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Conner Prochaska, Chief Commercialization Officer
Director, Office of Technology Transitions, U.S. Department of Energy
Conner Prochaska coordinates all commercialization activities across the DOE, its 17 national laboratories, and other DOE research and production facilities. He works to secure the greatest possible return on taxpayer research dollars by encouraging purposeful and efficient transition of DOE-powered innovations from the labs to the marketplace. Before joining DOE, Prochaska was Senior Vice President and the Associate General Counsel at a public investment fund. He also served as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy, where he focused on Anti-submarine Warfare and Counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction intelligence. Prochaska earned his J.D. at The George Washington University School of Law and his B.A. at Texas A&M University.