Ken Porter and Stan Smith have joined UMCP’s office of technology ommercialisation as director and venture investment manager respectively.
University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) has hired Ken Porter (pictured) and Stan Smith to become, respectively, director and venture investment manager of its office of technology commercialisation (OTC).
The appointments are part of a recruitment drive which has also resulted in Caroline Chen, a trained patent attorney, joining OTC as intellectual property manager. Licensing analyst Alla McCoy has been promoted to director of faculty startup support.
As director of OTC, Ken Porter will be responsible for securing…