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
Business Development
Kristin Falkenstein
Interim Assistant Director
Jacob Grohman
Senior Business Development Specialist
Intellectual Property Development
Chun Kuo
Director
Robert 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
Les Nichols
Director
Daniel Hussey
Associate Director, Licensing
Agapito Sustaita
Senior Technology Licensing Specialist, Physical Science
Andrei Zorilescu
Senior Technology Licensing Specialist
Kayla Kret
Senior Technology Licensing Specialist, Life Science
Jesse Gonzales
Collaborative Research Contract Negotiator
Roxanne Rodriguez
Licensing Contract Administrator
Collaborative Research
Rebecca Leamon
Associate Director for Collaborative Research
Jonathon Youssefnia
Assistant Director, Collaborative Research
Matt Salie
Collaborative Research Contract Negotiator
Victoria Sage
Collaborative Research Contract Negotiator
Erick Muñoz
Collaborative Research Contract Negotiator
Lisa Minck
Collaborative Research Contract Administrator
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
Anna-Maria Escherich
SW I-Corps Hub Coordinator
Longhorn Ventures
Weston Waldo
Assistant Director, Longhorn Ventures
Austin Technology Incubator
Richard Amato
Executive Director
Gary Anderson
Program Manager, SW I-Corps/Director, TEXVMS
Jes Torben
Assistant Director, ATI Operations & Data Systems
Inez Traylor
Senior Administrative Associate
Operations and Counsel
Cynthia Brown
Assistant Director, Finance
Rachel Ginsberg
Senior Financial Analyst
Serena Goodspeed
Administrative Services Officer I
Kathy Grace
Senior Business Intelligence/Data Analyst
Nicole Jones
Communications Manager
Parth Lahane
Data Specialist
David Palmer
Program Director-Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions
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