Bob Reader

Flint Harvest Founder and President

2010s - Venture Management and Capital

2000s - Patents and Startups

PATENTS
Spent 10 Years with NISTAC at K-State

Generated $10MM in IP transaction revenue

Led negotiations on—50 IP transactions
Many of the licenses are still generating income

Led nation's top patent donation program

Acquired—1100 foreign and domestic patents from 16 F1000 companies
Monetized—50% of donated patents via sale or license

Certified Licensing Professional, Licensing Executives Society

Franklin Pierce Law Center, Advanced Licensing Institute

Kansas Bar Assoc, IP Section officer, multiple IP presentations

Patent Law, Adjunct Professor, Washburn Law School

STARTUPS
Served as Board member, Officer and/or Member for several tech-based startups

Structured startups and recruited Board members and officers
Managed staffing and compensation
Secured seed capital and closely managed cash flow
Negotiated strategic partnerships for market penetration

Strategic planning in last two years with NISTAC at K-State on new philosophy for pursuing K-State and other startups -- One outcome: creation of Flint Harvest LLC

Business Strategy, Adjunct Professor, Kansas State University

1990s Education and Environmental Compliance

EDUCATION

JD/MBA from University of Illinois at Urbana
Emphasis: IP and Technology Commercialization
BS Chemistry/Business, Wichita State University

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

Edited manuals and Audited AF bases in England for US DoD
Environmental specialist for $1B rev compressed gas co in Chicago
Tech Svcs and Sr Lab Tech for Hazardous Waste TSD Facility, 5 years
Master Level, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager
Continuing education classes at MIT and IIT

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2012 Candidate for Kansas Senate, 22nd District

Board of Advisors, US CRDF, affiliated with US State Dept

Promote scientific collaboration with the Former Soviet Union
Presented IP Commercialization in Kazakhstan
Judge business plan competitions for top FSU R&D organizations

Board of Advisors, International Institute for Christian Studies

Provide Christian faculty for key universities around the world
Visited Ministry of Education in Sudan with IICS leadership team

State of Kansas Youth Peace Ambassador to the USSR (1986), "Mission Accomplished"