AUTM on the Air
225 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -AUTM on the AIR is the weekly podcast that brings you conversations about the impact of research commercialization and the people who make it happen. Join us for interviews with patent and licensing professionals, innovators, entrepreneurs, and tech transfer leaders on the issues and trends that matter most.
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Nine Points to Consider in Licensing University Technology with Kathy Ku
September 08, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBThroughout her amazing career, today’s guest has had a huge impact on the Tech Transfer community and continues to do so today. Kathy Ku has been working in Tech Transfer since the 1980s and in this episode she shares her unique journey describing her career moves as “happenstance.” Kathy is the Chief Licensing Advisor in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini. She is also a member of the technology transactions and the patents and innovations practice groups. She is an internationally rec...
Innovation Impact Rankings with Cullum Clark and Christian Blackwell
September 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBToday I am joined by two guests; Cullum Clark and Christian Blackwell. Cullum is the Director of the Bush Institute SMU-Economic Growth Initiative and Christian is the Managing Partner at Opus Faveo Innovation Development, and their combination of skills and experience is a force to be reckoned with! The purpose of today’s episode is to unpack the report which was produced by Cullum, Christian, and a number of other colleagues of theirs (who are all acknowledged by name towards the end) ti...
Innovation Impact Rankings with Cullum Clark and Christian Blackwell
September 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBToday I am joined by two guests; Cullum Clark and Christian Blackwell. Cullum is the Director of the Bush Institute SMU-Economic Growth Initiative and Christian is the Managing Partner at Opus Faveo Innovation Development, and their combination of skills and experience is a force to be reckoned with! The purpose of today’s episode is to unpack the report which was produced by Cullum, Christian, and a number of other colleagues of theirs (who are all acknowledged by name towards the end) t...
The Privilege of Working in Technology Transfer with Dr. Alison Campbell, Director of KTI
August 25, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 28.9 MBEven before she expresses it outwardly, it is clear that Alison Campbell is deeply passionate about technology transfer and that working in this field brings her a lot of joy. In today’s episode I have the pleasure of speaking to a woman who was one of the first technology transfer managers at the Medical Research Council and is currently the Director of Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI). KTI is national office which aims to make it easier for companies to connect and engage with publicly ...
The Privilege of Working in Technology Transfer with Dr. Alison Campbell, Director of KTI
August 25, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBEven before she expresses it outwardly, it is clear that Alison Campbell is deeply passionate about technology transfer and that working in this field brings her a lot of joy. In today’s episode I have the pleasure of speaking to a woman who was one of the first technology transfer managers at the Medical Research Council and is currently the Director of Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI). KTI is national office which aims to make it easier for companies to connect and engage with publicly f...
Technology Transfer with Senior Technology Licensing Office, Jeff Purnell
August 18, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBToday’s guest, Jeff Purnell, has an engineering degree, a PhD in chemistry, and is currently working as a senior technology licensing officer in the Office of Technology Transfer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Prior to this, Jeff held various R&D and product development roles in major companies. The goal of Jeff’s department, which is one of three situated in UMB’s Office of Research and Development, is to commercialize university IP so that it can benefit society. In this...
Technology Transfer with Cameron P. Smith of the Texas Tech University System
August 11, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBOur guest today is the commercialization director of the Office of Research commercialization in the Texas Tech University System (TTUS). In order for inventions to reach the people who need them, they need to be patented, and Cameron’s role is to bridge the gap between industry and academia by executing commercialization agreements to bring inventions to market. In today’s episode, Cameron explains how the TTUS innovation ecosystem is structured and how the innovation cycle works, from w...
Technology Transfer with Lisa Mueller, Host of Tech Transfer IP
August 04, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBThis episode is a little different as I, Lisa Mueller, host of the Tech Transfer IP podcast, take the interviewee hotseat for a change! In today’s show, you’ll hear a brief rundown of my professional background, and how I ended up in the field of patent law after focusing my studies on environmental law. However, the main focus of this discussion is the podcast itself. When I first decided to create a podcast, I had no idea of the amount of work that it would require. After unsuccessfully t...
Technology Transfer via the Bayh-Dole Act
July 28, 2021 07:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBIn some ways, the Bayh-Dole Act saved the United States, and our guest on today’s show played a key role in its adoption. Joe Allen was part of the US Senate Judiciary Committee for Birch Bayh, the senator whose name makes up one part of the Act which was deemed one of the most inspired pieces of legislation that America had seen in half a century. The intention of the Act was to foster R&D partnerships between universities and US industry in order to put an end to the government’s practic...
