Management

Mr. Ramage has been an entrepreneur and business leader throughout his career, starting with the founding of his first commercial enterprise in 1982. He subsequently founded or acquired three additional companies and ran them simultaneously until 2002. Since then, he has served in leadership roles in a several organizations working at the cutting edge of science, technology, and innovation. Mr. Ramage’s contributions to these businesses include financial turn-around, development of strategic alliances, evaluation of technologies for their suitability for market applications, fund-raising, and technology development and commercialization strategies. Mr. Ramage teaches Technology Commercialization at the Bioengineering Department of The University of Washington.

 

Positions Held

Asemblon, Inc.

• President/CEO (current)

• Strategic Consultant

 

November, 2009 to Present

Mr. Ramage joined Asemblon, Inc. initially as a strategic consultant and subsequently assumed the role of President and CEO of this advanced technology start-up company. He believes that Asemblon is competitively positioned to help lead the transfer from Hydrocarbon fuels to Hydrogen. 

 

Decision Sciences Corporation

Executive Director of Science and Technology

October 2006 to October 2008 – At a research level, Mr. Ramage vetted security technologies focused on detection and mitigation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. He has extensive experience in Washington, D.C. promoting state-of-practice technologies, and was Project Manager at Los Alamos National Laboratories for a “best of breed” nuclear material detection device to help assure the nation’s ability to provide 100 percent screening of vehicles/containers at vulnerable ports and borders.

 

Frontier Geosciences, Inc.

• President/CEO

• Member of the Board of Directors

In August 2004, as a Member of the Board of Directors for Frontier Geosciences, Inc., (an ultra-low detection trace metals laboratory), Mr. Ramage was asked to assume the President/CEO position in order to stabilize the Company pursuant to a series of unfortunate management decisions resulting in financial distress. Mr. Ramage stabilized the company financially and organizationally, including hiring a permanent CEO by December 2005.

 

Education

University of Washington Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Psychology (1978).

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Skills

Mr. Ramage has performed pro bono work for scientists with viable technologies all over the World at the behest of the Gates Foundation and others. He trained in the martial art Tsun Jo for 15 years, writes, composes music, and travels extensively. He is married and lives in West Seattle.

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Interests

Mr. Ramage has performed pro bono work for scientists with viable technologies all over the World at the behest of the Gates Foundation and others. He trained in the martial art Tsun Jo for 15 years, writes, composes music, and travels extensively. He is married and lives in West Seattle.