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Office of Technology and Intellectual Property
University Of Chicago (Hyde Park Campus)
5555 S. Woodlawn Ave., Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60637
General - (773) 702-1692
Fax - (773) 702-0741
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Office of Technology and Intellectual Property Staff Members
Director
Alan Thomas
Deputy Director
David Tiemeier
Special Advisor
Linda Kawano
Chief Operating Officer
Timothy R. Honaker
Director of Finance
Doreen W. Mitchell
Director of Information Technology
James Zitnick
Project Management Team
Responsible for technology evaluation, patenting, and licensing of University patents and other intellectual property.
Eric Ginsburg
Benjamin Dibling
Matthew R. Martin
Wade Williams
Nelson Grihalde
Sean Sheridan
Heather Walsh
Thelma Tennant
Administrative Team
Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the University's intellectual property and license portfolios.
Michael Wilson
Teana Stocco
Rose Jones
Elizabeth Saynor
Shaton Menzie
Carla Bradshaw
Alan Thomas, Director
athomas AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 3212 Fax 773 702 0741
Responsibilities: Manages University of Chicago Office of Technology and Intellectual Property.
B.Sc.Eng., Chemical Engineering, University of London
M.B.A., University of Chicago
Chartered Chemical Engineer, United Kingdom
ARCH Development Corporation (Director of Licensing)
Institute for Applied Colloid Technology (Business Development)
Nanophase Technologies Corporation (Business Development)
Imperial Chemical Industries - ICI, UK (Chemical Engineer)
David Tiemeier, Deputy Director
dtiemeier AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 3211 Fax 773 702 0741
Responsibilities: Assists Director in the management of The University of Chicago Office of Technology and Intellectual Property.
B.S., Chemistry, University of Notre Dame
Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Studies, National Institutes of Health (Molecular Genetics)
Kalypsys, Inc. (Chief Commercial Officer)
Immtech International, Inc. (Vice President, Licensing and Development)
NeoPharm, Inc. (Vice President, Business Development)
Pfizer, Inc. (Senior Director, Licensing and Development)
Pharmacia (Vice President, Global Licensing, Immunoinflammatory Diseases & Pain)
Searle (Vice President, Global Business Development; General Manager, Global New Businesses Franchise; Sr. Dir., Immunoinflammatory and Infectious Diseases)
Monsanto (Senior Fellow, Molecular Genetics and Mammalian Biology)
University of California, Irvine, Medical School (Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry)
Linda Kawano, Special Advisor
lkawano AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 3204 Fax 773 702 0741
Responsibilities: Best practices, training, model agreements, policy.
B.S., Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Ph.D., Biological Sciences and Experimental Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Vice President, Affiliate Members, 1999-2001, Association of University Technology Managers
ARCH Development Corporation (Project Management)
GroupOptima (Principal, Founder)
Abbott Laboratories Diagnostics Division (Licensing)
Northwestern University (Director, Technology Transfer)
Amersham International (Life Sciences Division, Marketing, New Business Development, Technical Support)
Timothy R. Honaker, Chief Operating Officer
thonaker AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 3203 Fax 773 702 0741
Responsibilities: Manages all financial and administrative functions for The University of Chicago Office of Technology and Intellectual Property.
B.A., Mathematics, Indiana University
M.B.A., Finance, Indiana University
Certified Public Accountant
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Director of Finance)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Director of Business Process Improvement)
Menasha Corporation, National Consolidation Services Division (Vice President and General Manager)
Dearborn Publishing Group (Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations, Board Member)
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP (Controller)
Brunswick Corporation (Financial Analyst)
Doreen W. Mitchell, Director of Finance
dmitchell AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 702 0304 Fax 773 702 0741
Responsibilities: Manages all accounting functions and processes for The University of Chicago Office of Technology and Intellectual Property.
B.S., Accounting, Eastern Illinois University
M.B.A., Finance, DePaul
Ibbotson Associates (VP Controller, Chief Compliance Officer)
Casa Central Social Services Agency (Controller)
American Dietetic Association (Controller)
James Zitnick, Director of Information Technology
jzitnick AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 702 6365 Fax 773 702 0741
B.A., Economics, Arizona State University
Graduate School Business, Arizona State University
John Crane International (Director of Information Systems)
Emerson Electric Corporation (Director Information Systems)
UARCO (Vice President & CIO)
Deublin Company (CIO)
Eric Ginsburg, Senior Project Manager
eginsburg AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 0746 Fax 773 702 0741
B.S., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
ARCH Development Corporation (Project Management)
Abbott Laboratories (Senior Research Chemist)
Eastman Kodak Company (Imaging Research and Development)
IBM Almaden Research Center (Visiting Scientist)
Benjamin Dibling, Project Manager
bdibling AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel: 773 834 1270 Fax: 773 702 0741
B.Med.Sc., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Birmingham, UK
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, University of Leeds, UK
Postdoctoral Research, University of Chicago
Matthew R. Martin, Project Manager
mmartin AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 3208 Fax 773 702 0741
B.A., Mathematics and Physics, Goshen College
M.S., Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
Ph.D., Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Wade Williams, Project Manager
wwilliams AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 8752 Fax 773 702 0741
B.S., Microbiology, Michigan State University
M.S., Microbiology, Michigan State University
Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Chicago
Post Doctoral Fellowship, University of Texas Health Science Center
Nelson Grihalde, Associate Project Manager
ngrihalde AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 8753 Fax 773 702 0741
B.A., Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University
Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology
Post Doctoral Fellowship, Abbott Diagnostics Division (Molecular Diagnostics)
Abbott Laboratories Pharmaceutical Products Division (Associate Research Investigator)
Sean Sheridan, Associate Project Manager
ssheridan AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 9151 Fax 773 702 0741
B.S., Biology, Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Genetics, University of Chicago
Heather Walsh, Associate Project Manager
hwalsh AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 702 8689 Fax 773 702 0741
B.A., Psychology, Carleton College
Ph.D., Neurobiology, University of Chicago
Post Doctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago
Cardinal Intellectual Property Group (Intellectual Property Professional)
Thelma Tennant, Associate Project Manager
ttennant AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 4020 Fax 773 702 0741
B.A., Biology (with Distinction) and English, University of Virginia
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, University of Chicago
Post Doctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago (Dept. of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology)
Michael Wilson, Manager of Data Quality
mwilson AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 3202 Fax 773 702 0741
B.A., Psychology, Indiana University
M.B.A., IT Management, Indiana University
Indiana University (Adjunct Professor)
Teana Stocco, Manager of Project and Office Coordination
tstocco AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 0272 Fax 773 702 0741
B.S., Legal Studies, Grand Valley State University
J.D., Lewis and Clark Law School
Rose Jones, Office Coordinator
rjones AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 3209 Fax 773 702 0741
B.A., Sociology, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Elizabeth Saynor, Senior Project Coordinator
esaynor AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 4619 Fax 773 702 0741
B.S., Human Biology, Michigan State University
Shaton Menzie, Senior Project Coordinator
smenzie AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 2893 Fax 773 702 0741
B.S., Systems and Computer Science, Howard University
M.S., Information, Economics, Management, and Policy, The University of Michigan
Carla Bradshaw, Project Coordinator
cbradshaw AT tech.uchicago.edu
Tel 773 834 3210 Fax 773 702 0741
