§ 9-15-17. Director; duties

The director of the technology enterprise division is responsible for the overall supervision of the division in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-15-16 NMSA 1978 . In addition, the director shall: A. formulate and submit to the commission a five-year state technology development plan; B. develop and be responsible for the operating and capital budgets of the division; C. develop agreements with federal research, development, testing and evaluating organizations and universities to facilitate the transfer and commercialization of technology; D. recommend to the secretary proposed projects and contracts in accordance with the policies, procedures and guidelines established by the department; E. subject to the approval of the secretary, apply for and accept any federal funds or grants and private donations; F. develop requests for proposals in technology commercialization areas given priority by the commission in the state's economic development and tourism plan; receive and refer with commentary to the secretary proposals submitted in response to requests for proposals; confer with research investigators to assist them when needed; monitor progress on state-funded research and development projects; maintain contact with research and development offices of the universities, federal laboratories and private research operations; and receive reports of individual projects; G. prepare an annual report on: (1) the status of the technology enterprise division; (2) the status of ongoing research and development projects; (3) the results obtained from completed projects and the dissemination of those results; and (4) other activities of the division; H. maintain and update records on the status of all completed and ongoing projects; I. request from each entity under contract with the division a detailed description of tasks and associated budgets for review and approval by the commission; and J. perform such other duties as are assigned to him by the secretary in order to further the purposes of Section 9-15-17 NMSA 1978 .