executive director

Paul D. Hale, Executive Director of the Vermont Technology Council, also serves as Associate Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the University of Vermont. 

Paul joined the University of Vermont in 1999 as Special Assistant to the President for economic development initiatives, and presently serves as the University’s “industrial liaison”, promoting technology transfer and fostering collaborative research and development projects between University faculty and Vermont businesses.

He is secretary/treasurer for the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, a high technology business incubator located on the campus of the University of Vermont, and serves as a board member for a number of economic development organizations.

Paul previously held the position of laboratory director at Bio-Tek Instruments, a laboratory equipment manufacturer in Winooski, Vermont, and was a research scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he developed sensors for clinical and research applications.

He has extensive experience with federal SBIR programs, and personally received nearly $3 million in SBIR grants during his career in the private sector.  In 2002, he received the national Roland Tibbetts Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration for his work in Vermont’s SBIR outreach program.

Dr. Hale graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in chemistry and physics, and holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Northwestern University.