James O. Gollub

Mr. Gollub is an internationally recognized economic strategy and innovation consultant. His work focuses on helping nations, states, and regions build high performing, sustainable economies. He is a co-founder of the field of cluster-based economic development and has adapted the techniques he has developed and applied over the years to address the convergence of economic, energy, and environmental issues facing our nation’s states and communities.

At Exponent, Mr. Gollub is managing the newly formed “Clean Technology Assessment Program” (CTAP). This program is designed to evaluate emerging clean technologies in terms of their technical performance, energy and environmental impact, and cost/economic consequences. The program is offering consortia of industry and government end-users rigorous analytic content and decision-making tools focusing on strategic topics such as sustainable concrete, conversion of plastic waste, identification, and disclosure of chemicals and cloud computing.

For the past 33 years, Mr. Gollub has consulted to national, state, and local governments, business leadership groups, technology institutions, industry associations, and corporations in developing innovative, collaborative, solutions to technology-based economic competitiveness needs and product and marketing challenges. Mr. Gollub works with his clients to provide analytic insights into the structure of innovation and competitiveness challenges and enable behavioral changes in the marketplace of businesses and institutions needed to achieve a high performing sustainable economy. His projects take five forms: (a) national, state and regional economic development/competitiveness strategies, (b) industry cluster strategy, emphasizing emerging technology industries (clean technology, new media, nanotechnology) and mainstream industries (tourism, financial services, microelectronics, telecommunications, agriculture, etc.), (c) innovation strategies for universities, laboratories and companies that focus on bringing technology to market, (d) conceptual and business plans for science and technology parks and incubators, and (e) consumer behavior studies, focusing on market segmentation typologies.

Mr. Gollub has developed a “scalable economics” approach to sustainable competitiveness strategy which can be applied from the national level down to the state, local and institutional level of the economy. His goal is to enable markets to work more effectively by helping the demand and supply-side of regional economies to better communicate and navigate to and reach agreement on necessary changes. To this end he links analysis of markets, industry and consumer dynamics to needed changes in the structure and behavior of business as well as public and private institutions to adopt the agility and changes needed for sustainable high performance.

Gollub J. The Decade Matrix. Addison-Wesley, 1991.

Gollub J, Waldhorn S, et al. Investing in the future for MidAmerica. AmeriTrust Bank, SRI International, 1986.

Gollub J, Waldhorn S, et al. Tri-State Region Competitiveness Initiative. RPA Third Regional Plan, DRI-McGraw-Hill, 1995.

Gollub J, Egan T, Lyman T. Next generation Albuquerque economic strategy. The City of Albuquerque and DOE, 2001.

Egan T, Gollub J Johnston E, et al. San Francisco Economic Development Plan. The City of San Francisco, 2007.

Gollub J, Waldhorn S, Egan T. America’s regions in the global economy: A new framework for metropolitan economic strategy. HUD/PD&R; ICF International, 1998.

Gollub J, Waldhorn S, Hansen E. Karnataka in transformation: A blueprint for action. USAID-Delhi; SRI International, 1988.

Gollub J. Cluster-based economic development: A key to regional competitiveness. US Department of Commerce, EDA; ICF International, 1997.

Gollub J, Henton D, Waldhorn S, Hansen E. Joint venture: Silicon Valley: An economy at risk—Phase I Diagnostic. JV:SV Working Group, 1992.

Gollub J. Clusters 2.0: The local context of globalization. EDA America; ICF International 2004.

Egan T, Gollub J, et al. Alamo region industry cluster analysis. Alamo WorkSource, 2005.

Egan T, Johnston E, Gollub J. National biotechnology labor market initiative. San Diego Workforce Partnership/USDOL; ICF International, 2005.

Gollub J, et al. Texas energy generation and petrochemical cluster competitiveness strategy. Governor’s Competitiveness Council; ICF International, 2008.

Gollub J, et al. Next generation Southeast Colorado competitiveness strategy. Southeast Colorado E³ Partnership with the Pikes Peak Workforce Board, ICF International, 2008.

Gollub J. Strengthening our innovation triangle strategy. The Governor’s Commission on Jobs and Economic Development; ICF International, 2005.

Gollub J. An ecology of minds: R&D institutions as regional economic generators. Briefing to Senator Jeff Bingaman, ICF International, 2004.

Gollub J, Sadik R, et al. University of California economic impact study. University of California Office of the President, ICF International, 2003.

Gollub J, Johnston E, Greenlee A. San Diego State University: Measuring the economic impact on the region. The Office of the President, San Diego State University, 2007.

Gollub J, Green A, Raguso J. State seed capital funds: models to enhance early/seed stage capital. Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, ICF International, 2005.

Gollub J, Kanaan J, et al. Cultivating San Francisco’s clean tech economy. San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), ICF International, 2008.

Galef B, Saha B, Gollub J. A smarter stimulus plan. ICF International, 2008.

Gollub J. Economic analysis and structure of smart communities: Cases and lessons learned. The Government of Queensland, Australia, ICF International, 2008.

