreneur: Bringing Technology and Engineering to the Real New Economy, 2004 | |
| Applied Reseach in Economic Development A New Direction for Technology-Based Economic Development: The Role of Innovation Intermediaries , 2007 | |
| Industry & Higher Education -A new direction for economic development: the role of innovation intermediaries, 2008 | |
| Science Progress- Creating a National Innovation Framework, 2009 |
Auszeichnungen
| KTEC s Tibbetts SBIR Award from the Small Business Administration | |
| Ernst &Young Entrepreneur Supporter of the Year, Kansas City Region and National EOY Judge | |
| Kansas City Small Business Monthly s Recipient of the Small Business and Entrepreneurial Legacy Award | |
| SBA Region III 2003 Research Advocate of the Year Award |
