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Jeff Milanette has over 20 years of business and business incubation experience in management, and consulting including several technology business startups.
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Annex 4
ICT Incubator Team Biographies
Sustainable and Replicable ICT Incubator Model for Sub-Saharan Africa: Team Biographies
Biographies of the Consultant Team
Below are the biographies of the members of the consulting team engaged in this project:
Jeffrey C. Milanette, Team Leader
Jeff Milanette has over 20 years of business and business incubation experience in management,
and consulting including several technology business startups, a turnaround, and successful
commercialization of software technology through a university spin-off. For several years, Jeff
trained Russian technology entrepreneurs in preparation for participating in the Russian Venture
Fair and Forum, a skill he developed as President of the New Jersey Entrepreneurs Forum.
Founder and first manager of the Rutgers Business Innovation Center, Jeff has also been the lead
or support consultant on more than 35 business incubation projects. In 2006-2007, Jeff served
on a consulting team engaged by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
evaluating potential ICT incubators to be established in several countries in the Former Soviet
Union, and has provided consulting services to technology entrepreneurs on behalf of the US
Civilian Research and Development Foundation. Since 2005, Jeff has served on the US-Russia
Innovation Council on High Technology, a bilateral organization fostering the development of
innovative activities between the two countries. Jeff has an MBA in finance from George
Washington University, and a BS from the US Naval Academy.
Ingrid Rosten, Senior Consultant
Ingrid Rosten is Executive Director of CleanStart (clean energy technology) and MTI
(technology) incubators in the Capital Corridor Region of California. She is Senior Consultant
to Innovative Partners, Inc. (IPI) providing Governments, Universities, private industry and non-
profit organizations feasibility studies, development, management and training developers and
staff of incubators and incubation programs. In 1995 Ms. Rosten was Co-founder and Managing
Director of the first International Business Incubator (IBI) in Silicon Valley for which she receives
global recognition. IBI helped establish 603 companies, created over 2,500 jobs and received
over 25,000 visiting delegates. Ms. Rosten provided training programs on incubation, the Vice
President and team from El Salvador. In the latter years she spent time supporting the
development of foreign government incubators/centers (10). Prior to the creation of IBI, Ms.
Rosten was a key member of the team that created international business and engineering
exchange programs for Hewlett Packard. As a member of the National Business Incubation
Association (NBIA) and Science Parks Innovation Center Experts Group (SPICE), Ms. Rosten
continues to expand her connections and knowledge.
Dr. Paul Ross, Senior Consultant
Paul Ross is an accomplished inventor, manager, and entrepreneur. He holds five patents and
was Principal Founder and Director of several technology companies while serving as a general
manager of an authentication system business for Lucent Technologies. A research psychologist
by training, Dr. Ross is the inventor of several security-related systems and wireless telephony
devices including a unique finger-imaging sensor chip using capacitance. He has extensive
experience in organizational psychology and consulting with early stage companies, and has led
systems engineering teams on major development projects for the DOD and for and
commercial computer and communications systems. He serves as a member of the Board of
Directors and as Chief Technology Officer to AuthX, Inc. A member of the Venture
Sustainable and Replicable ICT Incubator Model for Sub-Saharan Africa: Team Biographies
Association of New Jersey, Dr. Ross holds BA and MS degrees from City College of New York
and earned his Ph.D. at Fordham University.
Evan Jones, Senior Consultant
Originally an independent sector Television Producer, Evan Jones launched a multimedia
company in the early 90?s and his first web company in 1996. Following a spell with a
Canadian telecommunications company developing new Internet products, he was part
of the management buyout team that successfully spun the division out into a significant
new company operating in the Internet & mobile telecommunication fields. Originally a
for-profit incubator Manager Evan now runs two incubators in South Wales and
mentors a number of others. Passionate about early-stage companies and a regular
international speaker on entrepreneurship and business incubation Evan is a Board
member of the American National Business Incubation Association.
Karla S. Milanette, Chief Financial Officer
Karla has more than 20 years of financial management, consulting and supervisory experience.
From employment and training program design to incubator market research, she has provided
planning expertise to public and private organizations. Her background in finance is well-
founded, closing major deals in commercial and residential real estate, and authoring business
plans and marketing strategies. For the past 15 years, she has provided operational and financial
management as business administrator for a large K-12 school district in New Jersey,
responsible for a $110 million operating budget, maintenance of more than a million sq. ft. of
real property, a multi-million dollar investment portfolio, and payroll for 800 faculty and staff.
Karla earned an MBA in finance from Rutgers University, and undergraduate degree in education
from the University of Nebraska.
doc_516604070.pdf
Jeff Milanette has over 20 years of business and business incubation experience in management, and consulting including several technology business startups.
