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As Executive Director the Western Research Application Center (WESRAC),
Ken Dozier is manages
academic, federal and commercial programs. The
Western Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (WTAAC)
the Engineering Technology Transfer Center and the
High Performance Supply Chain Center have
affiliate offices in the four western states. The
WESRAC gained national recognition when it received
the Justin Morrill Award for Innovation from the
Technology Transfer Society.
Dozier is responsible for
business development and budget management for all
WESRAC programs in accordance with objectives and
practices of the Viterbi School of Engineering and USC.
Dozier is the primary liaison with the Federal
Laboratory Consortium, and many other Federal, State
and Local agencies. Prior to his position at USC, he
was the California Director of Advanced Competitive
Technologies and was
responsible for the direction of twelve California
Advanced Technology Centers. He
is the former Director of Research and Electrical
Engineering Faculty at the School of
Engineering Computer Science and Technology Cal State Los Angeles.
Mr. Dozier was the President
and CEO of Interactive Machines, Inc (IMI) in Westlake
Village, California where
transformed a negative net worth research and
development firm into a profitable computer graphics
hardware manufacturing company that
provided High Performance Computing equipment to the aerospace flight
simulation industry and international motion picture and television
special effect companies.
Mr. Dozier
was Vice President of Operations and Executive
Technical Director of Digital Productions, the
world’s first digital production facility for motion
pictures and television. DP was awarded the first
Academy Award for Technical Excellence in the field
of computer graphics in 1984 for its work on the
motion picture “The Last Starfighter”.
Mr. Dozier holds a Bachelor
of Science in Engineering from California State
University, Los Angeles, a Master of
Science in Electrical Engineering from University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, Executive Master
of Business Administration from University of
California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of
Management and is a doctoral candidate in Information
Sciences at The Claremont Graduate School.
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