Technology Transfer at The Office of Corporate Partnership and Knowledge
July 21, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBAfter working in America for 20 years, Dublin born Declan Weldon returned to his alma mater, Trinity College, as the Deputy Director for Research and Innovation and the head of the Office of Corporate Partnership and Knowledge. Trinity has one of the largest hubs of R&D accessible infrastructure in Ireland, is responsible for 600 industry engagements, and for the past 6 years, Trinity College graduates have been ranked number one in Europe for entrepreneurial performance. The focus of Decl...
Technology Transfer at The Office of Corporate Partnership and Knowledge
July 21, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 27.6 MBAfter working in America for 20 years, Dublin born Declan Weldon returned to his alma mater, Trinity College, as the Deputy Director for Research and Innovation and the head of the Office of Corporate Partnership and Knowledge. Trinity has one of the largest hubs of R&D accessible infrastructure in Ireland, is responsible for 600 industry engagements, and for the past 6 years, Trinity College graduates have been ranked number one in Europe for entrepreneurial performance. The focus of Dec...
Learning Tech Transfer from the LifeArc AUTM Technology Transfer Fellows Program
July 14, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBMany PhD recipients spend their careers in academia, but today’s guest, Dr. Isabel Ramos, decided that she wanted to apply her knowledge in the real world. Isabel’s current role is innovation manager at Siemens Healthineers, where she and her team work alongside universities and other partners to create technologies related to digital health. In today’s episode, Isabel explains what she loves about her work, and the journey she took to reach the point she is now at in her career. A major...
Tech Transfer at LifeArc
July 07, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBToday’s guest is Dr. Anji Miller; a senior business manager in the technology transfer division at LifeArc, a self-funded medical research charity which has a 25 year legacy of collaborating with scientists in order to transform medical innovations into benefits for patients. Her role focuses on the evaluation and translation of academic derived science. Anji’s had had a lifelong love for science, and has three degrees in the field, as well as a Masters in the management of intellectual pr...
Tech Transfer at The Polsky Center at The University of Chicago
June 30, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 25.4 MBHello and welcome to another episode of Tech Transfer IP. Today I am pleased to speak with Bill Payne, the Executive Director of Science and Technology at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago. Bill leads the technology commercialization, Polsky Science Ventures, and industry relations team working to bring groundbreaking faculty research to the market. Bill is also a startup veteran, having founded and built a company that developed a mobile ...
Tech Transfer at The Polsky Center at The University of Chicago
June 30, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBHello and welcome to another episode of Tech Transfer IP. Today I am pleased to speak with Bill Payne, the Executive Director of Science and Technology at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago. Bill leads the technology commercialization, Polsky Science Ventures, and industry relations team working to bring groundbreaking faculty research to the market. Bill is also a startup veteran, having founded and built a company that developed a mobile a...
Prosecuting Patent Applications with Elaine Spector
June 23, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBWelcome to another episode of Tech Transfer IP. Today I am pleased to speak with Elaine Spector. Elaine is a patent attorney with Harrity & Harrity with over twenty year's experience in intellectual property law. Elaine's current practice consists primarily of prosecuting patent applications with a focus on electromechanical technologies. Before joining Harrity & Harrity, Elaine worked in private practice for over fifteen years handling various intellectual property matters, including pat...
The Agile Mindset of the Office of Research Business Development at Tulane University
June 16, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBWelcome to another episode of Tech Transfer IP. Today I am pleased to speak with Claiborne “Clay” Christian. Clay is a Business Development Officer for Tulane University. He focuses on establishing and facilitating collaborations involving research at Tulane and industry, venture capital, and other external partners, ensuring that all parties have an optimal enterprise experience. Clay received a bachelor’s degree in classics and classical language, literature, and linguistics, with a mino...
Technology Transfer at Osage University Partners with Kirsten
June 09, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 20 MBWelcome to another episode of Tech Transfer IP. Today I am pleased to speak with Kirsten Leute, a Partner at Osage University Partners (OUP). At OUP, Kirsten is responsible for relationships with over 100 academic institutions that are partnered with the fund, engaging potential new partner institutions, and enhancing and creating value-add programs for the partnered academic institutions. Kirsten has also been actively involved in Tech Transfer outside of her daily work. She was a forme...
Technology Transfer at Osage University Partners with Kirsten
June 09, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBWelcome to another episode of Tech Transfer IP. Today I am pleased to speak with Kirsten Leute, a Partner at Osage University Partners (OUP). At OUP, Kirsten is responsible for relationships with over 100 academic institutions that are partnered with the fund, engaging potential new partner institutions, and enhancing and creating value-add programs for the partnered academic institutions. Kirsten has also been actively involved in Tech Transfer outside of her daily work. She was a former...
