Innovation and Commercialization Specialists
Abram Becker
Expertise in commercial strategy for pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, and diagnostics. Start-up, non-profit, & Fortune 500 experience.
Cecily Brose
Expertise in consumer product development and commercialization. Led innovation platforms in the food industry.
David Ertl
Product management and strategy expertise in information technology. Silicon Valley, start-up, and Fortune 500 experience.
Kieran Furlong
Expertise in early-stage company building, venture capital, cleantech, agtech and manufacturing. VC investor & start-up veteran.
Featured Programs
This 5-week course focuses on matching your innovation to a viable market. Learn more »
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Upcoming Programs and Events
Business Engagement Day on Campus
This biennial event allows businesses to connect with UW–Madison resources for your talent acquisition, professional development/training, and research partnership needs. We bring the breadth of campus resources together at one time, so you can take the next step in a relationship with UW–Madison. Attendees range from human resource managers to company presidents, and hail from small regional companies to global tech leaders.
- July
- July 19
- Summer Leadership SeriesJuly 19, 8:30 am, Grainger Hall
These shortened leadership classes were created for those managers who feel they can’t take an entire day for a class but still want to improvement their leadership skills. Scheduled for Friday mornings, it might a great idea to network with others in the class (or bring your team) and head to the Memorial Union for lunch before going back to work or being off for the weekend. This series of 3 half day classes.
- August
- August 15
- Business Engagement Day on CampusAugust 15, 8:30 am, Memorial Union
This biennial event allows businesses to connect with UW–Madison resources for your talent acquisition, professional development/training, and research partnership needs. We bring the breadth of campus resources together at one time, so you can take the next step in a relationship with UW–Madison. Attendees range from human resource managers to company presidents, and hail from small regional companies to global tech leaders.
News from the Innovate Network
In the Spotlight: Kristen Slack, founder of Prof2Prof
In the Spotlight: Kristen Slack, founder of Prof2Prof By Olivia Barrow Prof2Prof started as a midnight inspiration. Kristen Slack, a social work professor at UW-Madison, literally bought the domain prof2prof.com in the middle of the…
Vegan dessert with an unexpected ingredient places second in national food development competition
Delicious desserts may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of chickpeas, but a team of UW–Madison food science students are whipping up a plan to change that. Recent graduate …
Simple ‘smart’ glass reveals the future of artificial vision
UW-Madison engineers have devised a method to create pieces of “smart” glass that can recognize images without requiring any sensors or circuits or power sources.