Organization / Position: Director of Project Development and Business Assistance at Technology Ventures Corporation
John assists technologists from New Mexico’s national laboratories, universities and federal research facilities turn their science into businesses. Prior to joining TVC, Mr. Freisinger served in many executive capacities including COO, VP of sales and marketing, VP of business development, and head of mergers and acquisitions for numerous technology startups. He has a successful track record of helping to structure companies for equity funding and acquisition. He also has experience in such diverse industries as hotel management, beverage sales, library sciences, informatics, computer-aided whole-language translation, computer systems integration, supercomputing, video and film post production, oil and gas exploration, and home automation.
He is a recognized expert in the economic development community, a popular speaker at the Center for Commercialization and Entrepreneurial Studies and the University of New Mexico. You can also read his frequent contributions in Innovation Magazine.
“Ideas are Never Enough” The world is full of brilliant people with brilliant ideas. Unfortunately the world does not value ideas, it values action. John will examine the characteristics that separate the “idea guys” from the entrepreneurs and provide strategies for making the transition into creating value in a world desperately in need of actionable ideas.
