"No amount of time wandering around the garden thinking about what you are going to write actually puts words on the page." Today Lisa has the pleasure to welcome Tom Hockaday to the show. Tom is the author of the book, University Technology Transfer: What It Is and How to Do It , published in April 2020 by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Tom was the director of Oxford University Innovation , the technology transfer company at the University of Oxford. Before Oxford University Innovation, To...
Oct 07, 2020•58 min
Lisa is happy to welcome Michael Carriere to the show today. Michael is an Assistant Director at the University of California Davis Innovation Access in Davis, California. Michael graduated from UC Davis and has a Ph.D. in Plant Biology. After three years at a breeding company in the private sector, he returned to UC Davis to manage its highly competitive strawberry licensing program. For over 20 years in this position, he has served as the University’s liaison at the public-private interface an...
Sep 30, 2020•54 min
Welcome to this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Today Lisa's guest is Fiona Wills. Fiona is the Associate Vice Provost of Innovation Development and Commercialization CoMotion at the University of Washington (UW). Fiona's group guides researchers through project development towards impact through licensing either to an existing company, a UW or startup and incubation, or direct user licensing from UW. Fiona shares her journey into Tech Transfer and what inspired her to take the position at UW. Fion...
Sep 23, 2020•42 min
Hello and welcome! In this episode, Lisa speaks with Joe Runge, Tyler Scherr, and Charlie Litton, hosts of the very informative and funny podcast, Innovation Overground. For those of you who are not familiar with the podcast, it was created to help promote academic innovation and the Technology Transfer and Commercialization efforts at the University of Nebraska and beyond. The podcast examines what it takes to advance academic inventions and discoveries beyond the research bench and into people...
Sep 16, 2020•30 min
Lisa's guest, today on Tech Transfer IP, is Travis Cook. Travis is the Associate Director of Technology Development and Licensing at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). He is a cross-functional international business development professional with experience managing, negotiating, and closing early, late, and commercial-stage definitive agreements. Travis is also co-inventor on seven patent applications and a co-author of several peer-reviewed publications, including a case study in the ...
Sep 09, 2020•1 hr 7 min
"Our preferred approach is effectively commercializing research outcomes before we create IP." Listen as Lisa and guest Tim Boyle discuss his journey to Tech Transfer, how his office is structured, and the role of philanthropic organizations, plus much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP . Tim is the Director of Innovation & Commercialisation at ANSTO - Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Founder and Lead Executive of the Nandin Innovation Centre , Adjunct Professor...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Did you know that NCATS issued over 45 patents in eighteen months? Listen as Lisa and guest, Lili Portilla, discuss the different parts of NIH, what NCATS is and what it does, and their work with small businesses and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP . Lili is the Director of Strategic Alliances of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences , also known as NCATS at the National Institutes of Health . Lili has worked in the areas of strategic alliances, technology transf...
Aug 26, 2020•59 min
“If we focus on the known unknowns, we might lose some capability to identify and respond to things we don’t currently know are problems.” Listen as Lisa and her guest, Jason Owen Smith, discuss his book Research Universities And The Public Good: Discovery for an Uncertain Future , the public values of research universities, how they are funded, and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP . Jason is a Sociologist who examines how complex networks among people and organizations shape knowle...
Aug 19, 2020•57 min
Welcome to Tech Transfer IP! Listen as your host Lisa and her guest, Laura Fritts, discuss her transition from a partner at a law firm to her tech transfer and her position at Emory, working in academia, the Emory Patent Group why it was formed and some of their biggest success stories plus much or on this episode. Laura is the Director of the License and Patent Strategy & Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Emory University . At Emory, Laura manages the in-house patent group, assists the...
Aug 06, 2020•27 min
Did you know that LSU has eight campuses in their system? Listen as Lisa and her guest, Andrew Maas, discuss his journey to Tech Transfer, the LSU system, what led up to his position at LSU, his office's success, LSU's licenses, disclosures, patents and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Andy is the Associate Vice President of Louisiana State University. Andy is responsible for managing, purging, and supporting the development, disclosure, and protection of LSU's inventions and intel...
Jul 22, 2020•54 min
Did you know that Michigan State University Technologies has in the neighborhood of 700 million dollars a year in research expenditures? Listen as Lisa and her guest, Richard Chylla, discuss tech transfer at Michigan State University, the three offices that make up the MSU Innovation Center, his experience with patents and licensing, and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Richard is the Executive Director of Michigan State University Technologies , also known as MSUT. Richard is resp...
