Cliff Zintgraff

Cliff Zintgraff is Program Manager for Technology-Based Training for UTEN@Austin, a five-year collaboration between the University of Texas at Austin and the Government of Portugal to build sustainable technology transfer systems. In this role, Mr. Zintgraff leads efforts to design, implement, deliver and assess training based on live cases at participating institutions, in addition to contributions to overall program design and implementation. Mr. Zintgraff is also CEO of DaVinci Minds, Inc. His company operates the intersection of technology, education and workforce development, delivering products and services to middle schools, high schools, community colleges and universities.

Mr. Zintgraff is the primary developer of the RapidScreen Early Commercialization Analysis Tool, developed to rapidly analyze technology portfolios and assess the support infrastructure for technologies.

Mr. Zintgraff was previously Vice President of Services at SecureLogix Corporation, a startup in the telecommunication security space. While at SecureLogix, he developed and staffed numerous corporate functions including product testing, documentation, customer support, and product production, and he managed the training and services functions. Prior to this role, he was a software developer, team lead and development manager at EMED, a developer of hospital to home teleradiology systems.

Mr. Zintgraff’s work in technology transfer is based on research performed at the IC² Institute at the University of Texas of Austin, where he was named Outstanding Student of his 2006 cohort in the Masters of Technology Commercialization program. Mr. Zintgraff graduated from that program in May of 2006. In 2002, he co-founded the Information Technology and Security Academy in San Antonio , a dual-credit program for high school juniors and seniors. He graduated with honors with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Trinity University in 1985. He has twenty years experience in high technology ventures in fields including medical imaging, information security and telecommunications.