Responsibilities

• We are looking for someone who has taken a technology product to paying customers. Not business development, not proposal writing — the real thing: you helped turn engineering work into something customers bought, and you can describe how the first revenue actually happened.
• With your consent, we name you (with a short bio) on federal research proposals as our commercialization lead. When a proposal wins, the paid work starts: roughly 40 to 80 hours across a 6-to-12-month effort, pressure-testing who the buyer really is, what they would actually pay, and what has to be true for a research prototype to become a product.
• You would also review the commercialization section of proposals before they go out.

Requirements

• You have personally helped take a product from development to paying customers — as a founder, a product leader, a general manager, or a commercialization lead
• Revenue came from customers buying a product, license, or subscription, rather than from consulting or services engagements
• You can explain a real go-to-market: who the first buyer was, why they bought, and what the pricing was
• U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
• Willingness to be named on federal proposals

Preferred

• A plus: dual-use or government-adjacent markets, a startup that reached first revenue, licensing a technology out of a lab or university, or experience pricing software.
• Ideal for an operator between roles, a retired product executive, or a founder after an exit who wants a light, interesting engagement.