AUTM’s Better World Project
June 02, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBHello and welcome to a very special episode of Tech Transfer IP. Today I am pleased to speak with George Chellapa and Meagan Pitcher, the Co-chairs of AUTM’s Better World Project. However, before we talk about the details of the Better World Project, let me tell you a little about my guests George and Meagan. George is an Invention Manager at Innovation and New Ventures at Northwestern University. George works with faculty to protect their intellectual property and bring technologies to m...
Technology Transfer at Baylor College of Medicine Ventures
May 26, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBOn this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa is speaking with Meagan Pitcher, a Licensing Associate at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Ventures. In her role, Meagan handles technology evaluation and triage, patent prosecution management, commercialization plan development, negotiating of complex technology licenses, post-deal compliance, and much more. Before BCM, Meagan was with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Meagan shares her background and her journey to Tech Tr...
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Technology Transfer
May 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBWelcome to a special episode of Technology Transfer IP. This episode will talk about equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in Tech Transfer. To help guide our discussion, we have assembled an esteemed panel of guests who have graciously agreed to share their knowledge and insights on this topic. Today's panel includes; Tom Hockaday, Anji Miller, Natalie Cozier, Almesha Campbell, and Megan Aanstoos. Tom Hockaday is an author and leading expert in university technology transfer leadership...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Technology Transfer
May 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBWelcome to a special episode of Technology Transfer IP. This episode will talk about equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in Tech Transfer. To help guide our discussion, we have assembled an esteemed panel of guests who have graciously agreed to share their knowledge and insights on this topic. Today's panel includes; Tom Hockaday, Anji Miller, Natalie Cozier, Almesha Campbell, and Megan Aanstoos. Tom Hockaday is an author and leading expert in university technology transfer leadership,...
Technology Transfer at Oregon State University
May 12, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBOn this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Karl Mundorff. Karl is the Executive Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Oregon State University (OSU) and the Co-Director of the OSU Advantage Accelerator. Karl joined OSU in September 2015 as the Senior Program Manager. Before his time at OSU, Karl was the Director of Research Programs for Oregon BEST; A State Signature Research Center focused on advancing the cleantech cluster. He worked with Univers...
Technology Transfer in Kentucky with Megan Aanstoos Chair of the AUTM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
May 05, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBToday I have the pleasure of speaking with Megan Aanstoos (she/her/hers), Licensing and New Ventures Manager for Kentucky Commercialization Ventures (KCV). In this role, Megan is responsible for outreach and education on matters related to commercialization, along with assessing, managing, and licensing intellectual property developed at KCV partner institutions. Megan's work allows her to pursue a lifelong passion for connecting people to make it easier to obtain the technology needed to li...
Nicole N. Morris Director of Technological Innovations: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER) at Emory University School of Law
April 28, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBOn this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa is speaking with Nicole N. Morris, a faculty member at Emory University School of Law. Nicole is a professor in practice and Director of the TI:GER (Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results), an innovative partnership between Emory and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) that brings together graduate students in law, business, science, and engineering to work on ways to take innovative ideas from the lab to the marketplace. As...
Jeanine Burmania with Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
April 21, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBJeanine Burmania, the Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Licensing at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), is Lisa's guest today on Tech Transfer IP. Jeanine has been with WARF for over 17 years and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Science and Biomedical Engineering. Listen, as Jeanine shares the history of WARF and how an enterprising university scientist established ...
Researching Technology Transfer Offices From South Korea with Dr. Clovia Hamilton
April 14, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBOn this episode of Technology Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Clovia Hamilton, a tenure track Assistant Professor in the Technology and Society Department of SUNY Korea (which is affiliated with Stonybrook University) in Songdo South Korea (about an hour outside of Seoul). Dr. Hamilton teaches ethics, smart education, smart cities (i.e., technology in the city, including the impact of artificial intelligence on society), and industrial engineering operations manageme...
UF Innovate at the University of Florida with Jim O’Connell
April 07, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOn this episode of Technology Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Jim O'Connell, the Assistant Vice President for Commercialization at UF Innovate at the University of Florida. In addition to UF Innovate, Jim also leads the Sid Martin Biotech and The Hub and is the Director of Tech Licensing. Jim works with internal and external constituents to provide strategic leadership and direction in building and capitalizing on facilities, expertise, and technology at the University o...
Technology Transfer at the University of Mississippi with Allyson Best
March 31, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBToday on Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Allyson Best. Allyson is the Director of Technology Commercialization at the University of Mississippi. Allyson received her Bachelor of Science in marketing from Clemson University and MBA in Pharmaceutical Marketing and Development from The University of Mississippi. Allyson's journey to Tech Transfer started as a project coordinator in the School of Pharmacy, writing technical dossiers for technology that was up for patent...
