Successful Serial Entrepreneur Named Technology Commercialization Fellow at University of Marylands Business School

College Park, Md. July 25, 2005   The Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland today announced that Dan Goodman, CEO of Zernike USA, has been appointed technology commercialization fellow at the schools Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. The Dingman Center is a nationally-recognized, leading entrepreneurial center that assists students and regional entrepreneurs with expertise, resources and funding. In his new role, Goodman will work with Dingman Center scholars and local companies to commercialize technologies from within the university community. Goodman will also focus on identifying market opportunities for developing new ventures.

I am very pleased to announce Dans appointment as technology commercialization fellow, said Howard Frank, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Dans extensive technical experience will be an invaluable resource for the Dingman Center and for early stage technology companies looking for the centers assistance in refining their business models to get to market quickly.

Goodmans ties to the Smith School and the University of Maryland include previously serving as the founding entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Marylands Office of Technology Commercialization; currently acting as a scientific advisor with the New Markets Growth Fund, a $20 million venture capital fund headquartered at the Smith School; and a previous role as an advisor to the Dingman Center.

Dans experience in all aspects and phases of electronic and IT product development, and in founding and managing a diverse range of businesses has already been a great asset to Dingman Center entrepreneurs. We look forward to his further contributions and assistance, said Asher Epstein, managing director of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship.

Goodman is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in founding and running product, service and consulting businesses. Previous positions include working inside Microsoft Corp. as the director of software development of a captive contractor to Microsofts consulting business unit and a position as vice president of U.S. business development for Trykor, Inc., a technology transfer and entrepreneurship training contractor to the U.S. Department of Energy. Goodman also served as CEO and managing director of TrykorZernike, Inc., a high-technology import/export firm, as well as co-founded BrainChild Maryland, the State of Marylands public/private technology commercialization partnership focused on spinning high-technology companies out of Marylands university and federal laboratories. Goodman serves as acting chairman of the Board of Advisors of the U.S.-China Science Park and serves on the Advisory Committee of the Chesapeake Innovation Center, the nations first Homeland Security incubator, sponsored by the National Security Agency. Goodman is a member of the Greater Washington Board of Trades Technology Task Force and a member of the Board of Directors of HandsOn Toys in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Goodman holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and has studied Technology Transfer at the National Institutes of Healths Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences.

About the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research for the digital economy. The Smith School one of 13 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, PhD, and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in four continents including North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. More information about the Robert H. Smith School of Business can be found at www.rhsmith.umd.edu.

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