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Stephen Costantino, Ph.D., has been appointed Vice President of Technology Commercialization: Physical Sciences for Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP).
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Before coming to Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Stephen Costantino was chief technical and operating officer for Oxane Material of Houston. |
Dr. Costantino has over 20 years of experience managing and building technology-based businesses, with specialization in the electronics, specialty chemical and energy sectors. He will oversee and manage the physical sciences activities of Ben Franklin's Technology Commercialization Group (TCG). The TCG works with regional enterprises to define new products for development and commercialization, identify the solutions team and provide funding.
The TCG helps enterprises identify the appropriate resources within BFTP/SEP's Technology Commercialization Network, which is composed of 21 member colleges, universities and research institutions as well as private providers. The TCG also develops industry/university/government research and development consortia for technology growth.
Dr. Costantino will also lead the formulation of the BFTP/SEP's emerging strategies in the energy/clean technologies arena and will support the Ben Franklin Technology Partners in the development of a statewide approach.
Hitting the Ground Running
"We are very excited to have Steve join our team," says RoseAnn B. Rosenthal, president and CEO of BFTP/SEP. "His industry experience and academic credentials ensure he will hit the ground running. Steve's role is designed to leverage the region's strengths in the physical sciences and to create platforms for entrepreneurial opportunities in industries rooted in those sciences, much like has been accomplished in the life sciences sector."
Dr. Costantino was most recently the chief technical and operating officer for Oxane Materials of Houston, a late-stage venture-backed company dedicated to applying nano-particle technology solutions in the energy industry. While there, he provided technical, operational and business development expertise to support the organization's research, development and commercialization.
Prior to his work at Oxane, Dr. Costantino spent 14 years with Cabot Supermetals of Boyertown, Pennsylvania. Within the company he rose to managing director of the Advanced Capacitor Materials business and global director of Tantalum Research and Development. He reported to the division CEO and led two distinct organizations. Dr. Costantino had full responsibility for managing the Advanced Capacitor Materials business as well as global responsibility for all research and development activities for the Supermetals Division including operations in both the United States and Japan.
Dr. Costantino earned his bachelor of science degree in ceramic science and engineering and a Ph.D. in materials from Penn State University. |