Gollub J. San Antonio transportation and logistics cluster: Analysis and strategy. The City of San Antonio, Texas, ICF International, 2001.

Gollub J. Regional strategy and successful science and technology parks, Parts 1 and 2. ICF International, Economic Development Commentary (CUED), Fall and Winter, 2000.

Gollub J, Sadik R, Norris C. Fostering an equitable Austin. The City of Austin, Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Office, 2001.

Waldhorn S, Gollub J, Klein J. New approaches to financing nonprofit organizations: The role of lending. The Future of the Nonprofit Sector, Virginia A. Hodgkinson, Richard W. Lyman and Associates, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989.

Gollub J, Jay D. Private financing and the continuum of long-term care services: Implications for Appalachian states. The Appalachian Regional Commission; SRI International, 1990.

Meiners MR, Gollub J. Long-term care insurance: The edge of an emerging market. Carina 1985 Mar; IV(3):12–16.

Selected Presentations

San Francisco Bay Area Clean Technology Cluster, SPUR Forum, 2008.

Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) Conference: Building Bridges to the Marketplace, 2008.

UC Santa Barbara Energy Summit Keynote: Building the Energy Innovation Pipeline, 2008.

World Bank, Beijing: Regional Collaborative Development Strategy Workshop, 2006.

Texas Lyceum: Innovation Economy Building Blocks and Metrics, 2006.

USAID Making Cities Work Speakers Program: Cluster-based Competitiveness Strategies for Cities, 2006.

Russian Oblast Work Shop: Building Next Generation Economies—Framework and Method for Regional Competitiveness Strategy, 2006.

South Carolina Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Economy Strategy, 2005.

Vancouver, Nanotechnology Conference: Nanotechnology and the Innovation Pipeline, 2003.

International Association of Science Parks: Building Next Generation Communities, 2003.

• Managing Director, E-Cubed Ventures LLC, 2009
• Senior Vice President, Global Economic Development, ICF Consulting, 1999–2009
• Founder, Information Design Associates (IDeA), 1995–1999
• Principal, DRI/McGraw-Hill, Economic Competitiveness Group, 1992–1995
• Co-Director, SRI International, Center for Economic Competitiveness, 1976–1992

Domestic Sustainable Economy and Competitiveness Strategy

• Greener Denver Framework, advisory services (Metro Denver, 2009)
• Southwest Florida Climate Prosperity Framework, advisory services (SWFRPC, 2009)
• Texas Energy and Petrochemicals Cluster Competitiveness Strategy (Governor’s Competitiveness Council, 2008)
• NYC Manufacturing Cluster Strategy (NY-EDC, 2008)
• Ontario Investment Readiness Strategy (Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 2008)
• Hawaii Cruise Industry Environmental & Economic Impact Assessment (State of Hawaii, 2008)
• San Francisco Bay Area Clean Technology Analysis (SPUR/PG&E, 2008)
• Connecticut Fuel Cell Cluster Strategy (CCAT, 2008)
• Southeast Colorado Strategy (Pikes Peak Work Force Council, 2008)
• Cape Coral Competitiveness Analysis (City of Cape Coral, 2008)
• San Francisco Economic Strategy (Mayor’s Office, 2007)
• Sacramento Economic Development Options (City of Sacramento, 2006)
• Kern County CEDS (Kern County, 2006)
• Saskatchewan High Performing Region Program, Phase I--Readiness (Province of Saskatchewan, 2007)
• Connecticut Next Generation Competitiveness Strategy (DECD and Governor’s Competitiveness Council, 2005-2006)
• Connecticut Seed Capital Strategy (2005)
• SJ Environmental Business Cluster Energy Technology Start-up Evaluation (California Energy Commission, PIER, 2005)
• South Carolina Next Energy—Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Economy Strategy (EngenuitySC, 2005)
• San Antonio Cluster-based Workforce Strategy (Alamo WorkSource, 2005)
• British Columbia Industry Technology Strategies (BCTIA, 2005)

International Regional Economic Strategy

• Economic Structure and Impact of Smart Communities (State of Queensland, 2008)
• Helongjiang Province, China, Diversification Strategy and Industry Corridor Strategy (World Bank, 2007)
• Collaborative Regional Development Strategy Chinese Leadership Workshops (World Bank, 2007)
• Bosnia Cluster Competitiveness Activities (USAID, 2005-7, sub to EMG Ltd)

Science and Technology Parks and Technology Alliances

• Hospital-based Tech Park Concept (William Osher Health Centre, Brampton, ON, 2009)
• Offshore Wind Energy Collaborative [USOWC] Business Plan (Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, 2006)
• Algeria Cyberparc - Sid Abdellah Strategy (World Bank, Algeria Ministry of Telecom & Post, 2005)

University Economic Impact Assessment and Strategy

• Gallaudet University Expansion Strategy (Gallaudet University, 2008)
• San Diego State University Economic Impact Assessment (SDSU Office of the President, 2007)
• California State University System Economic Impact Assessment (CSU Office of the Chancellor, 2004)
• University of California System Economic Impact Assessment (Office of the President, 2003)

• IEDC: International Economic Development Council