Technology Transfer at Northwestern University with George Chellapa
March 24, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBToday on Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with George Chellapa. George is an Invention Manager at Innovation and New Ventures at Northwestern University (INVO). George works with faculty to protect their intellectual property and bring technologies to market. He is also involved in negotiating agreements between Northwestern and commercial partners. George was with the and Washington University Technology Transfer Offices before joining Northwestern. Listen as George shar...
Technology Transfer in Puerto Rico with David Gulley
March 17, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBToday on Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with David Gulley. David is the founding director of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO), launched in 2016 as a regional effort to improve the island’s innovation ecosystem. David serves on committees of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), the Alliance for Technology Transfer Professionals (ATTP), Certified Licensing Professionals (CLP), and Biotechnology I...
Technology Transfer at NASA with Kris Romig
March 10, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBOn this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Kris Romig. Kris is the Technology Transfer Officer for the Exploration Technology Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Kris and his team are responsible for curating the intellectual property developed at Johnson Space Center from disclosing new innovations through the patent process and eventual licensing of those inventions. Additionally, Kris guides his team to enhance cross-talk between NASA innovators while ...
Tech Launch Arizona with Rakhi Gibbons
March 03, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBOn this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Rakhi Gibbons, the Director of Licensing for Tech Launch Arizona (TLA) at the University of Arizona. Rakhi has over fifteen years of experience in the life sciences industry, from research to startup experience and university technology transfer. In her role as director, Rakhi oversees all licensing operations at TLA. Throughout her history with TLA, Rakhi has worked closely with faculty and researchers, particula...
Penn Center for Innovations at the University of Pennsylvania with Ben Dibling
February 24, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBLisa is speaking with Ben Dibling, Deputy Managing Director of Penn Center for Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, on this Tech Transfer IP episode. Ben leads the licensing, corporate contracting, and corporate outreach groups at the Penn Center for Innovations. Ben's team is responsible for working with Penn faculty, staff, and students to evaluate, protect, and commercialize Penn inventions and discoveries and facilitate engagement with industry and start-up formations. Ben hold...
Open Innovation Program with Kashif Haque
February 17, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBOn this episode of Tech Transfer, IP Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Kashif Haque, a Patent Technology Associate in the office of Technology Transfer at the University of Toledo. In this role, Kashif is responsible for managing all aspects of the invention disclosure process, interacting with faculty, staff, and students to better understand their research, focusing on identifying and protecting promising inventions. Kashif also works with faculty, staff, and researchers to prepare, d...
Closing the Gap for Women Inventors with Nichole Mercier
February 10, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBToday Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Nichole Mercier, the Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Managing Director for Technology Transfer at Washington University in St. Louis. In her role at WashU, Nichole is responsible for all office operations and strategy, including licensing, business development, finance, and administrative operations. Prior to her time at WashU, Nichole was a Senior Contract Manager at Monsanto and a Licensing Associate at Children's Hospital in Boston. Nichole rece...
Technology Transfer in Hawaii with Steve Auerbach
February 03, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBToday, Lisa's guest is Steve Auerbach, the interim Director of the Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC), the Office of Tech Transfer, the Office of Indigenous Innovation (OII), and UH Ventures in the University of Hawaii System. Steve joined the OIC in October 2019 and was tasked with managing the research and innovation developed across all ten campuses within the University of Hawaii System, protecting the University of Hawaii's intellectual property and technology assets and s...
Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovations and Entrepreneurship with Karthik Gopalakrishnan
January 27, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBKarthik Gopalakrishnan, the Director of Licensing and New Ventures at the Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), is Lisa's guest on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Karthik has over 15 years of experience in asset and technology evaluation across broad scientific disciplines, marketing and negotiating agreements and contracts, business plan assessment, startup formation, and fundraising. Karthik earned a Master of Sc...
Learning Tech Transfer Through Internship with Jessica Trostel
January 20, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBToday Lisa is speaking with her guest, Jessica Trostel. Jessica is a Licensing and Intellectual Property Associate with Colorado State University (CSU) Ventures. Before working with CSU Ventures, Jessica was a senior clinical trial coordinator for an investigational drug study for renal transplants, an extern in the Technology Transfer Office, and research assistant at the University of Colorado, and a patent agent clerk at Faegre Baker Daniels. Jessica has a B.S. in Business Administration...
