Throughout his professional and academic career, Dr. Premus has and remains a strong advocate of research, technology transfer from research laboratories, entrepreneurship, and risk capital formation as key elements in a dynamic regional and national business environment His academic credentials include conducting research and/or teaching courses in economic growth, macroeconomic analysis, entrepreneurship, technology transfer, supply chain management and the role of venture capital markets. He authored over fifty scholarly publications including a book and five major policy monographs for the U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee. He also authored over 100 hundred applied research studies including wrongful injury cases, military base closures, expansions and realignments, major industrial construction projects and transportation projects. Also, he has acquired extensive experience in organizing and managing strategic research projects for small and large businesses, universities and Federal research laboratories.

His entrepreneurship and business experience includes providing leadership and management oversight in the launching of five start-up companies. The companies included a steel beam erection company (Nashville), a biofuel company (Atlanta), an e-beam carbon company (Atlanta) and a boutique consulting firm (Panama City). The new firms were spin-out companies from Federal research programs and laboratories. Also, in the early 1990s he organized and co-directed the Dayton Technology Transfer Team. The T2 Team, consisting of faculty and students at Wright State University and the University of Dayton, provided assistance in transferring technology from Wright Patterson Air Force Base to private firms. The cost of the program was underwritten by Armstrong Laboratory at Brooks AFB, TX and WPAFB, OH. Over a three year period, the team assisted in thirty successful technology transfer projects.

His advocacy consisted of public speaking appearances and keynote addresses at numerous technology-oriented economic growth and development conferences in the U.S., Europe, Japan and China. Representing the U.S., he participated in five conferences sponsored by the O.E.C.D (Paris) and one sponsored by the European Economic Institute (Italy). He spoke at the EU congress in Luxemburg on the potential of U.S. style venture capital markets for Europe and he was asked to evaluate technology transfer programs in Germany, Austria and Italy. Another project included evaluating the economic feasibility of a massive "aerospace complex" planned for Lower Saxony, GR. Also, on behalf of the U.S Department of State, he participated in a fifteen day study tour of Japan's high technology companies and he evaluated the "technopolis", or regional cluster, policies in several Japanese prefectures.

n the U.S., Dr. Premus consulted with governors and staff in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Hawaii, Minnesota, Utah and Maryland on high tech company locational determinants and regional economic development policy. Ohio University, Wright State University, the University of Utah, the University of the Pacific, Lehigh University, Colorado State University, the University of Memphis, the University of Cincinnati, Portland Graduate School and the University of Alabama sought his advice on policies to commercialize technologies and transfer knowledge to the private sector.

Throughout his career, Dr. Premus has maintained a high profile with the local, regional and national news media. He typically participates in 15-30 news appearances per year. In the early 1990's he was a permanent host of MUNY Radio out of Los Angles. The station boasted of the largest single radio market in the U.S. For over three years, Dr. Premus provided weekly commentary on the popular thirty minute Political Economy segment of the program.

Finally, Dr. Premus acquired considerable hands on business experience. He was co-founder and co-owner of a successful auto parts retail business with stores in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. The company was purchased in 1981 under an employee buyout agreement negotiated by Dr. Premus. The retail business was expanded to twenty-one stores and transferred ownership in 1998. Dr. Premus served as board member and finance director.