HOME

NEWS & EVENTS

ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREERS

STARTING A BUSINESS

RESEARCH

ALUMNI

The Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program

Dr. Ronald Pierantozzi
Consultant, Corporate Venturing;
Former Director, Business Development, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Lecturer, Wharton
rpierant@wharton.upenn.edu

Courses:

Management 806: Formation and Implementation of Entrepreneurial Ventures
Wharton MBA Program for Executives (West Coast)

Bio:

Freshly retired from the management ranks of Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. as of May 1st, Ron Pierantozzi is developing relationships with Fortune companies committed to corporate venturing through technology and innovation. Ron previously served as APCI’s Director, Business Development, which focused on new venture creation and technology transfer. This involved a wide range of duties that included identifying and commercializing new technologies, forming and incubating new technology-based ventures, managing external partnerships and forming market alliances, and investing in both early and late stage companies working through high profile VCs. Ron continues to work closely with VCs in the advanced materials and machine-to-machine sectors, where he provides expertise in market strategy and business valuation.

Ron previously served as Director of Technology with APCI for platforms in hydrogenation, amination, and nitration technologies. He also held various positions the Performance Ceramics & Process Systems Group, and was Director of the Adsorption Technology Center. Ron is an inventor/co-inventor, and holds of 32 U.S. patents and authored 16 publications. His affiliations include the Industrial Research Institute, American Chemical Society, American Catalysis Society, Commercial Development and Marketing Association and the Woodside Institute.

Ron was appointed to the newly formed position of Director, New Business Development in the Corporate Development Office in 2001. Ron's responsibilities now include leading the creation of the innovative culture at Air Products, development and commercialization of new technologies, the formation and incubation of new businesses and the development and management of external partnerships and venture investments.

Ron is a lecturer at Wharton, Babson and Lehigh University business schools, where he frequently teaches subjects dealing with innovation and entrepreneurship. He is also a member of the faculty for the program on Corporate Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Danish Technical University, where he conducts a seminar on developing business plans for the global enterprise.

Ron received his B.S. in Chemistry from Temple University and his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University.