Towson University Solutions Showcase
Speakers
Martha J. Connolly, Ph.D.
Director
Maryland Industrial Partnerships
Dr. Connolly is the Director of the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS), a program of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH) at the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland. The Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program accelerates the commercialization of technology in Maryland by providing matching funds for collaborative R&D projects between companies and University System of Maryland faculty. Dr. Connolly is also an adjunct faculty member in the Bioengineering graduate program at the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
Dr. Connolly holds BS and MS degrees in Chemistry from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University. She was a research faculty member at Johns Hopkins, and later an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She is the author of 36 publications in cardiovascular systems physiology. She is the former Senior Biotechnology Specialist for the State of Maryland’s Department of Business and Economic Development. She also was a founder of an entrepreneurial technology development company, and directed business development at a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. She is experienced in early stage technology commercialization, business development and economic strategies. In 2007, the Daily Record named Dr. Connolly one of Maryland’s 50 Most Influential People.
James A. Poulos, III
Vice President of Technology Transfer and Commercialization
Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)
James A. Poulos, III is a registered patent attorney. His career in patent law began in 1980 as a self-employed patent researcher. Mr. Poulos has written over 150 patent applications and has prosecuted at least a thousand applications. Over 90% of these applications issued into US Patents. From 1991-1998 Mr. Poulos was responsible for the US patent portfolio of the multi-national company Zambon Group S.p.A. (Zambon). Zambon is the largest Italian-owned pharmaceutical company in Italy. Mr. Poulos has prosecuted a patent application of Nobel Laureate, Giulio Natta.
Mr. Poulos joined the University of Maryland’s Office of Technology Liaison (OTL) in March 1998 as the Associate Director for technology management. Mr. Poulos served as the Acting Executive Director of OTL from June 1999 to June 2000. After a national search, Mr. Poulos was named the Executive Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization at the University of Maryland, College Park in June of 2000. In that office, Mr. Poulos negotiated over 200 license agreements with commercial entities both within and outside the state of Maryland. During his tenure over 30 University spin-off companies were created, including Quantum Photonics (College Park, MD), Little Optics (Columbia, MD) and RioRey, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland). These three companies received over 85 million dollars in combined venture capital funding.
Mr. Poulos is the Vice President of Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Maryland TEDCO where he oversees Technology Transfer funding programs, including the Maryland Technology Transfer and Commercialization Fund—the signature program of TEDCO. At TEDCO he has created the angel event named the Power of Ten™ these events are used to attract venture funding for TEDCO Portfolio companies. Sixty companies have participated in these events and 20% have received Venture funding.
Mr. Poulos received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from The University of Maryland, College Park, 1979, his law degree from the University Of Baltimore School of Law, 1984. He has taken graduate courses in the fields of patent law (George Washington University) and Life Sciences (University of Maryland, College Park) and undergraduate courses in Equine Business Management (University of Maryland, College Park). He was an adjunct faculty member of the University of Baltimore Merrick School of Business in 1994-1995 rendering expertise as a patent attorney to the Lab-to-Market curriculum created at the University of Baltimore.
Mr. Poulos is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), the University of Maryland Alumni Association and the Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA).
Dr. Val Emery
Army Research Laboratory
Division of Economic and Community Outreach
Division of Academic Affairs
Phone: 410-704-2678
E-mail: outreach@towson.edu
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