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FN:Carl N. Nett
ORG:ToneDoctor, LLC
TITLE:President & CEO
NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=0D=0ADr. Carl N. Nett is a technopreneur specializing in technology-based i=
nnovation, entrepreneurship and economic development, in engagements with co=
mpanies, government agencies and universities spanning technology developmen=
t, transfer, licensing and commercialization. Carl brings to these engagemen=
ts an unusually broad and deep understanding of the "knowledge-to-value" pro=
cess and related leadership issues, owing to his direct experience in corpor=
ate research labs and operating units, start-up companies and academia, coup=
led with his experience in senior executive leadership roles in research and=
 development, front-line engineering and operations, product strategy and ma=
nagement, and start-up management. A novel aspect of many of these engagemen=
ts is a focus on breakthrough-oriented, systematic methods for opportunity i=
dentification, competitive strategy formulation and inventive problem solvin=
g that both enhance innovation capability and effectiveness, and render inno=
vation a more reliable and dependable process. In this context, Carl typical=
ly contributes initially to education, training, and point application, and =
later to strategies and plans for enterprise-wide deployment and institution=
alization.=0D=0A=0D=0ACarl is currently CEO and President of Impact Innovati=
on, Inc. (www.impact-innovation-inc.com), an innovation services consulting =
firm he founded in late 2004. Impact Innovation partners with companies, gov=
ernment agencies and universities to deliver impact through innovation, incr=
easing their innovation effectiveness and capability through project engagem=
ents that ensure the success and maximize the impact of select mission criti=
cal innovation projects, and process engagements that render innovation a mo=
re systematic, repeatable, and dependable process. Impact Innovation brings =
to these engagements technopreneurial talent, techniques and tools which fus=
e the characteristics of habitually successful entrepreneurs and technologis=
ts, under an operating paradigm of technical excellence targeted by business=
 acumen, optimized through process discipline. Impact Innovation's associate=
s have led conception, development and deployment of a large number of diffe=
rentiated products and services into the marketplace to drive growth, partic=
ularly in the fields of aerospace power systems, energy systems and HVAC & r=
efrigeration systems, in which they also have extensive real-world experienc=
e in successfully establishing, deploying, and institutionalizing innovation=
 tools and techniques.=0D=0A=0D=0ACarl is also CEO and President of ToneDoct=
or, LLC (www.tone-doctor-llc.com), a manufacturing-retail firm he founded in=
 early 2005 to serve the boutique (audiophile) music gear segment with innov=
ative, patent-pending products aimed principally at providing tonal variety,=
 with absolute sonic integrity, in products retrofittable to existing gear. =
Carl conceived, designed and developed four such products, drawing on his 25=
 years as a practicing electric guitarist and extensive experience in techno=
logy-based innovation and entrepreneurship. ToneDoctor will release these fo=
ur products into the marketplace in early Fall 2005, under the tagline "new =
medicines for your tones". These products will be taken to market through an=
 on-line web store, as well as through OEM partners and retailers serving th=
e boutique music gear segment. Ultimately, the technology will be licensed f=
or printed circuit board production to large OEM's serving the mass market s=
egment, while ToneDoctor retains exclusive rights for point-to-point, hand-w=
ired production for the more discriminating, much higher margin, boutique ma=
rket segment. =0D=0A=0D=0ACarl was most recently Vice President, Products & =
Applications, for UTC Power, a United Technologies Corporation (UTC) company=
 specializing in distributed generation and power products for stationary an=
d transportation markets. In this role Carl was responsible for all aspects =
of product management and applications engineering in the stationary segment=
, including market and competitive analysis, technology scanning, product an=
d service strategy, go-to-market strategy, sales literature and tools, suppo=
rt of business development and sales, and post-contract integration at custo=
mer sites. Under Carl's leadership, UTC Power released to the marketplace th=
ree new combined cooling, heating and power solutions based on microturbine =
and absorption chiller technology, along with a novel solution for cost-effe=
ctive conversion of low-grade waste-heat into electricity based on organic R=
ankine cycle (ORC) technology. These solutions are differentiated by their a=
ttractive customer economics along with their world-class energy effectivene=
ss and ultra-low emissions, as evidenced by the recent classification of the=
 ORC-based product as a Class 1 renewable energy source in the State of Conn=
ecticut, with other states expected to soon follow suit.=0D=0A  =0D=0ACarl j=
