Park Square Executive Search is pleased to announce the placement of John Kawola as Director of Business Development with Office of Technology Development (OTD) at Harvard University. The Office of Technology Development (OTD) promotes the public good by advancing science, fostering innovation, and translating new inventions made at Harvard University into useful products that are available and beneficial to society.

Prior to joining Harvard, John was part of the leadership teams of multiple tough tech startups. John was the CEO of Z Corporation, one of the early pioneering companies in 3D Printing.  In addition, John was the CEO of Harvest Automation (robotics) and Boston Micro Fabrication (micro-scale additive manufacturing).

John has also held independent board director roles at Spaceclaim (3D software), Labminds (laboratory automation), EnvisonTec (3D printing), Industrial ML (machine vision/learning), Chasm Advanced Materials (Carbon Nanotubes) and Alloy Enteprises (GPU/CPU liquid cooling).

Kawola received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his M.B.A. from Union College.