The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Joseph Jankowski, chief innovation officer, Case Technology Ventures
Case Technology Ventures (CTV), the pre-seed-stage fund of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), was established in 2002 to help bring more of the university’s research to the marketplace.
Joseph Jankowski, chief innovation officer at the university, has an intimate knowledge of CWRU’s ecosystem, having been associate vice-president for technology management from 2003 until 2012, before taking on his current position.
In addition to his duties of leading the innovation efforts at CWRU, Jankowski has been a director of Henry Ford Innovations, which develops and commercialises intellectual property around healthcare for healthcare provider Henry Ford Health System, since 2013.
Jankowski also co-founded CWRU Fusion, a program that educates integrated teams of law, MBA and PhD students about intellectual property, commercialisation, corporate finance and partnering.
Among CTV’s portfolio companies are Neuros Medical, which is developing a neurostimulation treatment for chronic pain, and CardioInsight Technologies, which is working on non-invasive electrocardiographic imaging of the heart.
