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Sr. Director of Business Development, Business Innovation Group (BIG), Canon U.S.A. Inc.

Ronald C. Kurz is the Senior Director / GM at Canon Virginia, Inc. (CVI), the Canon manufacturing, engineering, recycling and technical support center for the Americas located in Newport News, Virginia.  Serving in a dual role, Ron is responsible for CVI’s Medical business including Sales, P&L, and Strategy. In addition, Ron is also responsible for the Business Development Division, including the development of strategic partnerships that leverage Canon Technology and Manufacturing Know-how. Prior to this position, he led the R&D division in the design and development of medical products for Canon BioMedical, Inc., which was a newly created Canon company.  Ron has worked for Canon Virginia for more than 23 years.

Prior to joining Canon, Ron served as a Mechanical Design Engineer for nVIEW Corp, responsible for video projector design and as a Product Design Engineer for GE Aircraft controls, responsible for mechanical design and thermal / vibration analysis of Flight and Engine controls.

Ron holds multiple patents and has previously served on the Old Dominion University’s College of Engineering and Technology Advisory Board. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Binghamton University.

BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI), is a Montgomery County innovation intermediary that translates market-relevant research into commercial success by bringing together management, funding, and markets. BHI is seeking two experienced life science professionals with product development and investment experience to join the BHI team to serve as a part-time Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

These positions will report to and work closely with our lead at the NIH Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Office to support academic and small business innovators in their efforts to validate the potential health impacts of promising scientific discoveries and advance them into healthcare products that improve patient care and enhance health.

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MARCH 17

8:45 a.m. – Networking via Zoom Chat

9:00 a.m. – Welcome/Logistics—Judy Costello, Managing Director, BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI)

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – 1:1 Meetings with Program Officers*

9:05 a.m. – Overview:  SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunities at the NIH – Stephanie Fertig, HHS
                    Small Business Program Lead, National Institutes of Health (NIH)     (SLIDES) (VIDEO)

     Institute Insights re SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunities  

       9:20 a.m. – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – Stephanie Davis, PhD – Small Business Program
                          Coordinator, NHLBI (SLIDES)

       9:35 a.m. – National Institute on Aging – Saroj Regmi, PhD – Health Science Administrator Office of Small
                          Business Research, NIA  (SLIDES)

      9:50 a.m. – National Institute on Drug Abuse – Elena Koustova, PhD, MBA—Director, Office of Translational
                         Initiatives and Program Innovations (OTIPI), NIDA, SBIR/STTR Coordinator, NIDA Office of Director

     10:05 a.m. – National Cancer Institute – Reema Railkar, PhD – Program Manager, NIH National Cancer –  (SLIDES)

                         Institute SBIR Development Center
     10:20 a.m. – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Natalia Kruchinin, PhD – SBIR/STTR
                          Program Coordinator, RTSP, DEA

10:35 a.m. – Q&A with all NIH speaker

10:50 a.m. – Networking via Zoom Chat
11:00 a.m. – SBIR Funding Opportunities at the National Science Foundation –Ben Schrag – Program Director, NSF  (SLIDES) (VIDEO)

11:30 am. – Military Medical SBIR/STTR Contract Opportunities – JR Myers, SBIR Project Manager, USAMRDC – (SLIDES) (VIDEO)

12:00 p.m. – Writing Your Specific Aims Page – Deepa Narayanan – Program Director and Team Lead, NIH National
                     Cancer Institute SBIR Development Center – (SLIDES) (VIDEO)

12:30 p.m. – Writing Your Phase II Commercialization Plan – Todd Haim, PhD – Chief, Office of Small Business
                     Research, NIA – (SLIDES) (VIDEO)

1:00 p.m. – Networking via Zoom Chat

1:30 p.m. – Funding Projects thru MIPS at the University of Maryland – Onur Unal, Manager, Life Sciences Projects,
                   Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS), Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTech) – (SLIDES) (VIDEO)

2:00 p.m. – Tips for a Winning Application – Rini Pek, Senior Analyst, BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI) and Ashwin
                   Kulkarni, COO, miRecule –  (SLIDES) (VIDEO)

Until 4:00 p.m. – 1:1 Meetings with Program Officers Continue*

MARCH 18

1:1 Partnering Meetings with Program Officers Continue 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.*

9:30 a.m. – Networking via Zoom Chat

10:00 a.m. – Local Government Resources to Support Innovation—Resources to help you find space, build out yourfirst lab, incentivize potential angel investors, support your R&D and job growth, and MORE!  Lynne Stein Benzion, Director, Economic Development, Montgomery County Economic Dev. Corp.Sharon Disque, Economic Development Manager, City of Gaithersburg, MDCarla Merritt, Senior Business Development Representative, Maryland Department of CommerceModerator: Judy Costello, Managing Director, BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI) (VIDEO)

11:00 a.m. – You Are Working on Non-Dilutive Funding, What’s Next? —Next steps and additional resources togrow your company—informative conversation with Q&A. Ethel Rubin and John Sullivan,Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, BioHealth Innovation, Inc. and Anthony Saleh, CEO, miRecule – (SLIDES)

12:00 p.m. 1:1 Partnering Meetings with Program Officers Continue until 4:00 p.m.*

MARCH 19

9:00 a.m. – 4 p.m. – 1:1 Partnering Meetings with Program Officers Continue