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Dr. Stevens has been Director of the Office of Technology Transfer since 1995 and was appointed a Lecturer in the School of Management in 2005, where he teaches a graduate level, inter-disciplinary course on Technology Commercialization. Dr. Stevens has worked in the biotechnology industry since 1982, with both start-up companies and academic organizations, to assist in turning promising scientific ideas into useful products and companies. Before joining Boston University, he was Director of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School. Prior to that, he was Co-founder of Kytogenics, Inc., of which he is still a Director, Co-Founder and General Manager of Genmap, Inc., and was Vice President of Business Development for BioTechnica International. He started his career with The Procter & Gamble Company, where he held a number of positions in sales, marketing, strategic planning and acquisitions. Since he joined Boston University, the Office of Technology Transfer has grown to a total of eight professionals and spun out over 40 companies based on the University’s research, some of which have raised substantial amounts of capital, and the University’s licensing income has climbed steadily. Dr. Stevens publishes and lectures frequently on many aspects of technology transfer. He is very active with the Association of University Technology Managers, most recently as Vice President, Annual Meeting and Surveys. He was a Co-Founder of the Massachusetts Association of Technology Transfer Offices and was the first Chair of its Executive Committee, leading the effort to create the Massachusetts Technology Portal. Dr. Stevens holds a Bachelor of Arts in Natural Sciences, and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry from Oxford University. Janine Anderson Ms. Anderson joined OTD in 1998 and oversees Boston University's intellectual property portfolio to ensure that the University's intellectual property is properly protected. Prior to joining OTD, she was a Patent Paralegal for Polaroid Corporation where she spent 28 years supporting their worldwide patent portfolio. She also assumed responsibility for supporting their worldwide trademark portfolio. At the beginning of her career at Polaroid, she worked closely with the legendary Dr. Edwin Land who was awarded 533 patents in his lifetime; later she provided in-house support to the landmark patent infringement lawsuit with Eastman Kodak Company which resulted in a judgment of almost $1 billion to Polaroid Corporation. Ms. Anderson earned her certification as a Paralegal from Boston University. Rick Clark Mr. Clark joined OTD in July 2005. Previously, he was an independent consultant of business development in the Life Sciences. Before that, he work for ten years in the biotechnology industry in start-up and established companies. At Elixir Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Clark was Senior Manager of Business Development, where he handled partnership development and technology licensing. Prior to that, he held various positions of increased responsibility at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, spanning research, management and business development. He began his career at Repligen Corporation in research. Mr. Clark received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology from Rochester Institute of Technology and his Master of Science degree in Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology from Brown University. In addition, he received his MBA from Northeastern University in the High Technology MBA Program. Mr. Clark is based in the Evans Biomedical Research Center on the Boston University Medical Campus. Sean Lee, Ph.D Dr. Lee joined OTD in October of 2005. He has held various positions in corporate research and business development within the biomaterials and medical device field. Dr. Lee has worked at two university start-ups, as a consultant and at Schott AG. At Schott AG he directed the company’s overall scientific and business activities in bioactive glass. Dr. Lee began his career at his own start-up within the University of Florida incubator system. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D in theoretical physics from the University of Florida, his Diplom Physik degree from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany and a BS in physics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Jonathan Jensen Licensing Associate, Physical Sciences Mr. Jensen joined OTD in June of 2006. Prior to joining OTD, he worked as a Patent Paralegal at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C., a large Boston-based general practice law firm, where he assisted with the prosecution of PCT and other non-U.S. patent applications. Prior to that he was a Staff Assistant in the Office of Corporate Sponsored Research & Licensing at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and was an Intern in the Division of Technology Transfer at Northeastern University. Mr. Jensen received both his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and his Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property from Northeastern University. As an undergraduate at Northeastern, Mr. Jensen gained industry experience as a Test Engineer for genomics, medical device, software, and product development companies. Mr. Jensen is also a Patent Agent, registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is currently pursuing an MBA as a part-time student at Boston University’s School of Management and is the founder of IPconnectEd, a cross-scholarly organization for graduated students interested in intellectual property. Mr. Jensen is also a member of the Licensing Executives Society, Association of University Technology Managers, American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Boston Patent Law Association. Mr. Jensen works closely with Dr. Sean Lee, Licensing Associate, Physical Sciences, to manage Boston University’s portfolio of Physical Sciences inventions.
April Effort April Effort joined OTD in November 2007. Ms. Effort previously worked with the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation’s Translational Research Program at the University of Michigan, Department of Biomedical Engineering. She wrote market, regulatory and intellectual property assessments and helped develop commercialization strategies for Coulter projects. In addition to her work with the Coulter program, Ms. Effort worked as an independent consultant for Arboretum Ventures and Immunomics, a start-up diagnostics company. Ms. Effort is a graduate of the University of Michigan where she earned a Master of Science in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology as well as a Bachelor of Science in Cellular and Molecular Biology. In addition to seven years of laboratory research, Ms. Effort also served as a science reporter for the Michigan Daily. Ms. Effort works with Rick Clark, Licensing Associate, to manage Boston University’s portfolio of Life Science inventions.
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Ashley J. Stevens, D.Phil (Oxon)
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