Leadership

Dawnbreaker® Leadership

Dr. Jenny C. Servo, the founder and President of Dawnbreaker® has more than 27 years’ experience in the management of government contracts and in the design of programs for highly creative individuals. Change has been an on-going focus in her efforts with “transformational entrepreneurs”. Cognizant of both the objectives and budget constraints of each federal customer, Dr. Servo combines the best practices from instructional design and change management to the development of unique programs to fill each customer’s objectives. Each program developed for Federal and state agencies are distinct and contain within them variations that address the heterogeneity of the companies participating in each program. Dr. Servo prescribes to the policy of “management by objectives” and has been responsible for ensuring that program process and outcome match agency expectations for all programs across multiple agencies. Due the the breadth of experience that Dr. Servo has had with the SBIR/STTR programs, in 2023 Jenny was appointed to SBA’s Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee.

Jenny C. Servo, PH.D.

founder & President

Dr. Servo has personally assisted over 500 SBIR/STTR award winners with commercialization and business planning. Since 1990, companies that have worked with Dawnbreaker® through a government sponsored program have received in excess of $3B in Phase III funding. Dawnbreaker® has been recognized for its contributions as well as its own growth and principles by the Tibbetts Award received in 2002, the Rochester Top 100 award in 2005 and 2008, as well as the Rochester Business Ethics Award, presented to Dawnbreaker in 2009 and Best Place to Work Award in 2014.

John K. Servo

Vice President of Operations

John K. Servo is the Vice President of Operations at Dawnbreaker® with oversight of the Finance, Human Resources and Software Engineering department.