| Education | M.B.A., California State University, Long Beach | B.S., San Diego State University |
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|  | Lynn E. Foster Jr.* | Download vCard | Emerging Technologies Director | | fosterl@gtlaw.com
Direct: 310.586.6505
Direct Fax: 310.586.0505 | Los Angeles
2450 Colorado Avenue
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Lynn Foster provides consulting services to clients on Technology Transfer, Patent Licensing and raising capital from Federal Research Grants, Venture Capital, and Strategic Investors.
Lynn has the unique background of more than 15 years of experience with Technology Transfer and the federal grant process as a government manager at both the Federal and State and as an entrepreneur. Lynn previously managed the State of California CalTIP seed grant program that matched federal research and development grants with commercialization funding. He also has 21 years of active and reserve service with the US Army including service in the first Gulf War and Bosnia.
Lynn's primary technical focus is Nanotechnology. He is the Editor and Co-Author of the best selling textbook, "Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation & Opportunity" (Prentice Hall, 2005). He wrote the first Trade Study on Nanotechnology in 2000 and organized many of the early knowledge conferences and Trade Missions in the field. He has been quoted on technology and finance topics in numerous national and industry publications including The New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes and National Public Radio. |
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| Areas of Concentration | - Nanotechnology
- Federal R & D Funding
- Venture Capital
- Technology, Media, and Telecommunications
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| Professional & Community Involvement | - Executive Committee of the Caltech Enterprise Forum
- Advisory Board of Finaventures, a Venture Capital fund focused on early and mid-stage technology ventures
- Advisory Board of the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization
- Nanotechnology and Emerging Technologies Committees of the US Chamber of Commerce
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| Articles, Publications, & Lectures | Books
- Editor and Co-author, "Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation & Opportunity," Prentice Hall, 2005
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