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Oradores
Eng. Lucy A Crespo
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Puerto Rico Science Technology Research Trust
Eng. Lucy A Crespo
Eng. Lucy A Crespo
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust
Lucy Crespo is the Chief Executive Officer of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust. The Trust mission is to advance the research and innovation ecosystem in Puerto Rico. She retired as General Manager of Hewlett-Packard Puerto Rico for the Enterprise Business in 2013. Her tenure at HP lasted for 31 year, successfully working in the HP Computing and Printing and Personal Systems business units. Lucy is an executive with ample experience in the technology industry and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus and completed Executive Development education at the Kellogg’s Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. She is a member of the Alpha Pi Mu, the Industrial Engineering Honor Society. Under her leadership, HP Puerto Rico received the HP’s President Quality Award given by the HP’s CEO. Lucy has been recognized by various institutions.
Andreica Maldonado
Program Director of the Research Grants Program
Puerto Rico Science Technology Research Trust
Andreica Maldonado
Andreica Maldonado
Program Director
Research Grants Program
Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust
After living in the mainland United States for six years, Andreica Maldonado returned to her homeland to join Parallel18 as a Startup Executive. At Parallel18, Andreica managed a group of 16 startups during each cohort, meeting with them on a daily basis and executing the acceleration curriculum effectively, which includes measuring weekly growth through KPI meetings.
She also was in charge of reviewing and analyzing startup performance and developing midpoint evaluations. In addition, she connected the most prominent startups with investors, mentors, companies, and universities and ensured that the grants were disbursed and spent wisely by the entrepreneurs.
Since December 2017, she leads the Research Grants Program in which she is the spokesperson for agency programs in dealing with the scientific community, Puerto Rican government officials, and other agencies and stakeholders. Supervise the promotional efforts to disseminate information about the grants program to the public at-large. Develop requests for applications (RFAs) or Requests for Proposals (RFPs) designed to solicit specific types of grant or contract proposals from the scientific community. Implement the review process, oversee the identification and screening of reviewers, and organize peer-review groups to evaluate letters of intent and/or research proposals on the basis of their scientific merit. Under the direction of the Grants Committee, lead efforts to set yearly funding priorities, determining best practices and policies for proposal review, grants award, and grants management, and providing evaluations of the grants programs and recommendations for improvement. In addition, she is responsible for the distribution of the “Post Hurricane Maria Aid for Researchers” initiative funds, that is designed to help Puerto Rican investigators continue their projects and reestablish operations in their laboratories
Previously, she was a project manager and senior program coordinator at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey’s Center for Leadership and Management. At Rutgers, she managed the New Jersey County Welfare Agencies Leadership and Management Development Project. In that capacity, she conducted research, produced reports, and delivered presentations at each of the state’s 21 counties.
She also has experience in working with disparate community cohorts, including seniors, women, and adolescents, in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Puerto Rico.
Andreica holds a B.A. in General Social Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit and Public Management from the Rutgers University School of Social Work.
Juan E. Figueroa, PhD
Associated Researcher and Entrepreneurship Advisor
Puerto Rico Science Technology Research Trust
Juan E. Figueroa, PhD
Juan E. Figueroa, PhD
Associated Researcher and Entrepreneurship Advisor
Puerto Rico Science Technology Research Trust
Topic: SBIR/STTR Federal Grants – A digital hub of resources and funds for the development and commercialization of innovative technologies.
Dr. Juan E. Figueroa is an Entrepreneurship Advisor and Associated Researcher at the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust (Trust) and is responsible for working with researchers and innovators to transform the results of their research and ideas into product concepts with high potential for commercial success. He also works in the search for research and commercialization funds from private and government sources for the Trust community.
David L. Gulley, PhD, RTTP, CLP
Director of the Technology Transfer Office
Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust
David L. Gulley, PhD, RTTP, CLP
David L. Gulley, PhD, RTTP, CLP
Director of the Technology Transfer Office
Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust
Topic: XLerator Network XLN Programs and I-RED
Dr. Gulley is founding Director of the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) which was established in 2017 at the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust. The TTO is a regional tech transfer office serving the island’s public and private universities, which includes 13 campuses and 4 medic