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Why PreScouter? – An Avoidable Crisis (2008)

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… Every year, governments fund academic institutions to conduct over a $100 billion in basic and applied research,

but less than 5% of that is actually commercialized.

PreScouter facilitates commercialization of technology by increasing the transparency of scientific research to match

corporate needs to inventions, researchers, and startups.

2008 - crisis in China, 300,000 infants affected by poisoning

from melamine-laced baby formula

2010 – The World Health Organization searches for simple,

inexpensive, innovative methods for rapid melamine testing,

uncovering a technology from Univ. Minnesota scientists

Enzyme kit to rapidly detect melamine brought to market

within 6 months, due to licensing collaboration between Univ.

Minnesota scientists and BIOO Scientific Corp (http://www.bti.umn.edu/gateway/melamine.html)


PreScouter’s Vision

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Perspectful:

Providing technology

solutions for rural

Indian education

NF Midwest:

Developing a consortium of

neurofibromatosis

researchers globally –

accelerating the pace of

research


175,000MS, PhD students

in US universities

Academia

PreScouter Bridges the Gap Between Academia and Industry

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Talented scientists meet real world problems

100,000+Companies looking for

talent and technology

Industry

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PreScouter Bridges the Gap Between Academia and Industry

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The PreScouter Global Scholars Program selects top global academics in science and engineering

(in addition to finance and marketing) to work directly with innovation leaders at corporations

▪ Gain insights into scientific

trends

▪ Outside-the-box thinking

▪ Exposure to potential

partners

▪ Identify future talent

▪ Provide objective and expert

insight to solve industrial

problems

▪ Collaborate and interact

with scholars around the

world

▪ Growing in the USA

(Harvard, JHU, CMU)

▪ Expanding globally (UK,

Japan)

▪ Direct access to companies

▪ Experience working with industry

▪ Strong qualifications for the

future

▪ Project Management Institute

(PMI.org) (CAPM Certification)

▪ Build personal brand

▪ Emerging Leaders Program

For Academics For Industry

The PreScouter Network

Reference: http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/educationfortechcareers/tp/HighestCerts.htm

http://www.pmi.org/

http://www.pmi.org/CareerDevelopment/Pages/AboutCredentialsCAPM.aspx

http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/educationfortechcareers/tp/HighestCerts.htm

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The PreScouter Global Scholars Network

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PreScouter Scholars are a network of 2000+ scientists and advanced academics around the world,

matched up with industry clients seeking technical insights and innovation


Scholar Impact on Client Challenges

Find interesting problems

We connect you with

corporate researchers

working on relevant

technical problems

Connect Academia to

Industry

Get experience presenting

your ideas to top companies

across the globe. Network

and build your resume.

Identify Potential Solutions

Guided by Project Architects,

use your expertise to identify

possible solutions to clients’

innovation challenges

Case Study: Identifying a Commercial Partner

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● Client: Multi-billion dollar steel and aluminum manufacturer

faced a market challenge demanding lighter, stiffer wheels

for light vehicles

● Need: Client was interested in lightweight composites for

use in wheel applications

The Interdisciplinary PreScouter Scholar Team:

Material Science Chemical Engineering Material Science Chemical Engineering

30Companies identified

6Researchers

identified

8Patents

identified

Client Connects with Key

Technology Providers

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Benefits of Being a PreScouter Scholar

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Work with Industrial Technology Clients: Network internationally with fellow scientists and colleagues

Develop Industry-Relevant Skills: Hands-on experiential learning, build your resume, great interview prep

Work Flexibly And Remotely: Concurrently with your full-time academic research

Globally Inclusive: Scholars may participate from anywhere in the world (as long as you’re authorized to work with a US-based

company)

Gain Project Management Experience: (PreScouter offers PMI membership/CAPM certifications)

Earn Extra $$: (~$50-75 per inquiry) (F1/J1 Students may also qualify to receive compensation via OPT/CPT programs)

Fuel your Career: PreScouter is a growing company with many internal job opportunities for Emerging Leaders


Scholar Alumni Snapshot

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“The best part about working with PreScouter is the chance to learn what is being

developed around my area of research in a more broad scope than my personal

research project generally allows. I also enjoy being able to use the knowledge I've

been learning throughout my graduate studies to help potentially transform a early-

stage technology to a marketable product.”

PhD in Materials Science & Engineering

from Northwestern University

Dr. Gareth H.