Sustainable and Replicable ICT Incubator Model for Sub-Saharan Africa: Team Biographies
105
Annex 4
ICT Incubator Team Biographies
Sustainable and Replicable ICT Incubator Model for Sub-Saharan Africa: Team Biographies
Biographies of the Consultant Team
Below are the biographies of the members of the consulting team engaged in this project:
Jeffrey C. Milanette, Team Leader
Jeff Milanette has over 20 years of business and business incubation experience in management,
and consulting including several technology business startups, a turnaround, and successful
commercialization of software technology through a university spin-off. For several years, Jeff
trained Russian technology entrepreneurs in preparation for participating in the Russian Venture
Fair and Forum, a skill he developed as President of the New Jersey Entrepreneurs Forum.
Founder and first manager of the Rutgers Business Innovation Center, Jeff has also been the lead
or support consultant on more than 35 business incubation projects. In 2006-2007, Jeff served
on a consulting team engaged by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
evaluating potential ICT incubators to be established in several countries in the Former Soviet
Union, and has provided consulting services to technology entrepreneurs on behalf of the US
Civilian Research and Development Foundation. Since 2005, Jeff has served on the US-Russia
Innovation Council on High Technology, a bilateral organization fostering the development of
innovative activities between the two countries. Jeff has an MBA in finance from George
Washington University, and a BS from the US Naval Academy.
Ingrid Rosten, Senior Consultant
Ingrid Rosten is Executive Director of CleanStart (clean energy technology) and MTI
(technology) incubators in the Capital Corridor Region of California. She is Senior Consultant
to Innovative Partners, Inc. (IPI) providing Governments, Universities, private industry and non-
profit organizations feasibility studies, development, management and training developers and
staff of incubators and incubation programs. In 1995 Ms. Rosten was Co-founder and Managing
Director of the first International Business Incubator (IBI) in Silicon Valley for which she receives
global recognition. IBI helped establish 603 companies, created over 2,500 jobs and received
over 25,000 visiting delegates. Ms. Rosten provided training programs on incubation, the Vice
President and team from El Salvador. In the latter years she spent time supporting the
development of foreign government incubators/centers (10). Prior to the creation of IBI, Ms.
Rosten was a key member of the team that created international business and engineering
exchange programs for Hewlett Packard. As a member of the National Business Incubation
Association (NBIA) and Science Parks Innovation Center Experts Group (SPICE), Ms. Rosten
continues to expand her connections and knowledge.
Dr. Paul Ross, Senior Consultant
Paul Ross is an accomplished inventor, manager, and entrepreneur. He holds five patents and
was Principal Founder and Director of several technology companies while serving as a general
manager of an authentication system business for Lucent Technologies. A research psychologist
by training, Dr. Ross is the inventor of several security-related systems and wireless telephony
devices including a unique finger-imaging sensor chip using capacitance. He has extensive
experience in organizational psychology and consulting with early stage companies, and has led
systems engineering teams on major development projects for the DOD and for and
commercial computer and communications systems. He serves as a member of the Board of
Directors and as Chief Technology Officer to AuthX, Inc. A member of the Venture
Sustainable and Replicable ICT Incubator Model for Sub-Saharan Africa: Team Biographies
Association of New Jersey, Dr. Ross holds BA and MS degrees from City College of New York
and earned his Ph.D. at Fordham University.
Evan Jones, Senior Consultant
Originally an independent sector Television Producer, Evan Jones launched a multimedia
company in the early 90?s and his first web company in 1996. Following a spell with a
Canadian telecommunications company developing new Internet products, he was part
of the management buyout team that successfully spun the division out into a significant
new company operating in the Internet & mobile telecommunication fields. Originally a
for-profit incubator Manager Evan now runs two incubators in South Wales and
mentors a number of others. Passionate about early-stage companies and a regular
international speaker on entrepreneurship and business incubation Evan is a Board
member of the American National Business Incubation Association.
Karla S. Milanette, Chief Financial Officer
Karla has more than 20 years of financial management, consulting and supervisory experience.
From employment and training program design to incubator market research, she has provided
planning expertise to public and private organizations. Her background in finance is well-
founded, closing major deals in commercial and residential real estate, and authoring business
plans and marketing strategies. For the past 15 years, she has provided operational and financial
management as business administrator for a large K-12 school district in New Jersey,
responsible for a $110 million operating budget, maintenance of more than a million sq. ft. of
real property, a multi-million dollar investment portfolio, and payroll for 800 faculty and staff.
Karla earned an MBA in finance from Rutgers University, and undergraduate degree in education
from the University of Nebraska.
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