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What Johns Hopkins Is Doing
to Create and Fund Startups
Wednesday, July 16, 1:00-2:30pm ET (10:00-11:30am PT)
Wes Blakeslee
(Executive Director, Technology Transfer Office)
Steve Kubisen
(Senior Director, Technology Transfer Office)
Aditya Polsani
(Technology Transfer Office)
_______________________
COST: Free, but registration required. Long distance charges from your phone company may apply depending your phone plan.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This webinar is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual and a regular phone line to hear the audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: This webinar is open to the public and anyone interested in the Innovation Economy and what universities are doing to create startups in their region is invited to attend.
_______________________
Click Here for Slides for Johns Hopkins Presentation
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Wesley D. Blakeslee, BS, JD, CLP
(Executive Director, Technology Transfer Office)
Bio
Wesley Blakeslee is Executive Director of Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer. He was formerly an Associate General Counsel at The Johns Hopkins University where he practiced intellectual property and complex business law. Wes holds an Engineering Degree (with Honors) from Penn State University, and a law Degree (Order of the Coif), from the University of Maryland School of Law and is a Certified Licensing Professional. Wes began his professional career as an engineer and systems analyst with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, where, among other things, he designed and wrote real time operating systems for spacecraft testing and post-launch control, and managed a programming group. After Law School, Wes entered private practice, was a partner in a small regional firm, and in 1983 Wes formed his own practice in Westminster, Maryland, USA.
From 1983 to 1989, while in private practice, Wes also served as Director of Computer Development at the University of Maryland Law School, where he also taught Computer Law. In February 1999, Wes became Associate General Counsel at The Johns Hopkins University. Wes also served for many years as a Director of a National bank. Wes is frequently a featured speaker at national, state and local conferences, and on behalf of bar associations and numerous conference organizations. Wes has been cited as a national authority on intellectual property issues in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and other publications.
_______________________
Steve Kubisen
(Senior Director, Technology Transfer Office)
Bio
Steve joined Johns Hopkins University Technology Transfer Office in September, 2006. He leads a group responsible for the Physical Sciences Portfolio (Medical Device, Software, Engineering) as well as providing spin-off company and technology marketing support across the enterprise. Hopkins spin-off companies have increased from the historic 4-5 ventures per year to 12 per year during this time.
Steve has been both a corporate intrapreneur and startup entrepreneur in a variety of materials, electronics, and manufacturing businesses. In recent years, he has been an active mentor and angel investor (founded Cache Valley Angels investor club) in the materials, advanced manufacturing, device and IT sectors. As President of VEC Technology, Steve took an early stage composites molding company and significantly improved operations and revenues, yielding a 10 X valuation increase ($110M) on exit. At GE Plastics, he instituted systems to double new product sales in three years for the $500M Silicones division. As General Manager for GE Electromaterials, he successfully developed and commercialized a revolutionary circuit board material for the emerging computer and telecommunications industries of the early 90’s. Prior to GE, Steve held various senior management positions with Akzo Nobel and Union Carbide Corporation. As Vice President of Technology Commercialization, Steve has led the technology commercialization revitalization at Utah State University from 2002 to 2006. During this time, the Utah State University national ranking among the top 100 research universities for start-up company formation (normalized for research dollars) moved from #72 to #4. All other key metrics were likewise increased several-fold. Steve has an A.B. in chemistry from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard University.
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Aditya Polsani
(Technology Transfer Office)
Bio
Aditya Polsani is the Industrial Liaison Associate for the Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute and the newly established Brain Science Institute. He oversees technology incubation, development and commercialization activities spanning biomedical engineering, neurology, neuroscience, psychiatry and other departments as part of these two institutes. He is also involved with facilitating sponsored research activities, building strategic research collaborations with biotech, pharma and medical device companies, and raising money from industry and non-profit entities for research programs.
He plays a hands-on role in the day-to-day management of the new Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design (CBID), setting and implementing short-term and long-term strategic vision while executing various important projects for the new center. At CBID, he is also involved with recruiting and building biomedical design teams comprising of students, clinicians and engineers, sourcing medical device projects and managing intellectual property.
While pursuing his master’s degree at Johns Hopkins, Aditya co-founded and became the first president of Hopkins Biotech Network (HBN) in 2003. As the co-founder/president, he built HBN from scratch to an 1183 member organization in a span of fifteen months. HBN members comprises of a diverse group of people including scientists, students, clinicians, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, consultants and business development executives from biotech & pharma industry. He led a team comprised of three vice-presidents and four directors spanning various Hopkins campuses, and raised over $18,000 from various entities within Hopkins and the biotech industry for HBN activities. Currently HBN is in its fifth year of existence. Aditya earned Bachelors in Dental Surgery from Bapuji Dental College in India, and a Masters degree in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University.
to Create and Fund Startups
Wednesday, July 16, 1:00-2:30pm ET (10:00-11:30am PT)
Wes Blakeslee
(Executive Director, Technology Transfer Office)
Steve Kubisen
(Senior Director, Technology Transfer Office)
Aditya Polsani
(Technology Transfer Office)
_______________________
COST: Free, but registration required. Long distance charges from your phone company may apply depending your phone plan.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This webinar is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual and a regular phone line to hear the audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: This webinar is open to the public and anyone interested in the Innovation Economy and what universities are doing to create startups in their region is invited to attend.
