Gerald Daniel O'Neill

Gerald Daniel O'Neill

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • Program Director, Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, College of Technology and Innovation, Arizona State University-Polytechnic
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Childsplay
  • Member, Board of Directors and Officers, Arizona MultiBank

School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
PO Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287
Email: dan.oneill@asu.edu



Biography

Dan O'Neill is a Lecturer and Program Director for the Technology Entrepreneurship and Management program in the College of Technology and Innovation (TEM/CT). Dan teaches a variety of technology development, innovation and entrepreneurship courses in the Arizona State University (ASU) College of Technology Innovation, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, and the American Indian Studies program. Before TEM/CTI, Dan worked for ASU in the Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development (OKED) as the Director of Venture Acceleration where he helped faculty, student, alumni and commnity entrepreneurs create and grow their ventures. For OKED, Dan helped create and grow the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative. Prior to ASU, Dan co-founded and ran Hologix, an enterprise software company backed by $25 million of venture capital. Dan is Past President of the Board of Trustees of Childsplay, Arizona's professional theatre for young audiences, and is a member of the boards of Arizona MultiBank and Navajo FlexCrete Building Systems. Dan has 25 years experience as an entrepreneur and commuunity developer.

Education

  • Certificate, Sustainable Technology Management, Arizona State University, 2007
  • B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science, Arizona State University, 1979

Books and Book Chapters

Oneill, D. 2007. Can a sustainable economy be a competitive economy?. In: R. Heffernon, N. Welch and R. Melnick. eds., Sustainability for Arizona: The Issue of Our Age. Morrison Institute for Public Policy. (link)

Oneill, G. D., S. C. Ballard and J. C. Levie. 2010. Launch pad: Creating the business case for innovation. In: T. Porter-Ogrady and K. Malloch. eds., Innovation Leadership: Creating the Landscape of Health Care. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC.

Expertise

sustainability innovation; entrepreneurship

Current Projects/Teams

GlobalResolve


vision

Established in 2007, the School of Sustainability brings together multiple disciplines and leaders to create and share knowledge, train a new generation of scholars and practitioners, and develop practical solutions to the most pressing environmental, economic, and social challenges of sustainability - especially as they relate to urban areas.

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