Interview
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Kimberly Gramm: Tulane University
In June this year, Kimberly Gramm became the inaugural chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer at Tulane University, which she joined after more than six years…
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Rich Lyons: UC Berkeley
Rich Lyons became UC Berkeley’s inaugural chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer in January 2020, having previously been dean of the Haas Business School for a…
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Anthony Francis: University of California, San Francisco
Hailing from Australia, Anthony Francis started out as an accountant before establishing the Technology Commercialisation Group in 1999, selling it to Deloitte in 2005 and…
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Álvaro Ossa: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
It may sound crazy that any government could try and reclaim project funding plus 5% from a spinout, but yes, that is exactly the situation…
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Cédric Van Nevel: Qbic
Cédric Van Nevel is a partner at Qbic, an early-stage venture fund that invests in the spinouts of its 16 partners throughout Belgium. Cédric joins…
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Lisa Ericsson: KTH Innovation
Lisa Ericsson is both the head of KTH Innovation and chief executive of KTH Holding, the respective innovation department and investment arm of KTH Royal…
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Laurent Miéville: Unitec
When Laurent Miéville met one of his first mentors at Stanford University, he was told that Switzerland was about to become a hotspot for innovation…
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John Wilson: University of Calgary
University of Calgary is the number one Canadian institution for startup creation, according to Autm’s 2020 ranking and it’s achieved that through a range of…
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Fred Farina: California Institute of Technology
Fred Farina is the chief innovation and corporate partnerships officer at California Institute of Technology (or Caltech) where his duties also include overseeing the technology…
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Poonam Malik: University of Strathclyde
Poonam Malik is a passionate advocate for investing in and supporting women-founded companies, a message she is able to spread both as the head of…