John Flavin joined University of Chicago in 2013 to head its commercialisation arm and innovation hub Polsky Center, but will now become chief financial officer at Endotronix.
John Flavin (pictured), associate vice-president of entrepreneurship and innovation at University of Chicago (UChicago), was appointed chief financial officer at medical technology company Endotronix yesterday.
Flavin joined UChicago in 2013, initially to found and serve as executive director of the institution’s startup incubator Chicago Innovation Exchange. The unit was rebranded in 2016 to Polsky Exchange.
The rebranding exercise was part of the university significantly restructuring its operations, merging the Polsky Exchange with tech transfer office, UChicago Tech, and the…