Director Named at Kettering University Fuel Cell and Advanced Technology Incubator

FLINT, Mich.--Peter Scott of Ann Arbor, Mich., has been named the new director of the Kettering University Fuel Cell and Advanced Technology Incubator. Scott will help inventors and entrepreneurs commercialize new technologies and businesses.

“I utilize a basket of services and advice that people need to create high tech - high growth business,” Scott said. “You start by asking the question, ‘How do you commercialize an idea or technology?’ My job is to answer this question and then determine all the steps necessary to build a successful company,” he said.

Scott’s office is in the business incubator on the second floor of Kettering’s C.S. Mott Engineering and Science Center. The incubator is a large space that features cubicles, small offices, a high-tech conference room and the kind of office equipment needed to help entrepreneurs launch new ideas.

“I’m looking for companies that need these facilities,” he explained, adding, “and who need the expert advice and the infrastructure that a world-class engineering university such as Kettering can provide them. For some, that will be purely business consulting expertise. For others, that may mean research and development, testing labs and access to faculty and students.”

Scott comes to Kettering from Ann Arbor SPARK, a non-profit business accelerator that helps start-up companies grow through strategic advice. Clients have included companies in biomedical, life sciences and manufacturing.

Aiding Scott in this endeavor will be Kettering’s newest corporate partner, the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC), which will begin offering regional services to small businesses in Genesee and Lapeer counties from Kettering’s campus in April. The MI-SBTDC regional office will be staffed with an intake administrator, regional director and traditional business consultant. Scott said that the two offices will be a one-two punch for helping new ideas get moving.

“If you have an idea on a high tech - high growth project, just give me a call,” he added. Scott can be reached at 810-762-9729 or pscott@kettering.edu.

Located in Flint, Mich., Kettering University is home to the most advanced co-op education program in the nation. To learn more about Kettering University, visit: www.kettering.edu