Jul 08, 2020•44 min
“They put me in charge of making the resort as self-sufficient as possible, in terms of electricity, heat, transportation, and food. It was a fantastic opportunity to push the envelope.” As Lisa and her guest, Gwen Holdmann, discuss her work with fossil and renewable/alternative energy, her work at Chena’s geothermal power plant, how she got started in technology transfer, and much more in this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Gwen is the director of both the University of Alaska Fairbanks Technolog...
Jun 24, 2020•43 min
"We are a nonprofit focused and dedicated to saving the lives of patients through transfusion medicine." Listen as Lisa and her guest, Laura Savatski, discuss what Versiti Inc is, how her office functions, and where she got her tech transfer experience plus much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Laura Savatski is the Technology Transfer Officer for Versiti, Inc, a healthcare company known for supplying all thing's blood, as well as having an extensive research footprint at the Blood Rese...
Jun 11, 2020•1 hr 10 min
In this episode of Tech Transfer IP Lisa and her guest, Les Nichols, discuss how after many years of working in business development, sales and support focused around the semiconductor industry, he ended up in the tech transfer field. He shares how he got his position at the OTC at the University of Texas at Austin , plus much more. Les is the Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). In this role, Les leads a team of twenty-five who...
May 28, 2020•54 min
What do you know about equity, diversity, and inclusion and Tech Transfer? Listen to Lisa and her guest, Marc Sedam, as they discuss this, the future of Tech Transfer, and the role public sector research plays in trying to find a vaccine for COVID-19. This plus much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Marc is the Associate Vice Provost for Innovation and New Ventures and Managing Director of UNH Innovation at the University of New Hampshire. Marc joined UNH in 2010 and has an extensive bac...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Were you aware that the UCLA Technology Development Group has an actual board? Listen to Lisa and her guest, Dr. Ragan Robertson, as they discuss his experience in the Tech Transfer field, how his office differs from others within the University of California (UC) system and tech transfer offices in general, and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Ragan is a Business Development and Information Systems officer at the UCLA Technology Development Group, also known as UCLA TDG . He is cu...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Listen to Lisa and her guest, Fred Reinhart, as they discuss his experience with four different institutions, how technology transfer has changed since he started, and much more on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Fred has over thirty-five years of experience as a technology transfer executive at institutions such as the New England Medical Center , the University of Michigan , and Wayne State University. Fred is on the Board of Directors at the University of Iowa Research Foundation and was pr...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Were you aware that there are two research organizations at Georgia Tech? Listen to Lisa and her guest, Dr. Terry Bray, the Director of Technology Licensing at Georgia Tech Research Corporation , as they discuss this and many other intellectual property topics on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Terry has over twenty-five years of experience in the creation, development, and commercialization of innovative technologies. Before joining GTRC, Terry held positions such as the Executive Vice Presid...
Apr 07, 2020•38 min
Did you know that ten campuses are encompassed within the University of California (UC) system? Listen as Lisa and her guest Jeff Jackson discuss this and how his office in Santa Cruz works with the rest of the campuses in the UC system on this episode of Tech Transfer IP. Jeff is the director of Intellectual Property Management at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He oversees invention disclosure intake, patent filing and prosecution strategy, and management of all aspects of their in...
Mar 18, 2020•49 min
“Transformative discoveries, inventions, and therapies often come from small beginnings” this is the motto of Champ Gupton’s office at the University of North Carolina Office of Technology Commercialization (known as the OTC). Listen as Champ shares what the OTC is and what the Office of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development branded by the University Community as Innovate Carolina , does for faculty, staff, and student entrepreneurs. Champ has held the position of Commercializat...
Mar 04, 2020•38 min
Dean Stell - The Challenge of Patents Is it hard to get patents in the diagnostic space? Listen in as Lisa, and her guest Dean Stell discuss patents and the challenges in getting patents today. Dean Stell is the Program Director of Wake Forest Innovations in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dean manages its technology portfolio ranging from ideation, intellectual property, out-licensing, and post-license management. Dean has spent most of his career looking for the new fruits that come from the fa...
Feb 19, 2020•52 min
