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The International Resident Affiliate Program in Technology Transfer
Case Western Reserve University
Description du Programme en Français Descrizione del programma in Italiano
The International Resident Affiliate Program in the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) provides sponsoring organizations with an opportunity to recruit their best people to work side by
side with a uniquely qualified group by combining their technical knowledge and business experience to advance superior technology transfer practices.
Participation in the Program is intended to immerse the resident affiliate in education and training of methods and tools that promise to produce skills, capabilities, and networks in state-of-the-art technology
transfer practices. In short, the time invested in the Program will return dividends for many years to come.
Sponsoring organizations participate by assigning a key, qualified member of their administrative or technical staffs to work with CWRU TTO staff members within specific technology domains. The ideal candidate
should have current or future technology transfer responsibility at his/her institution.
A Resident Affiliate has the opportunity to participate in meetings, public courses and workshops at no cost or minimal cost to their sponsoring organizations. Courses are recommended to help affiliates acquire
new skills for planning and transitioning new methods and technologies into their home organizations.
There is no fee required to participate in the Program. The position offers no compensation or employee benefits; the individual and/or the sponsoring organization will be responsible for the candidate’s travel
and expenses. Candidates must follow their country’s VISA requirements for international travel/volunteer status. The Program will provide office space, equipment, and access to general
office resources.
CWRU TTO will work with the sponsoring organization to determine a project schedule, the location where the work will take place, and a timetable for the affiliate's tenure at CWRU.
Benefits to the Sponsoring Organization
• Transferring methods and tools of CWRU TTO’s work back to the sponsoring organization.
• Implementing CWRU TTO state-of-the-art standards and practices into sponsoring organizations.
• Connecting sponsoring organizations to financial and business networks in the U.S.
• Participation in the business development of technologies to be transferred to industry.
• Public acknowledgment by CWRU of the sponsoring organization's commitment to technology transfer.
Benefits to the Resident Affiliate
• Participation in the Program's rich professional development experience.
• Participation in the business development of technologies to be transferred to industry.
• Access to resources and facilities of the TTO and CWRU.
• Professional development opportunities through courses, conferences, and workshops.
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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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