Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 24, 2005

DOUG SCHAEDLER – UTEK CORPORATION (UTK)

Doug Schaedler is the Chief Operating Officer of UTEK Corporation. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Schaedler served as a Principal at Praxis Capital Ventures, LP, in New York. Previously, he was the Director of Corporate and Strategic Development at Verticalnet, Inc., and was a founder of BuyersUnite, an innovative purchasing aggregation firm he started upon winning the 1999 University of Chicago New Venture Challenge business plan competition. Mr. Schaedler received a BA in Economics from Tufts University and an MBA in Analytic Finance from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. Mr. Schaedler is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of UTEK Corporation

and a picture of what you are doing at the present time?

Mr. Schaedler: UTEK was founded in 1997 by Dr. Cliff Gross