oined UTC Power in 2003, previously serving as Director, United Technologies=
 Research Center (UTRC), the main research facility for UTC. In this role, C=
arl was responsible for all strategic and operational aspects of UTRC. Carl =
initiated and led UTRC's transformation from a research center with an acade=
mic value system, to an innovation center focused on markets and products, v=
aluing revenue and earnings growth, with an institutionalized innovation pro=
cess. Among other contributions, these efforts led to the formation of two n=
ew business sub-segments and four new products for UTC Power, and also provi=
ded Carrier Corporation, a UTC company, with a breakthrough commercial water=
 heater technology that utilizes nearly 75% less energy than existing water =
heater technologies.=0D=0A  =0D=0ACarl joined UTC through UTRC in 1993, wher=
e he held the dual positions of Director, Dynamic Systems & Controls, and Pr=
ogram Manager, Compression Systems. In 1996, he moved to Pratt & Whitney (P&=
W), a UTC company, as Director, Compression Systems Component Center, to lea=
d compression systems engineering across all P&W product lines. In 1998, he =
became General Manager of the Compression Systems Module Center, adding manu=
facturing and supply chain to his engineering responsibilities, and co-leadi=
ng their first ever organizational integration at P&W before moving to UTRC =
in 2000. =0D=0A=0D=0AIn his 11 year career with UTC, six teams under Carl's =
leadership received George Mead Medals, UTC's highest award for technical ac=
hievement, conferred annually to the most deserving team across UTC.=0D=0A  =
=0D=0APrior to joining UTC, Carl first worked at General Electric Global Res=
earch and later was an Associate Professor in the School of Aerospace Engine=
ering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. At Georgia Tech, he founded an=
d led the multidisciplinary Laboratory for Identification & Control of Compl=
ex Highly Uncertain Systems, which became internationally recognized for its=
 work in active control of turbomachinery aerodynamic and combustion instabi=
lities, attracting significant financial support from the National Science F=
oundation (NSF), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force Office of=
 Scientific Research (AFOSR), GE Global Research, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Wh=
itney. This lab provided a unique learning environment for students, allowin=
g them to merge theory, computation and experimentation across the disciplin=
es of fluid dynamics, nonlinear dynamics and bifurcation theory, control the=
ory, digital signal processing and computer-aided design.=0D=0A=0D=0ACarl ea=
rned his B.S. in Physics, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, w=
ith a Systems & Controls concentration, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institut=
e, Troy, NY. Carl holds four patents, with several others pending. He has pu=
blished nearly 100 refereed articles in archive journals, conference proceed=
ings, and books, with his top five publications averaging approximately 100 =
citations each. He has also delivered numerous invited keynote talks on topi=
cs in innovation and systems, dynamics & controls. Carl has received the RPI=
 Alan B. Dumont Prize, the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Enginee=
r Award, the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, a Best Paper Present=
ation Award from the American Control Conference, the American Automatic Con=
trol Council Donald P. Eckman Award, a Best Paper Award from the Aircraft En=
gine Committee of the International Gas Turbine Institute, a Pratt & Whitney=
 Dependability Award, two UTRC Outstanding Achievement Awards, the UTC Georg=
e Mead Medal, and the International Federation of Automatic Control Nichols =
Medal.=0D=0A=0D=0ACarl is a past member of the IEEE, ASME and AIAA. He has o=
rganized and chaired numerous conference and workshop sessions, and served a=
s a reviewer for more than 15 archive journals. He has also served in numero=
us roles in professional societies and organizations, most notably: Chairman=
, IEEE Control Systems Society Technical Committee on Theory; Chairman, Hugo=
 O. Schuck Award Subcommittee, American Automatic Control Council; Vice-Chai=
rman, Invited Sessions, American Control Conference; Member, National Center=
 for Advanced Technologies Roadmap Team for Air Breathing Propulsion; Member=
, Nichols Medal Award Subcommittee, International Federation of Automatic Co=
ntrol; and Member, Program Committee, American Control Conference. Most rece=
ntly, Carl has served extensively as a Panel Review Member for the NSF in th=
e areas of: Partnerships for Innovation; Energy & Power Management (SBIR/STT=
R); Electronics Manufacturing (SBIR/STTR); and Controls, Networks & Computat=
ional Intelligence.=0D=0A=0D=0ACarl was born in Syracuse, NY in 1960, and cu=
rrently resides in S. Glastonbury, CT with his wife, Sharon, and three child=
ren, Nicholas, Alyssa and Vincent. Carl can be contacted at drcarlnett@cox.n=
et.=0D=0A=0D=0A
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