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TIG principals are seasoned professionals with a powerful combination of domain knowledge, hands-on managerial expertise and successful accomplishments:
Principals
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James Dukowitz has a broad background in international marketing, business development, business strategy, and technology commercialization. Prior to retiring from Texas Instruments, he served as President of TI Asia, TI China, as well in several Vice President positions: Strategy, Marketing, and Corporate Relations.See full bio. |
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Dan Hanson has more than 25 years professional experience in financial management, investment banking, investment portfolio management, risk management, and governmental policy development. More recently, he has focused on venture capital formation, commercialization of technology, and R&D infrastructure in collaboration with centers of innovation.See full bio. |
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Barry Holtz spent 30 years developing bioproducts and pharmaceuticals, serving 15 years as Senior Vice President for Large Scale Biology Corporation. As Founder and President of Holtz Bio-Engineering, he developed bioreactor-based processes and bioreactors and distributed control systems for cell culture.See full bio. |
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Norman Kaderlan served as the Director of IC2’s Austin Technology Incubator, has been an entrepreneur, and currently teaches “The Enterprise of Technology” at The University of Texas at Austin. See full bio. |
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Tom Turpen is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of industrial biotechnology experience in both start-up and Fortune 500 companies as a researcher, manager and senior executive. See full bio. |
Associates
- Jon Sandelin is Senior Licensing Associate Emeritus at Stanford University and an internationally respected and widely published expert in technology transfer and licensing. See full bio.
- Pam Watkins spent 12 years at CMP Media, a leading technology media company where she was Group President of the Technology Solutions Group, providing strategic direction for two magazines, several websites and the group’s research and conference businesses. See full bio.
- Wally Eater, an active investor in new ventures, founded the Coporate Investment & Strategic Alliance Conferences - the oldest, largest and most successful conferences focusing exclusively on vorporate investing and strategic alliances. See full bio
Special Arrangement
- An engineer and attorney, Steven P. Nicholsis the Director of the Murchison Chair of Free Enterprise at the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Previously, he was Associate Vice President of Research for UT where he was responsible for technology commercialization.
His teaching interests include entrepreneurship, technology innovation and creativity, design and professional responsibility. His innovative and creative approach to engineering design was recognized with the Fred Merryfield Design Award. Dr. Nichols has published numerous articles and organized many conferences concerning the intersection of engineering and entrepreneurship.
Dr. Nichols also has been an entrepreneur, founding an engineering consulting firm that included the U.S. Department of Energy as a client. His legal experience involves litigation in product liability and intellectual property.
Dr. Nichols earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and his J.D. at The University of Texas at Austin.
- Paul Baffes has been working as a hands-on innovator since 1986. A successful entrepreneur who started his own company, and an accomplished inventor, Dr. Baffes received the Inventor of the Year Award in 1995 from the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA). He recently served on the U.S. National Innovation Initiative and is the author of a newly published book, Reinventing Invention.