Michael Wallner M.P.A. Ph.D.

Dr. Michael Wallner oversees the Economic Research Team at TechLink, a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Partnership Intermediary. Michael and his team are currently preparing an economic impact analysis of all U.S. Air Force Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) issued between 2000 and 2020. Recently, Dr. Wallner and his team completed an economic impact study for the National Nuclear Security Administration and Sandia National Laboratories. Dr. Wallner also oversaw the first comprehensive economic and technological analysis of the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute’s SBIR/STTR Program. Michael has overseen the completion of multiple economic and advanced research and development reviews for TechLink and the DoD, including the impacts of DoD inventions and TechLink’s licensing agreements, DoD’s Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF), DoD’s SBIR/STTR technology transitions and impacts on Warfighters, and DoD’s CRADAs, and he has assisted with a review of DoD’s SBIR/STTR Program. Each analysis focused on the U.S. economy, DoD’s Defense mission, and advanced research and development of technologies for the U.S. Warfighter. He is one of five Bozeman City Commissioners, has a PhD in Public Policy and Administration from Boise State University, and is completing his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Montana. Michael enjoys hunting, hiking, and the hot springs in Montana.