Cohen International

International Business Development
Government Contract Proposal Consultant
SBIR Proposal Development
Technology Business Plan Consulting

Roger S. Cohen, President

Professional Experience

• Developed hundreds of high technology SBIR and government contract proposals, and obtained government funding from DOD, NIH, EPA, NASA, NSF, NNA, Homeland Security, and other agencies.
  
  
• Provide regular training and teaching about the SBIR/STTR programs, including programs at Rutgers, NJIT, Princeton, NASA, Humboldt State, Penn State, Federal Laboratories Consortium (FLC), and other sites.
  
  
• Developed technical proposals for SBIR and other US government programs for sustainable energy technology for an aerospace company. Established business with the US Department of Defense, NASA and US Department of Energy.
  
  
• Developed business plans for small Japanese high-tech businesses, and brought technology liaisons to the US market, through a unique relationship with Osaka (Japan) Prefectural Government.
  
  
• Developed a business expansion plan for a high technology manufacturing company in New England.  Provided proposal production for SBIR and other US government technical programs.
  
  
• Developed an export business plan for a US industrial company, arranged $250-million line of credit, and started exports of their products. Established their first foreign office, in UK.
  
  
• Participated as an invited member of a five-person trade mission to the European Union government.  The mission focused on obtaining technology grant opportunities for US companies in the EU.
  
  
• Developed and presented training classes in China and Japan during trade missions, including:
  
  
•  “The Technology Entrepreneur’s Way” (Beijing, China)
•   “Marketing and Sales for New International Ventures” (Qingdao, China)
•   “Cracking Modern Technology Markets” (Tokyo, Japan).

• Developed and implemented a foreign distribution network for a small US maker of manufacturing control systems. Established their first foreign offices, in UK and Asia. Arranged for domestic and foreign financing.
  
  
• Developed and wrote proposals for an international consortium to obtain federal homeland security funding through a major government contract.  Managed proposal team of twenty persons.