Hopkins Consulting Agency (HCA), formerly known as "Hopkins Technology Commercialization Agency" (HTCA), is an entirely student-run non-profit business and technology consulting company based at the

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. HCA was founded in 2006 and provides technology commercialization services and business plan preparation services to universities, federal research labs, engineering firms, and independent entrepreneurs and inventors.

History

HCA was founded in 2006 by Alex Nisichenko, Johns Hopkins University 2007."Smart Students, Big Ideas"
''The Johns Hopkins University Arts & Sciences Magazine''. Maria Blackburn. Spring 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2010. The company was founded as Hopkins Technology Commercialization Agency (HTCA) and focused on preparing technology commercialization assessment reports for universities, federal research labs, and small engineering firms. At the time, the company was the nation's first entirely student-run technology commercialization agency. In 2008, under the leadership of former Enterprise Manager Riaz Virani the company began broadening its services to include business consulting and business plan preparation. In 2009, former Enterprise Manager Kieran Gupta continued to diversify the company's services and successfully re-branded the company as Hopkins Consulting Agency (HCA) to better represent the broad set of services now offered by the company. As a result of this diversification, by the middle of 2010 approximately half of HCA's business was in the form of business consulting and business plan preparation.

Company Structure

Hopkins Consulting Agency is directly affiliated with and owned by

. The parent company is Hopkins Student Enterprises (HSE),Hopkins Student Enterprises
Center for Leadership Education, Johns Hopkins University. a student group that resides within the Center for Leadership Education (CLE), a department under the

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Services

Hopkins Consulting Agency has two primary service offerings: 1. Technology Commercialization Assessment Reports * Comprehensive research and consulting reports designed to assist research labs, engineering firms, and private inventors make informed decisions about their

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.Inventors Network of the Capital Area
. June 16, 2008. July 21, 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2010.. Directory for current technology news in the Baltimore area. Retrieved 9 August 2010. 2. Business Plans * Complete reports for small businesses and entrepreneurs that can be used to support an existing company or assist in the acquisition of startup funding and grants. HCA differentiates itself by providing a high-level of personalization and customization in its reports through constant communication with the client throughout the report-writing process. In addition, because the company maintains very low overhead costs and a full team of student employees, HCA has significantly lower expenses than other consulting firms and can thus charge clients at a steep discount rate.

Board of directors

Although Hopkins Consulting Agency is autonomously managed and operated by students, the company has a Board of Directors composed of full-time faculty and staff of The Johns Hopkins University. The primary function of the Board of Directors is to oversee operations of the company and provide advice on company direction and development. * Pam Arrington - Academic Program Coordinator, Center for Leadership Education.Center for Leadership Education Staff
Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 4 May 2011. Pam coordinates payroll for all company employees. * James Wells - Budget Analyst, Center for Leadership Education. James oversees the company budget and provides annual analysis reports detailing the current state of finances for the company. * Prof. Lawrence Aronhime - Senior Lecturer, Center for Leadership Education.
Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 5 August 2010. Prof. Aronhime leverages his years of experience in the management industry to advise on company direction, business practices, and marketing. * Dr. Andrew Douglas - Vice Dean for Faculty, Whiting School of Engineering.
. Whiting School of Engineering. Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 5 August 2010. Dr. Douglas helps to facilitate communications between the company and the Whiting School of Engineering.

Notable clients

* The

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(JHMI) * The

(WSE) * The

Applied Physics Laboratory The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (or simply Applied Physics Laboratory, or APL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center (UARC) in Howard County, Maryland. It is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University ...

(APL) * The

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(USAMRMC)
Himalayan Children's Charities
(HCC)
Center for Educational Resources
(CER) at Johns Hopkins

Past enterprise managers

The following students of the

have served as Enterprise Manager of Hopkins Consulting Agency.

References

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External links

Official Company Website

HSE Parent Company Website
Johns Hopkins University