Who We Are
MEET OUR TEAM
Some things can only happen in Austin. The proof is in the people.
Senior Leadership
Mark Arnold
Associate Vice President, Discovery to Impact
Andrew (Andy) Maas
Assistant Vice President for Technology Transfer
Lara Masson
Executive Assistant to AVP
Intellectual Property Development
Chun Kuo
Director
Bob Villwock
Associate Director
Gazell Call
Senior Intellectual Property Specialist
Cory Lago
Intellectual Property Specialist
Michael Lu
Senior Intellectual Property Specialist
Sylvia Pena
Patent Administrator
Licensing and Collaborative Research
Les Nichols
Director
Daniel Hussey
Associate Director, Licensing
Kristin Falkenstein
Assistant Director, Life Science
Agapito Sustaita
Senior Technology Licensing Specialist, Computer Science
Andrei Zorilescu
Senior Technology Licensing Specialist, Physical Science
Kayla Kret
Senior Technology Licensing Specialist, Life Science
Jesse Gonzales
Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions Coordinator
Roxanne Rodriguez
Licensing Contract Administrator
Rebecca Leamon
Associate Director for Collaborative Research
Jonathon Youssefnia
Assistant Director, Collaborative Research
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Matt Salie
Collaborative Research Contract Negotiator
Victoria Sage
Collaborative Research Contract Negotiator
Erick Muñoz
Collaborative Research Contract Negotiator
Lisa Minck
Collaborative Research Contract Administrator
Business Development
Jacob Grohman
Business Development Specialist, Life Sciences
Legal
David Palmer
Program Director-Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions
Life Science Technology Development
Mike Yost
Director
Jessica Momb
Project Manager, Therapeutic Technology Commercial Development
Joe Skraba
Project Manager, Medical Device Technology Commercial Development
Jennifer Blossom
Project Manager, Innovation Wet Lab Manager
NSF I-Corps Hub SW
Aprille Busch
SW I-Corps Hub Director
Texas Innovation Center
Matt Sorenson
Innovation Program Manager
Kyle Lilly
Venture Associate
Austin Technology Incubator
Richard Amato
Executive Director
Gary Anderson
Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships
Steven Wedel
Austin Technology Incubator Coordinator
Weston Waldo
Program Manager, SW I-Corps/Director, TEXVMS
Inez Traylor
Senior Administrative Associate
Jes Torben
Assistant Director, ATI Operations & Data Systems
Operations
Cynthia Brown
Assistant Director, Finance
Rachel Ginsberg
Senior Financial Analyst
Serena Goodspeed
Administrative Services Officer I
Kathy Grace
Senior Business Intelligence/Data Analyst
Parth Lahane
Data Specialist
Nicole Jones
Communications Manager
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