Innovation management software developer Wellspring and tech transfer consultancy IP Pragmatics had been partners for years before this week’s merger.
Tatiana Litvin-Vechnyak is the vice-president for technology commercialisation at Georgetown University effective today.
Mike Paton is the new director of University of Bristol’s innovation hub Engine Shed, replacing Marty Reid who’s now leading SETsquared.
Andrew Wilkinson, chief executive of University of Manchester Innovation Factory, replaces Anne Lane as head of the organisation.
Cliff Michaels will head Kansas University’s Center for Technology Commercialization after having spent the past three years at Georgia State University.
Kevin Leslie has been appointed Old Dominion University’s first associate vice-president for innovation and commercialisation.
Maha Krishnamurthy will serve as president of University of Tennessee Research Foundation in a permanent capacity, having been interim president since October.
Following the departure of Caroline Dreyer last autumn, SATT Conectus has now brought in Marc Gillmann as its new head.
Andy Naylor has left Nottingham Technology Ventures after five years as chief executive to become an investment director for Northern Gritstone.
Alexis Dormandy has reportedly been “forced out” and left the university venture fund shortly before Christmas.
David Russell, an executive-in-residence at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, has been appointed chief executive of PraxisAuril, following in the footsteps of Maxine Ficarra.
Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Innovation Capital and University of Cambridge are joined by 100 signatories like AstraZeneca and Microsoft for the Innovate Cambridge initiative.
Marty Reid, director of SETsquared Bristol and Engine Shed, will step up as interim executive director of SETsquared next month.
Grace Wang is leaving Ohio State University after two years to become president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
David Russell, an executive-in-residence at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, has been appointed chief executive of PraxisAuril, following in the footsteps of Maxine Ficarra.
Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Innovation Capital and University of Cambridge are joined by 100 signatories like AstraZeneca and Microsoft for the Innovate Cambridge initiative.
Teri Willey, whose long list of accomplishments includes founding Cambridge Enterprise, will step down in November this year to focus on other projects.
Sean Fielding has worked for University of Exeter for nearly three decades, during which time his board memberships included ATTP, SETsquared and PraxisAuril.
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