Sul K. Kassicieh

Mr. Kassicieh is Associate Dean for Research and Economic Development, Regents' Professor of Management of Technology and Black Trust Professor of Economic Development.
He served as the Chairman of the Department of Finance, International and Technology Management at the Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico from 1994 to 2002.
He has consulted with a number of national and international organizations such as Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories in a number of areas such as strategic planning, systems for technology transfer mechanisms, environmental information systems, computer security and decision analysis.
He worked as a consultant to Ardesta, a VC firm specializing in Microsystems and served on the Board of Mesosystems, a NM firm funded by Ardesta.
He also serves on the board of Advisors of Verge, a New Mexico early seed fund and on the board of directors of New Mexico Private Investors, a New Mexico angel group.
Mr. Kassicieh is the co-founder and director of the Management Of Technology program at the Anderson School of Management.
He has been involved in technology commercialization activities in many capacities.
He worked over the last 10 years with around 100 technology start-ups.
He continues to work on business development, market analysis and financial issues with a large number of high-tech startups.
He has been the leader for economic development activities related to technology-based entrepreneurship and is currently writing a book on the topic.