David Dausch

David Dausch, PhD, is the Vice President of RTI’s Technology Advancement & Commercialization (TAC) business unit.  He leads TAC’s multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers who perform research in energy, environmental, and biomedical technology for public and private sector clients. The team leverages engineering expertise and laboratory systems capabilities to develop technologies and solutions to provide clean energy, mitigate climate change, improve human health and support military service members.

Dr. Dausch has more than 25 years of experience in R&D and technology commercialization. He led technology transfer and innovation capacity-building programs in the Middle East and helped launch a startup technology accelerator in the region focused on energy, advanced materials and sensor systems. He managed RTI’s SIGMA+ Health program sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a wearable sensor system for presymptomatic detection of biological exposure.  He was the lead inventor of a novel intracardiac medical imaging technology and subsequently served as Chief Technology Officer of a startup company to commercialize the technology.  His work has been published in more than 100 scientific and technical publications and presentations and in 16 U.S. patents.