Formerly a researcher at North Carolina State University, William “Bill” Schadel has over a decade of experience in research, publication, and venture development support. His primary interests are inter-organizational innovation development and emergent social value discovery, and he teaches on pre-seed venture development with a focus on biotechnology.

Bill has a passion for psychographic research related to new technologies, particularly for discovering qualitative personality characteristics and backgrounds as the key variables in new industries. His past work on innovation ecosystem development in emerging markets has given him insight into the fundamentals often taken for granted in more stable markets.