Chip Bobbert | Innovation, Education & Technology

01 / About Me

About Me

I've spent 25 years working across education, innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.

My work spans program development, emerging technologies, educational design, funding, and economic development. I currently serve as Director of Innovation at the Roanoke Blacksburg Innovation Alliance and Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council.

Previous work includes the Colopy Entrepreneurship Program at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Stand Together, Duke University, and UNC Wilmington. I also co-founded Construct3D.

Read my full biography ↗

02 / Engagements

Engagements ↗

Engagement-related links are issued as custom, private subdomains and are not navigable from this public landing page.

If you have an active engagement, please use the direct link provided to you.

Past engagement materials

Paid engagement materials are stored permanently. For access to materials from a previous engagement, please contact me through your relationship manager.

03 / Projects and Programs

Projects and Programs

01

RBIA — Roanoke Blacksburg Innovation Alliance ↗

Regional innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development initiatives.

Knowledge Graph

02

RBTC — Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council ↗

Connecting and supporting the region’s technology and business ecosystem.

Ecosystem Map

03

RAMP ↗

Supporting entrepreneurs and startups in the Roanoke–Blacksburg region.

04

Construct3D ↗

Professional development and conversations about innovation centers, digital fabrication, and emerging technologies.

04 / Laboratory

Laboratory

An ever-evolving collection of tools used to support various projects and passions. Some are actively used and developed; others have been retired but are documented here for those who still use them. If you are looking for a legacy project not on this list, please contact me.

Active Projects

Digital Signage ↗

Web-based signage for events and shared spaces, including portrait and landscape displays for RBTC events.

Membership Explorer ↗

An interactive ecosystem map for exploring the region’s technology and business community.

Public Good Legacy Projects

Some projects are legacy work for me, but remain actively used by the people and organizations they were built to serve.

01

NCSSM Colopy Entrepreneurship Program ↗

A digital garden of strategic program designs, operating procedures, development materials, curriculum, a graph database of program functions, and related resources.

The program is no longer supported by me. Materials may be available to authorized North Carolina stakeholders upon request.

02

Learner Wallet & Credential Ecosystem

Exploration of portable credentials and ways to document, verify, and communicate learner competencies.

This project is no longer supported. I recommend migrating to the Learner Credential Wallet supported by the Digital Credential Commons ( lcw.app ).

03

Duke Lightboard Open Hardware

For questions about Duke Lightboard open hardware, please contact Duke University's Academic Media Technologies group ↗ .

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