Now working at:

Previous

Affiliation:

“My career goals […] are to enter industry in a research position at a medium to large

sized company, ideally moving up to head a number of different research groups

producing useful products for industry or market.”

“My research involves solid oxide electrochemical cells for both electricity and fuel

production, the factors controlling their performance, including temperature and

pressure, and mechanisms that cause degradation over long term usage.”

Why PreScouter?

Career Goals:

Research Interests:


Team delivers report on findings

and top recommendations

The PreScouter Process

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PreScouter believes that human intelligence is the link between a problem and its solution

Many companies are potentially one technology away from a breakthrough innovation

PreScouter Scholar Team performs research to

hypothesize potential solutions

(Managed by PS Project Architect)

Client and PreScouter

develop Statement of Work

(SoW)


How Does the Research Support Service (RSS) Run?

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▪ Project Architect (PreScouter)

▪ Scholar Team Leader

▪ 3-5 PreScouter Scholars

Clients subscribe to the RSS service

from 3 months to 1 years

▪ Touch point meetings with the client every 2 weeks

▪ Client meetings run 60 minutes

▪ Every Scholar:

▪ Completes a short training course

▪ Has the opportunity to join the EL Program

▪ Scholars will spend about 5 hours per

inquiry/ two weeks

▪

Team


For Technology Scouting – Technology Readiness Level

2019

20212033

Mid Term

Near Term

Mid Term

Long Term

Time to

Commercialization

Project Goal

Solutions of Interest

Investment to Launch

0-2 Years 3 -5 Years 5+ Years

Identify solutions to an existing challenge

Identify solutions or potential disrupters on the horizon

Identify targets for long term planning and/or development

May include companies, patents, potential consultants or products

May include companies, patents, prototypes or late stage research

May include early research and academic contacts for networking

Low, finding ready-to-go solutions

Moderate, some investment or partnership may be necessary to bring to commercialization

High, higher investment or more extensive partnership may be necessary

Product development,

launch and operations

Technology development

and demonstration

Basic research

and feasibility

TRL 7–9 TRL 4–6 TRL 1–3

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Roles & Responsibilities

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PreScouter Scholar

Scholar Development

▪ Training & Mentoring

▪ Scholar Project Milestones and

Rewards

▪ Letters of Recommendation and

Referrals for future careers

▪ Professional conduct with clients and

Project Architect

▪ Hone your skills with each new project

Project Development

▪ Client Acquisition and SoW

development for project

▪ Scholar Team selection

▪ Apply to projects for which you have time

to commit

▪ Learn from project challenges with

support from your Project Architect

Project Execution

▪ Client and Scholar Team

management,

▪ Setting Project Milestones

▪ Research and Solution Hypothesis

▪ Personal Time Management

▪ Improve & grow with every new project!

Report Creation

▪ Client Feedback and Team

Management

▪ Formatting, Scheduling,

▪ Analysis of best solutions and

recommendations


Emerging Leaders Program

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Benefits

At PreScouter, we understand and appreciate that our Scholars are the foundation of the

organization. Hence, PreScouter established a network for highly performing scholars – the Emerging

Leaders Program.

The goal of the Emerging Leaders Program is to give recognition to top-performing Scholars and

also to enable them to excel even further by unlocking new opportunities within PreScouter.

Increase Reach and Bandwidth

● Increased compensation by closer collaboration with, and mentorship from,

the Project Architects regarding tasks such as presenting to clients, entry QA

and report writing

● Training opportunities for becoming a Project Architect

● First priority when projects are being staffed

● Opportunities for long-term engagements with industrial clients of interest

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Daniel Morales, PhD

Project Architect| Staff Scientist

Chemical Engineering

Patricia Rubert-Nason, PhD

Project Manager | Outreach

Chemical Engineering

Kyle Gracey


Environmental Engineering

From PreScouter Scholar to Project Manager

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Sofiane Boukhalfa, PhD


Material Sciences

Charlie Wright, PhD


BioPhysical Sciences

João Guerreiro, PhD


BioEngineering Systems

Marija Jovic, PhD


Organometallic Chemistry

Paula Hock, PhD


Physical Chemistry


PreScouter Clients

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PreScouter has worked with

400+ clients,including members of the

Fortune 500 and many other

progressive innovators

Thanks for listening!

Scholar Website: www.prescouter.org

Client/Company: www.prescouter.com

Questions?

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