Auburn University has named Patrick Reed, who's worked in tech transfer for two decades, as executive director of its Intellectual Property Exchange.

Patrick Reed

Auburn University has hired Patrick Reed, previously the assistant vice-chancellor for innovation and partnerships at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center, as executive director of the Intellectual Property Exchange (IPX).

Reed has spent more than two decades in tech transfer and was most recently with LSU for nearly 12 years, serving as assistant vice-chancellor from April 2020.

In addition to these duties, he concurrently…

Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.