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September 17, 2007

STC.UNM Elects New Board Members

New Mexico Secretary of Economic Development Fred Mondragon and Executive Vice President and Deputy Laboratory Director of Sandia National Laboratories John Stichman are joining the board of STC.UNM. President and CEO of STC.UNM Lisa Kuuttila said, “We are very pleased with the addition of two outstanding individuals to the STC Board of Directors. They bring a wealth of experience to STC as well as important connections with STC’s partners, the NMEDD and Sandia, in economic development for the state of New Mexico. I look forward to working with both of them.”

 

 

 

 

 

Fred Mondragon
John Stichman

Mondragon has extensive experience in economic development. Before being appointed to the New Mexico Economic Development Department, he was the director of the Office of Economic Development for the City of Albuquerque, where he participated in the recruitment or expansion of Tesla Motors, Verizon Wireless, Eclipse Aviation, Advent Solar and Albuquerque Studios. He also developed initiatives to improve resources for local business expansion and to better assist existing small and medium sized businesses in Albuquerque.

Mondragon has also held positions as chief executive officer of the UNM Hospital and has been a regional administration of a major hospital system in New Mexico and deputy chief administrative officer of the City of Albuquerque.

Stichman joined Sandia in 1972, and is responsible for lab operations, staff and facilities. He is charged with overall stewardship of the technical capabilities at Sandia and for setting, promulgating and maintaining standards for technical activities. In addition he is responsible for the independent assessment of weapons’ safety, security and reliability for Sandia.

Strichman is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and is registered as a professional engineer in New Mexico. His published papers and conference presentations include the subjects of instrumentation and control, implantable medical electronics and real-time optical computing.

STC.UNM is a non-profit corporation formed by and owned entirely by the University of New Mexico to protect and transfer its faculty inventions to the commercial marketplace.

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