Learning Tech Transfer Through Internship with Jessica Trostel
January 20, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 18.9 MBToday Lisa is speaking with her guest, Jessica Trostel. Jessica is a Licensing and Intellectual Property Associate with Colorado State University (CSU) Ventures. Before working with CSU Ventures, Jessica was a senior clinical trial coordinator for an investigational drug study for renal transplants, an extern in the Technology Transfer Office, and research assistant at the University of Colorado, and a patent agent clerk at Faegre Baker Daniels. Jessica has a B.S. in Business Administratio...
Jackson State University Tech Transfer Office with Almesha L. Campbell
January 13, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBOn this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Almesha L. Campbell. Almesha is the Assistant Vice President for Research and Economic Development/Director for Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Jackson State University (JSU). Almesha provides support for the overall direction of the Division of Research and Economic Development and manages the intellectual property process from the triage of invention disclosures to commercialization. Almesha provides ...
The IDEA Center at Notre Dame with Richard Cox and Steven Asiala
January 06, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBLisa's guests on this episode of Tech Transfer IP are Richard Cox and Steven Asiala from the Innovation, De-Risking and Enterprise Acceleration (IDEA) Center at the University of Notre Dame. Dick is the Director of Licensing & Business Development at the IDEA Center. His primary responsibilities are marketing new technologies to potential licensees, negotiating licensing terms, and constructing workable licenses and other commercialization agreements. Steven is the Faculty Engagement Assoc...
Reshaping Tech Transfer for Urban-Serving Universities with Rob Gerlach
December 23, 2020 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBLisa’s guest on this episode of TTIP is Rob Gerlach. Rob is the Executive Director of Tech Transfer and Commercialization at Wichita State University and a registered Patent Attorney. At Wichita State, Rob is tasked with protecting the University’s intellectual property and transferring innovation from the university to the commercial marketplace where its true potential can be realized. Rob believes that conventional technology transfer methods don’t work for universities situated like Wic...
Technology Commercialization at VCU Innovation Gateway with Koffi Egbeto
December 16, 2020 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB"My vision for VCU Innovation Gateway is to bring national prominence and world-class recognition and value to VCU, and it's inventors." In this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa is talking with Koffi Selom Egbeto. Koffi is a Technology Commercialization Manager with the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Innovation Gateway. Before working at VCU, Koffi was a Licensing Associate with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). Prior to UTA, Koffi was a patent technical writer with TR Pa...
Policy Can Change Attitudes with Louise Epstein
December 09, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBIn this episode of Tech Transfer IP, Lisa is talking with Louise Epstein. Louise is the Executive in Residence at the Austin Technology Incubator (affiliated with UT Austin) and a principal advisor with the Larta Institute. In both positions, she provides business commercialization advice to science-based startups. Before Larta, Louise was the Director of University Partnerships for the Walton Family Foundation, where she crafted grants for maximum impact. While there, she wrote "12 Critica...
PIVOT Center at the University of Utah with Keith Marmer
December 02, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBKeith Marmer from the University of Utah is Lisa’s guest on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Keith is the Chief Innovation & Economic Engagement Officer at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Before working at the PIVOT Center, Keith served as the Associate Vice President for Technology & Venture Commercialization and Corporate Partners at the University of Utah. Keith shares his background and how he landed at the University of Utah. He discusses his view on why he believes the ter...
Technology Ventures at the University of Arkansas with David Hinton
November 18, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBToday, Lisa's guest is David Hinton, the Acting Executive Director of Technology Ventures at the University of Arkansas and the Interim Director of the Arkansas Research and Technology Park. David is also an Adjunct Professor in the Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Venture Innovation Department at the University of Arkansas and is the graduate-level New Venture Department course's co-instructor. David has been with the University of Arkansas since August 2018, when he was recruited as the Associ...
Visionary and Strategic Leadership at the University of Michigan with Kelly Sexton
November 11, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBToday Lisa has the pleasure of speaking with Kelly Sexton on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Kelly is the Associate Vice President for Research-Technology Transfer and Innovations at the University of Michigan. Kelly works closely with the Vice President for Research and other leaders across the university to provide visionary and strategic leadership of U of M's innovation, business engagement, and technology transfer activities, including the Office of Technology Transfer and the Busines...
ERAU - The World's Largest Fully Accredited University Specializing in Aviation and Aerospace with Dr. Stephanie Miller
November 04, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBLisa is speaking with Dr. Stephanie Miller on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Stephanie is the Executive Director of Technology Transfer & Research Park Initiatives at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). Stephanie joined ERAU in May 2013 to establish the university's first technology transfer office, enabling university research results to become real-world products. In this capacity, Stephanie evaluates ERAU inventions for commercialization potential and markets those assets to ...