_______________________
Click Here for Slides for Johns Hopkins Presentation
_______________________
Wesley D. Blakeslee, BS, JD, CLP
(Executive Director, Technology Transfer Office)
Bio
Wesley Blakeslee is Executive Director of Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer. He was formerly an Associate General Counsel at The Johns Hopkins University where he practiced intellectual property and complex business law. Wes holds an Engineering Degree (with Honors) from Penn State University, and a law Degree (Order of the Coif), from the University of Maryland School of Law and is a Certified Licensing Professional. Wes began his professional career as an engineer and systems analyst with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, where, among other things, he designed and wrote real time operating systems for spacecraft testing and post-launch control, and managed a programming group. After Law School, Wes entered private practice, was a partner in a small regional firm, and in 1983 Wes formed his own practice in Westminster, Maryland, USA.
From 1983 to 1989, while in private practice, Wes also served as Director of Computer Development at the University of Maryland Law School, where he also taught Computer Law. In February 1999, Wes became Associate General Counsel at The Johns Hopkins University. Wes also served for many years as a Director of a National bank. Wes is frequently a featured speaker at national, state and local conferences, and on behalf of bar associations and numerous conference organizations. Wes has been cited as a national authority on intellectual property issues in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and other publications.
_______________________
Steve Kubisen
(Senior Director, Technology Transfer Office)
Bio
Steve joined Johns Hopkins University Technology Transfer Office in September, 2006. He leads a group responsible for the Physical Sciences Portfolio (Medical Device, Software, Engineering) as well as providing spin-off company and technology marketing support across the enterprise. Hopkins spin-off companies have increased from the historic 4-5 ventures per year to 12 per year during this time.
Steve has been both a corporate intrapreneur and startup entrepreneur in a variety of materials, electronics, and manufacturing businesses. In recent years, he has been an active mentor and angel investor (founded Cache Valley Angels investor club) in the materials, advanced manufacturing, device and IT sectors. As President of VEC Technology, Steve took an early stage composites molding company and significantly improved operations and revenues, yielding a 10 X valuation increase ($110M) on exit. At GE Plastics, he instituted systems to double new product sales in three years for the $500M Silicones division. As General Manager for GE Electromaterials, he successfully developed and commercialized a revolutionary circuit board material for the emerging computer and telecommunications industries of the early 90’s. Prior to GE, Steve held various senior management positions with Akzo Nobel and Union Carbide Corporation. As Vice President of Technology Commercialization, Steve has led the technology commercialization revitalization at Utah State University from 2002 to 2006. During this time, the Utah State University national ranking among the top 100 research universities for start-up company formation (normalized for research dollars) moved from #72 to #4. All other key metrics were likewise increased several-fold. Steve has an A.B. in chemistry from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard University.
_______________________
Aditya Polsani
(Technology Transfer Office)
Bio
Aditya Polsani is the Industrial Liaison Associate for the Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute and the newly established Brain Science Institute. He oversees technology incubation, development and commercialization activities spanning biomedical engineering, neurology, neuroscience, psychiatry and other departments as part of these two institutes. He is also involved with facilitating sponsored research activities, building strategic research collaborations with biotech, pharma and medical device companies, and raising money from industry and non-profit entities for research programs.
He plays a hands-on role in the day-to-day management of the new Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design (CBID), setting and implementing short-term and long-term strategic vision while executing various important projects for the new center. At CBID, he is also involved with recruiting and building biomedical design teams comprising of students, clinicians and engineers, sourcing medical device projects and managing intellectual property.
While pursuing his master’s degree at Johns Hopkins, Aditya co-founded and became the first president of Hopkins Biotech Network (HBN) in 2003. As the co-founder/president, he built HBN from scratch to an 1183 member organization in a span of fifteen months. HBN members comprises of a diverse group of people including scientists, students, clinicians, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, consultants and business development executives from biotech & pharma industry. He led a team comprised of three vice-presidents and four directors spanning various Hopkins campuses, and raised over $18,000 from various entities within Hopkins and the biotech industry for HBN activities. Currently HBN is in its fifth year of existence. Aditya earned Bachelors in Dental Surgery from Bapuji Dental College in India, and a Masters degree in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University.