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>We are McCooe & Associates, an Executive Search firm >currently conducting two searches in >Licensing/Intellectual Property. > > >First is a search that recently re-opened for an >Executive Director, Office of Technology for the >University of Massachusetts >(http://www.umassmed.edu/research/admin/) - one of the >fastest growing university medical and research >enterprises. At the core of the University of >Massachusetts, located in Worcester, are its >educational and research programs at The Medical >School, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the >Graduate School of Nursing. The School of Biomed has >827 full-time faculty members with 224 PhD students. >The Medical School, founded in 1962, is one of 28 >free-standing University-based academic health >campuses in the U.S. Sponsored research funding has >gone from $72M in 1997 to the current $150M. > > >This Executive Director will have overall >responsibility to ensure that the technologies and >inventions of the research efforts at the Medical >School are managed and marketed appropriately to >potential partners and licensees. The goal is to be >among the top 5 academic licensing offices in the U.S. >and to stay at the leading edge in technology >licensing strategies and methods. > > > >This Executive Director will also have responsibility >for putting in place standard and novel >industry-sponsored research collaborations to serve >the needs of the Faculty. Personal qualities must >include leadership, vision and flexibility. > > > >The individual will have an advanced degree in >Biological Sciences, Chemistry e.g. Ph.D., M.D, >combined with a Business or Law degree or substantial >business experience. A minimum of 10 years experience >in licensing, technology transfer, business >development in the life sciences industry or academic >setting is sought. > > > > >The second is a search for a leader to be the >Director, Patents & Licensing for the University of >Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ – >www.umdnj.edu)), a network of academic health centers >that includes eight schools on five campuses, >enrolling more than 4,500 students in 38 degree and >certificate programs. UMDNJ is ranked among the 100 >top research universities in the country. The core >located in Camden, New Brunswick/Piscataway, Newark, >Scotch Plains and Stratford, NJ, are its eight >schools: UMDNJ’s NJ Medical School, Robert Wood >Johnson Medical School, School of Osteopathic >Medicine, NJ Dental School, Graduate School of >Biomedical Sciences, School of health Related >Professions, School of Nursing and School of Public >Health. The University was founded in 1970 by an act >of the State Legislature as the College of Medicine >and Dentistry of New Jersey; granted university status >in 1981. The University has more than 2,075 faculty >members and more than 200 education and healthcare >affiliates throughout New Jersey. Sponsored research >funding has gone from $139.3M in 2002 to $152.5M in >2003. > > >This Director will have overall responsibility to >ensure that the technologies and inventions of the >research efforts at the Schools are managed and >marketed appropriately to potential partners and >licensees. The goal is to enhance licensing and >partnering opportunities and to stay at the leading >edge in technology licensing strategies and methods. > > > >This Director, reporting to the Vice President, Legal >Management, will also have responsibility for putting >in place standard and novel industry-sponsored >research collaborations to serve the needs of the >Faculty. Personal qualities must include leadership, >vision and flexibility. > > > >The individual will have an advanced degree in >Biological Sciences, Chemistry e.g. Ph.D., M.D, >combined with a Business or Law degree and substantial >business experience. A minimum of 10 years experience >in licensing, technology transfer, business >development in the life sciences, industry or academic >setting is sought. > > > > > >We welcome and appreciate your assistance with >candidate or source suggestions for either of these >searches. Please contact our New Jersey office either >in writing, by email or by telephoning. > > > >Best Regards, > >Sean McCooe > >McCooe & Associates, Inc. >615 Franklin Turnpike >Ridgewood, NJ 07450 >Phone: 201-445-3161 >Fax: 201-445-8958 >Cell: 201-602-6955 >email: sean@mcsearch.net

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