Kraig Wagenecht

Kraig Wagenecht has been the University’s chief liaison to the Singapore enterprise since 2012. With his visionary and strong acumen in enterprise operations and corporate alignments, he provides business and administrative support and planning for campus-level research initiatives and external research collaborations.

In addition to his portfolio at the University, Mr. Wagenecht is currently serving as the Interim Managing Director of the Illinois Advanced Research Center at Singapore Ltd., where he oversees the center’s research and administrative operations, forward planning, facilitates correspondence with principal investigators and co-principal investigators, and serves as chief liaison to key Singapore-based stakeholders. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Wagenecht actively met with Illinois ARCS staff on administrative and research program topics and oversaw all campus support to Illinois ARCS. He had also extensively helped advance the University of Illinois presence, fostering strong ties with the National Research Foundation’s Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) and engaging with critical Singapore officials.