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Programme pour les "resident affiliates" en
Transfert de Technologie Transfer
Case Western Reserve University
Description of Program in English Descrizione del programma in Italiano
Le programme pour les associés en résidence temporaire du bureau de transfert de technologie
(TTO) de Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) permet à des sponsors de sélectionner leurs
meilleurs éléments pour leur donner la possibilité de travailler au sein d’un groupe hautement
qualifié et d’associer leurs connaissances techniques et leur expérience des affaires pour améliorer
les pratiques de transfert de technologie.
L’objet de la participation à ce programme est d’immerger les associés en résidence dans
l’enseignement et l’utilisation de méthodes et d’outils qui procurent des compétences, des aptitudes
et des réseaux pour les pratiques de pointe en transfert de technologie.
En bref, l’investissement dans ce programme portera ses fruits pendant de longues années.
Les organismes qui sponsorisent sélectionnent des membres influents et qualifiés de leur personnel
pour travailler avec ceux du TTO de CWRU dans certains domaines technologiques bien précis. Le
ou la candidat(e) idéal(e) aurait actuellement ou dans le futur la responsabilité de transfert de
technologie au sein de son organisme.
Les associés en résidence temporaire peuvent participer à des réunions, des cours et des ateliers sans
frais ou à coût moindre pour l’organisme qui les sponsorise. Les cours sont recommandés afin
d’aider les associés à acquérir de nouvelles compétences pour planifier et véhiculer de nouvelles
méthodes et technologies au sein de leur organisme d’origine.
La participation au programme est gratuite. Le poste n’ouvre pas droit à compensation salariale ou
aux avantages réservés aux employés; la personne et/ou l’organisme qui sponsorise se chargera des
frais de voyage et autres dépenses. Les candidats doivent suivre les obligations consulaires de leur
pays d’origine pour l’obtention de visas pour un statut de volontaire à l’international. Le programme
des associés en résidence temporaire se charge de procurer un espace de travail, de l’équipement et
l’accès aux supports administratifs.
Le TTO, en collaboration avec l’organisme sponsor, va déterminer l’agenda du projet, le lieu de
travail ainsi que l’emploi du temps de l’associé pendant son séjour à CWRU.
Avantages pour le sponsor
• Transfert des méthodes et outils du TTO de CWRU vers l’organisme sponsor.
• Mise en oeuvre des standards et pratiques de pointe du TTO de CWRU chez les sponsors.
• Mise en contact des organismes sponsors avec des réseaux d’affaire et financiers aux US.
• Reconnaissance publique de CWRU de l’engagement des organismes sponsors dans le
transfert de technologie.
Avantages pour l’associé en résidence temporaire
• Participation dans un programme offrant des perspectives de développement professionnel.
• Participation dans le développement commercial de technologies qui seront transférées à
l’industrie.
• Accès aux ressources et équipements du TTO et CWRU.
• Possibilités de développement professionnel grâce aux cours, conférences et ateliers.
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Current Resident Affiliates
Fabien Lieval
Resident Affiliate, France
Fabien is the technology transfer manager of the Rouen University Hospital, France. He joined the Rouen UH to create its technology transfer office with the mission to facilitate innovation, support spin-off companies, license technology, and establish strategic collaborations between academia and corporate partners. He is an active member of two tech transfer support networks: the Réseau Curie; and the Hôpital Tech Transfer (HTT) network - aimed at promoting technology transfer coming from French university hospitals.
Prior to joining the Rouen University Hospital, Fabien worked as a high-tech financial analyst for OSEO, a French National Public Institution supporting the innovation and growth of SMEs. His work consisted of evaluating business plans and financing innovative projects from SMEs and public laboratories. He has also worked as a high-tech marketing project manager for a technological and business intelligence agency where he realized business intelligence studies and established high-tech market opportunities for SMEs.
Fabien holds an Electrical Engineering Degree from the National Superior Engineering School of Caen, France. His scientific background is mainly focused on semiconductor physics and instrumentation. He also holds a Specilized Master in business management and finance from ESCP Europe, France.
Fabien is the Technology Transfer Office's fourth Resident Affiliate.
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Massimo Paturzo
Resident Affiliate, Italy
Massimo is currently working at the Case Western Reserve University Technology Transfer Office as a Resident Affiliate and will be working from October 2009 through December 2009. He is a Technology Transfer Manager at the Liaison Office of the University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy, where he works as a patent specialist. There he contributes to the effort of turning intellectual property into value, while supporting the researchers in several actions aimed at defending intellectual Property, generating innovative enterprises from the University, and creating relationship between enterprises and the territory. He is also specifically involved in the creation of the University incubator.
Massimo has a Master’s Degree in Management High-Tech Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining the Liaison Office, he worked at the LIDL Building Services S.r.l where he took care of development actions, negotiation, implementation of contracts and interaction with suppliers.
Massimo is the Technology Transfer Office's fifth Resident Affiliate.
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Past Resident Affiliates
Maddalena Furlan
Former Resident Affiliate, Italy
Maddalena worked at the Case Western Reserve University Technology Transfer Office as a Resident Affiliate from February 2009 through May 2009. She is a Technology Transfer Manager at AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy.
AREA Science Park is an Italian public research institution and the largest science park in Italy. Maddalena works in the Technology Transfer Service, whose activities are mainly aimed at fostering relations between academia and business, supporting the creation of new enterprises and promoting local SMEs' competitiveness. She works in a unit managing a regional system devoted to supporting technology transfer activities of local universities and R&D public institutions.
Maddalena has a degree in Economics from the University of Trieste. Prior to joining AREA Science Park, she worked as part of the Research Staff at the Department of Economics and Statistics of the University of Trieste.
Maddalena was the Technology Transfer Office's third Resident Affiliate.
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Tamás Csörgő
Former Resident Affiliate,
Hungary
Tamás worked at the Case Western Reserve University Technology Transfer Office as a Resident Affiliate from October 2008 thru January 2009. He is Scientific Advisor and member of the Scientific Council at the KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Tamás is also the Principal Investigator of the Hungarian team in the PHENIX Experiment at RHIC, Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY and the Principal Investigator of the Hungarian team in the TOTEM Experiment at LHC, CERN. Tamás has previously been a guest researcher or guest professor at a number of leading research and educational centers including Columbia University in New York, the University of Lund, Sweden, the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Sao Paulo State University and the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Tamás has a Ph.D. in Physics and holds the title "Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences." He has completed the Science Communication and Research Management training course of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Tamás was the Technology Transfer Office's second Resident Affiliate.
For coverage of Tamás's visit on CWRU's news site, please click here.
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Andrea Frosini
Former Resident Affiliate,
Italy
Andrea worked at the CWRU Technology Transfer Office as a Resident Affiliate from May thru July 2008. He’s a technology transfer manager from the Liaison Office at the University of Siena, Italy, where he works as biomedical analyst and patent specialist. Prior to joining the University of Siena, Andrea worked as a development engineer for ST Microelectronics in the field of integrated devices for sample genotyping.
Andrea holds a M.S. in pharmaceutical chemistry from the University of Florence and a PhD in molecular medicine from the University of Milan. His scientific background is mainly focused on molecular biology and bioinformatics.
Andrea was the Technology Transfer Office's first Resident Affiliate.
For coverage of the Program and Andrea's participation therein on CWRU's news site, please click here.
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