Dave D Hood MS, MBA, PMP serves as a Senior Advisor for the US military medical community’s Medical Technology Enterprise consortium (MTEC) focusing on the Industry/Investor Partners Program. He is also President and CEO of DH3 & Associates, a consulting company focusing on performing technology assessments and developing approaches for product development and business development. Emphasizing the efficient pursuit of non-dilutive funding. Assisted/coached/guided and reviewed hundreds of companies. Helped raise millions of dollars. Successfully lead the development and deployment of a dozen products/systems. Assisted many companies with the successful development of numerous products. Expertise and experience with intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship, product development, project/program management, business management and business development. Helping companies work with the government – particularly the military/DOD. Highly regarded as a subject matter expert. Frequent invited speaker at various academic and industry venues domestic and international – US/Canada/Europe/Australia/New Zealand…, AdvaMed/Bio/Medtech Strategist/Life Science Intelligence…. Judge for US Army’s xTechSearch, Judge/reviewer/mentor/panelist for MedTech Innovator, Judge for RESI, Judge for DHHS BARDA challenges, Principal Advisor and Expert Resource for NIH/LARTA, member of the SoCalBio Innovation Catalyst team….
Mr. Hood is a results-oriented earnings minded skilled professional focused on growth and problem solving. He has demonstrated strong leadership, business, management, and technology acumen throughout his 30+ years of experience, including more than 15 years of project and program management for medical and other engineering efforts. He successfully guided the spin-out of a new venture from a Fortune 100 company. As President and Principal executive officer, he launched and grew a profitable medical device start-up firm. He has worked extensively with various representatives within the US Congress and fostered both domestic and international military customers. For the more than 5 years, Mr. Hood served as the Senior Advisor for the Principal Assistant for Acquisitions at the US Army Medical Research and Material Command encouraging commercialization of technologies, including development of criteria for medical product development decisions, conduct of technology maturity assessments, and preparation of business case analysis data to support development decisions.
