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Tucson Scottish Rite
160 S. Scott Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701 USA

Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017
7 - 9:30 p.m. MST
(Pre-party at 6:30 p.m.)

Speakers:
 
Arundeep Pradhan
President of Apio Partners
Good ideas, money, management, hard work (and some luck) - At Apio we know what it takes to commercialize innovations. We enjoy learning about new research, innovations, and technologies to determine how they can be commercialized. After working at three universities, establishing and growing technology transfer offices, working with hundreds of innovators and entrepreneurs, having evaluated hundreds of innovations, and participating in the launch of over a hundred startups, I co-founded Apio in 2012.

David Allen
Vice President of Tech Launch Arizona
David N. Allen, PhD, began his leadership of Tech Launch Arizona in September 2012. He has over 30 years of experience in technology-related research, instruction and practice. Before coming to the University of Arizona, Dr. Allen served as the Associate Vice President (AVP) for Technology Transfer at the University of Colorado from February 2002 to August 2012. Prior to CU, he was an AVP at Ohio State (Columbus), Ohio University (Athens) and a professor at Penn State University (University Park). He has brought an innovative and accelerated approach to the University of Arizona’s technology commercialization engine. He reports directly to UA President Robert C. Robbins. 

Kirsten Leute
Senior Vice President of Osage University Partners, and is a Board member of Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) 
Eighteen years of experience in university technology transfer. Most of the experience is at Stanford University, but also spent one year at the German Cancer Research