Associate Director, LINK Center for Advancing Partnerships at Virginia Tech - LINK + LICENSE + LAUNCH - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Associate Director for Strategic Research & Industry Intelligence
Executive Director, License - Center for Technology Commercialization
Universities are complex entities and companies prefer a single point of entry where they can be guided to campus resources relevant to their needs. We listened. The new business engagement model at Virginia Tech was established as a presidential priority in 2017 and is a partnership between Research, Advancement, the Colleges and Institutes.LINK+LICENSE+LAUNCH is a one-stop-shop for partnerships, from discovery to market. Our team is dedicated to supporting all aspects of corporate and foundation partnerships from research collaborations, to corporate and foundation giving, to technology commercialization and start-ups. We are a team of 20+ and growing, with three integrated parts: LINK: Center for Advancing Partnerships; LICENSE: Center for Technology Commercialization; and LAUNCH: Center for New Ventures.