Priority Activities for

NIST Innovation and Industry Services

Presentation for the 

Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

February 12, 2020

Phillip Singerman, PhD, Associate Director

Innovation and Industry Services
NIST Mission and IIS 

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NIST IIS promotes the NIST mission and “OneNIST” Vision by:

Broadening and deepening our internal connections with one another, 

and

Expanding and leveraging our external connections

To promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by 

advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways 

that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life
Manufacturing Extension Partnership

• Public Law 100-418: Omnibus Trade and 

Competitiveness Act of 1988 creates Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership program to help U.S. 

manufacturers. 

• Public Law 114-329: American Innovation and 

Competitiveness Act of 2017 reauthorized MEP with 

1:1 cost share and Centers re-competition after 10 

years of consecutive funding.

Legislative Authorities 

Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

• Public Law 100-107: The Malcolm Baldrige National 

Quality Improvement Act of 1987, as amended in 

1995 to add health care and education and in 2006 to 

add nonprofits

Technology Partnerships Office

• Public Law 96-517 Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 and regulated 

under 37 CFR 401, 404, 501 and E.O. 12591 and 10096 

promote the use of the patent system to achieve 

practical application of inventions from federally funded 

research

• Public Law 96-480 Stevenson-Wydler Act of 1980 as 

amended in 1986, defines technology transfer at federal 

labs

Office of Advanced Manufacturing

• Public Law 113-235: Revitalize American 

Manufacturing Innovation Act of 2014 established the 

Manufacturing USA program, network of institutes, 

and NIST program office

• Public Law 115-232: Global Leadership in Advanced 

Manufacturing Act of 2019 significantly expands NIST 

authorities and responsibilities, including flexibility to 

continue sponsoring institutes after startup period

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Manufacturing Extension Partnership

$146 million NIST

$180 million non-federal co-investment

60 NIST staff, 1,400 non-federal staff, 600 Board members

IIS Summary – People and Budget

Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

$2.2 million NIST

$2.8 million in revenues, fees, foundation support

14 NIST staff, 500 non-federal volunteers

Technology Partnerships Office

$6 million STRS, $3.6 million IS, $3.8 million SBIR

$13.5 million total NIST

24 NIST staff

Office of Advanced Manufacturing

NIIMBL: $10 million NIST, $31 million non-federal co-investment

Mfg USA Network: $6 million NIST for Program Management 

[14 Institutes, $169 million other federal, $313 non-federal coinvestment, 476 Institute staff] 13 NIST staff

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IIS Staff by Positions

SES

ZP

ZA

ZS

59

52

IIS Staff by Gender

Female

Male

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Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Carroll Thomas: Director

22 years industry; 18 years NIST; 2 years SBA Assoc. Administrator, MBA 

(Johns Hopkins University) 

Open: Deputy

Anticipate new deputy starting March 2020

J. Chancy Lyford: Division Chief, External Affairs and Evaluation

15 years Capitol Hill (Senator Dale Bumpers/Senate Small Business 

Committee); 17 years SBA; 5 years NIST MEP; BA (Oxford)

Kevin McIntyre: Division Chief, Financial Mgmt and Center Operations

15 years Treasury; 9 years NIST (includes 7 years NIST MEP); 7 years 

industry; MBA (George Washington University)

IIS Leadership 

Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

Bob Fangmeyer: Director

29 years NIST (BPEP and HR); Former small business owner and/or 

manager; MBA (Maryland) 

Vacant: Deputy

Jacqueline DesChamps: Support Services Supervisor

20 years experience in business and health care; 22 years NIST/BPEP; 

MPA (Maryland)

Jamie Ambrosi: Marketing Team Leader; 21 years NIST; MBA (Maryland)

Christine Schaefer: Education Team Leader; 15 years NIST; MPP (G-town)

Technology Partnerships Office

Paul Zielinski: Director

12 years NIST, 11 years EPA, 8 years DOE, Army (4/12), past Chair FLC

MS Civil Engineer (Maryland), MBA Entrepreneurship (NCU)

Courtney Silverthorn: Deputy

6 years NIST, 4 years Frederick National Laboratory, 1 year NCI

PhD Pharmacology (Johns Hopkins), MS Leadership (WUSTL)

Mary-Deirdre Coraggio: Director Technology Discovery

23 years NIST, 17 years Navy; MLS (Pratt Institute)

Office of Advanced Manufacturing

Mike Molnar: Director

27 years industry; 8 years NIST; MBA (Notre Dame), MS (Wisconsin)

Frank W. Gayle: Deputy

11 years industry; 24 years MML, 6 years NIST OAM; Sc.D. (MIT)

Margy Phillips: Assoc. Director 

5 years industry, 9 years Captain USAF, 22 years MEP, ATP, MML, 

MS (Wright State); MBA (WNEC), JD (Capital Univ.)

Robert Rudnitsky: Assoc. Director 

3 years State Dept., 10 years industry, 10 years NIST

Ph.D. in Physics (Stanford), B.A. Political Science (Yale)

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Key Strategic Initiatives for 2020

• Redesign of Award evaluation process – streamline, simplify, shorten cycle time, and increase value-add

• Communities of Excellence – 18 communities in a learning collaborative; New Baldrige Award category? 

• New presidential award for workforce education and training excellence (E.O. 13801 and 13845)

• Working with MEP to recognize adoption of Industry 4.0 technology trends and share best practices

BPEP 2020 Major Activities and Connections

Internal Connections

• NIST leadership leveraging Baldrige 

framework and visits with award 

recipients

• Collaborating with ITL on cybersecurity 

excellence

• Collaborating with MEP on Industry 4.0/ 

advanced manufacturing excellence

External Connections

• 130 Baldrige Executive Fellows 

• Thousands of Examiners, Judges and 

Overseers

• 30 state/regional 

Baldrige programs

• Global community 

of ~100 excellence 

programs

Total

Award Recipients 129

Award Applicants 1,700

Examiners Trained 8,000

Conference attendees 26,000

State Programs 30

State Applicants 22,000

State Examiners 55,000

State Conferees 52,000
TPO 2020 Major Activities and Connections

Key Strategic Initiatives for 2020

• Leading interagency efforts to develop legislative updates to the Stevenson-Wydler Act and streamline implementing regulations of the Bayh-Dole Act

• iEdison reporting system for extramural inventions being rebuilt at NIST and supported by TPO

• Strengthening awareness of NIST technology transfer, including training and workshops; improve outreach and technology discovery for NIST 

Internal Connections

• 433 total agreements in FY19, averaged 

1.7 agreements executed per business day

• 257 inventions disclosed (FY15-19)

• Commercialization and entrepreneurship 

workshops by EIRs/PIF for NIST staff

• Agreements and inventions routed 

through ServiceNow

• Economic analysis: Fire Safety Research, 

NCNR, Materials Genome Initiative

N-STEP: 8 active awards TMAP: 4 awards

NIST CRADAs and licenses resulted in $25.8M in income from 

FY15-19

FY15-19

New Research CRADAs 597

Total New CRADAs* 12,244

SBIR Awards 101

New Licenses 68

*Includes laboratory accreditation, materials 

transfer, and calibration services

External Connections

• Maryland Economic Ecosystem 

events to showcase neuro and 

cyber technologies at MD federal 

labs

• Small businesses make up 47% of 

NIST licensees and 33% of NIST 

Research CRADA partners

• NSTC and CAP Goal Leadership to 

implement ROI findings

• Economic analysis: Federal 

Technology Transfer, GPS, IoT