Susan A. Stanton, PhD

Lead Facilitator - ecosVC Lens of the Market

Biography

Founder/Principal of SBCi Ltd., a company that develops commercialization strategies for entrepreneurial and established companies with science and engineering products and evaluates the commercial potential of science and engineering based organizations for investment by individuals, VCs and government agencies.  

Susan has over 30 years of experience translating research to commercial products and processes and is an angel investor, mentor and advisor to individuals and teams commercializing products based on science and engineering.

Her previous executive positions include Vice President, Market and Technology Assessment at the National Technology Transfer Center; Vice President of Technology, Nexicor, LLC.   She has also held management and technical contributor positions at ALCOA, Ashland Chemical and Bayer.   She has served on several association and foundation boards and as a judge for NASA, NCIIA, ACS, and business plan competitions.

Millersville University (BS Chemistry)
Syracuse University (MPh Organic Chemistry)
University of Rochester (PhD Organic Chemistry

Recent Patents

Patent 7,491,916
Induction coil design for portable induction heating tool and method for its use

Patent 7,399,949

Method and apparatus for attaching a membrane roof using induction heating of a susceptor 

Patent 6,875,966

Portable induction heating tool for soldering pipes