A Business Development Manager has been allocated to each Faculty and School and is the primary contact for staff and students within those areas.

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General Manager Commercialisation - Life Sciences

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 Australia's largest non-government superannuation fund.

Jim is Vice-Chair (Sydney) of Knowledge Commercialisation Australia, the peak body representing organisations and individuals associated with knowledge transfer from Australia's public sector.

Prior to joining NSi, Jim established his experience in university technology commercialisation with two US universities, most recently as a Licensing Officer in the Office of Technology Management at the University of California, San Francisco. UCSF is ranked 9th worldwide by Newsweek International, and the OTM itself ranked as one of the top five technology transfer offices in a 2006 study by the Milkien Institute. While at the OTM, Jim was responsible for managing a portfolio of over 200 distinct inventions, and he led financial and legal negotiations on more than 40 licenses, including six with start-up companies.

email: j.henderson@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 5041
mobile:0410 429 948
fax: +61 (2) 9385 6600

Senior Business Development Manager - Physical Sciences & ITC

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
mobile: 0419 581 114
fax: +61 (2) 9385 6600

Business Development Associate - Physical Sciences

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
mobile: 0420 429 228
fax: +61 (2) 9385 6600

Senior Business Development Manager – Photovoltaics & Physical Sciences

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
mobile: 0418 603 166
fax: +61 (2) 9385 6600

Senior Business Development Manager - Physical Sciences & Engineering

Robin has a background in Materials Science and spent the early part of his career as a metallurgist in the Zambian Copper industry followed by 10 years of research into the development of advanced precious metal alloys for demanding applications. For the past 20 years he has held senior consulting roles with a variety of international organisations in Europe and Australia including PA Consulting, Arthur D Little, Price Waterhouse Technology and Michael Johnson & Associates. Robin has many years technology management experience ranging from assisting large, complex organisations with technology acquisitions and divestments through to advising start-up enterprises on commercialisation strategy. More recently, he served as Technical Director for a listed, high technology company.

email: r.stanley@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 6518
mobile: 0410 415 074
fax: +61 (2) 9385 6600

Commercialisation Manager – Faculty of Medicine

Laura’s position as a Business Development Manager is co-funded with UNSW’s Faculty of Medicine to manage and enhance the commercialisation of research out of the Faculty.

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
mobile: 0410 607 458
fax: +61 (2) 9385 6600

Senior Business Development Manager – Biomedical Sciences

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. Alfredo's 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
mobile: 0402 011 223
fax: +61 (2) 9385 6600

Business Development Manager - Biotechnology

Peter brings a wealth of competencies spanning project management, business development and account management in the industrial biotechnology, biopharmaceutical and food (fmcg) sectors. His industrial experience includes stints with Webster’s, Burns Philp and Agrana. In Singapore he managed several biotechnology-based projects for the Institute of Molecular Agrobiology (IMA) and Temasek Life Science Laboratory (TLL). Peter has a successful track record in bringing new product to market and has provided consultation services to statutory authorities and industry.

email: p.milic@nsinnovations.com.au
phone: +61 (2) 9385 4727
mobile: 0404 002 936
fax: +61 (2) 9385 6600