Isaac (Itzik) R. Barpal

Dr. Isaac R. Barpal retired as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of AlliedSignal (now Honeywell) in July 1998.  He joined the corporation in July 1993 and had oversight for the corporation’s engineering and technology efforts with a budget of over $1.1 billion and a technical staff of over 11,000 people.  He also chaired the Technology Board, which included the sector technology officers and other key members and whose role was to administer the virtual Technology Centers and to foster cross-sector technology initiatives.

At the sectors, the technology efforts were both tactical, in support of ongoing operations, and strategic, to develop emerging technologies to better serve future market opportunities.  These activities were conducted at dedicated local facilities worldwide, at specialized Technology Centers, which served cross-sector needs, and at “virtual centers,” such as universities, research laboratories, and other entities, both in the U.S. and abroad (e.g. Russia, China and India), from which the corporation obtained the best available technology.

Before joining AlliedSignal, Dr. Barpal had a distinguished 22-year career at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, which included engineering, projects, operations, and executive management assignments.  His last position was as the Corporate Vice President of Science and Technology.

Dr. Barpal earned his B.S. degree in electrical engineering and applied mathematics from the California State Polytechnic University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara. His research and dissertation were the development of the “parallel hybrid propulsion system”, in use today by many automotive companies. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Since 2000, Dr Barpal has been a senior proposal reviewer (pro-bono) for the National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR/STTR programs.  The Small Business Innovation Research and the Small Business Technology Transfer organizations provide seed funding (Phase I) and continuing development, prototyping and commercialization (Phase II) to anyone in the USA who applies and qualifies to a very strict set of rules.  Dr Barpal expertise in R&D, technology transfer, and commercialization is invaluable in reviewing a large number of submittals to the NSF and in identifying candidates for funding.

In addition, he has participated in a number of private technology/business reviews on behalf of potential investors to advise them on the viability of new technologies.

Dr. Barpal has written numerous technical articles and holds several patents.  Active in a number of engineering and professional societies, he is a registered engineer in California, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Brazil.  Born in Argentina, he has lived in seven countries and speaks six languages.  He is married and resides in Sarasota, Florida.