Mark Henry - Manager and national consultant with SBIR firms

After working as a communications specialist for 2-1/2 years at a National Laboratory (Battelle), Mark has spent the past 20 years managing communications (technical proposals, reports, business plans, public and government relations, data management, marketing) for several high-tech firms while also consulting nationwide. During his 17-year tenure as Communications Director and Chief of Staff at Bend Research, Inc., Mark managed the production of some 350 Phase I and Phase II SBIR proposals -- about half of which were funded. This research company was one of the top ten SBIR firms in the nation throughout most of that period, and was ranked number one in its follow-on commercialization and private-sector R&D success, spinning off five manufacturing/marketing firms during that period. He also served as Director of Communications and Staff Support for two years for AndCare, Inc., in Research Triangle Park, NC, before joining PBC.

As a manager with SBIR firms and as a national consultant, Mark has been involved in the planning and preparation of some 1,100 SBIR proposals. He has also been active throughout his career in outreach, training, and advocacy for small, high-tech businesses. Mark has conducted SBIR seminars and workshops in some 25 states over the past 15 years, and federal SBIR program managers routinely ask him to provide the proposal-preparation training at the several national and regional SBIR meetings that they sponsor each year.

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