Amy Beaird Consulting, LLC

Amy Beaird Consulting, LLC is a chemical engineer turned technology commercialization expert; I help small science and technology companies pursue SBIR/STTR grant funding, market research, and business development.

Her Expertise for Amy Beaird Consulting LLC:
• Many years of successful track record of innovating and commercializing cutting-edge materials
• Evaluating emerging technologies, proof of concept, and feasibility of new product development
• Applying for and securing funding through federal programs such as SBIR/STTR
• Managing federally funded research contracts
• Nanomaterials innovation and scale-up (metal-organic frameworks, polymer-coated nano-composites, inorganic energy storage materials, catalysts, testing and characterization of these materials)
• Patent and literature review
• Technology commercialization plans and partnership strategies
• STEM entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem building
• Well-versed in the unique challenges faced by underrepresented founders and how to overcome them

What problems she solves: sustainability, gender disparity, science & technology commercialization, building collaborative and high-performing teams, resource constraints, unlocking human potential

Her interests: are innovation, travel, making, gardening, good restaurants, and deep conversations.

What reads: The Startup Community Way, Leading Without Authority, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Divergent Mind.

What listens: Ecosystems for Change, Disrupt Yourself Podcast, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, Financial Feminist.