Taking advantage of extensive US university commercialisation experience, Jim is responsible for the commercialisation of all life science projects at UNSW from the Science, Engineering and Medical Faculties. In addition to his role at NSi, Jim also sits on the Uniseed Biotechnology Investment Committee. Uniseed is a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm supported by the Universities of New South Wales, Queensland and Melbourne and also Westscheme, Western Australias largest non-government superannuation fund. Jim is a past Vice-Chair (Sydney) of Knowledge Commercialisation Australia, the peak body representing organisations and individuals associated with knowledge transfer from Australias public sector.

email: j.henderson@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 5041

 

Graham's qualifications include Masters' degrees in Science (Physics) and Commerce (Finance) and diplomas in finance and accounting. He held a Monbusho research at Kyoto University, Japan and is a Fellow of Finsia, an associate of ASCPA and has twenty years experience in Investment Banking having worked for Deutsche Bank and the Commonwealth Bank. Graham is responsible for the commercialisation of physical science and ICT projects at NSi and has negotiated licence agreements for Catei software and Egows projects. He has advised on a large number of M&A transactions, corporate restructurings, capital raisings and the provision of finance to companies such as QBE, AGL, Woodside and Mitsubishi Corporation.

email: g.morton@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 7443

 

Prior to joining NSi, Laura worked in the area of regulatory affairs in clinical trial management. Laura's competencies and experience span basic medical research, clinical research, project management, client relationship management and business development in the academic, private and contract research sectors. Laura graduated with a B.Sc (Honours) in Physiology and Pharmacology in 1995 from UNSW. Laura obtained her Doctorate from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW in 1999 and has more than 13 years experience in biomedical and clinical research, specialising in cell biology and transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Laura's qualifications include a Master of Business and Technology (UNSW, 2006). Her primary interest is the management of emerging technology. Laura is an active member of the NSW Branch of AusBiotech.

 

email: l.issa@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 5592

 

In his role as Business Development Manager, Neil is responsible for the commercialisation of photovoltaic developed at UNSW. This is an area where UNSW has world-recognised leading edge technology.Neil is a UNSW graduate of Engineering, Science and has an MBA from the AGSM. He joined NewSouth Innovations (formerly Unisearch) in November 2004 as a Senior Business Development Manager in the area of Physical Sciences and Engineering. Before joining NewSouth Innovations, Neil worked internationally as a manager for several large companies including ABB, Westinghouse Electric and Siemens.

 

email: n.simpson@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 6536

 

Alfredo graduated with a B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering (minor in artificial organ design) in 1986 from Louisiana Tech University (USA). He has more than 16 years experience in biomedical research in Venezuela, the United States, and Australia covering design of artificial organs, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular physiology, membrane transport, and oxygen transport to tissue. In 1995 Alfredo moved to Australia and joined the Cooperative Research Centre for Cardiac Technology (CRC-CT); obtaining his Doctorate from the University of Technology, Sydney in 1999, and completing his post-doctoral training with the Faculty of Engineering in 2003. Alfredos main areas of interest are sustainable funding for science, entrepreneurship, innovation, project management in science and business development (all part of a number of submissions to the State and Commonwealth governments). Following a practical training scholarship in technology transfer and commercialisation in The Netherlands, Alfredo worked in the area of intellectual property and commercialisation across a number of Area Health Services in NSW from 2004-2006 before joining NSI.

 

email: a.martinez-coll@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 4679

 

 

Athena joined NSi in October 2008 as a Business Development Associate in the Physical Sciences and Engineering area. She has held client-facing roles in government and private sector organisations - as a business development manger, radiation training facilitator and a consultant at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. She has also worked as a nuclear technologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and as a faults supervisor for the Australian Taxation Office.

 

email: a.prib@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 9939

 

Tim has a background in medicinal and organic chemistry and has experience in product development and commercialisation in the ICT and pharmaceutical industries. He completed a PhD in organic chemistry and drug design at the University of Wollongong before embarking on a career in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining NSi Tim spent a number of years in a senior product development and consulting role for a large UK based information provider to the life sciences and healthcare markets.

 

email: t.boyle@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 9762

 

Daniel holds a BSc in Nanotechnology Innovation from the University of Technology Sydney and joined NSI in 2010.
He has held roles in the Engineering and IT sectors and has dealt with both government and businesses ranging from small to multinational. In these roles he has been responsible for both supplier and client relationship management as well as internal business process improvement. Most recently Daniel was responsible for Sales Operations for the Australian Reseller of major multinational Engineering/CAD software vendor Dassault Systemes.

 

email: d.gronowski@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 7772