Applied Professionals International (API) has a mission to serve companies and universities to assist intellectual property (IP) creation, IP mining, and IP protection. Facilitate partnerships for participating companies and develop IP strategies for national and international companies, asset management, IP portfolio improvement, IP portfolio leveraging to improve the company’s cash reserves. API assists companies in monetizing their royalty income to increase value from long-term uncertainty to short-term delivery. Provide training in IP generation, protection, and marketing.

API provides services to universities to develop academic programs & curricula, policy development, academic-industry partnership development, collaborative program creation, commercialization Project & program assistance, mentoring faculty members with technology development, contract negotiations, helping faculty members in grant writing & funding, IP policy, protection & marketing, technology transfer, technology patenting, licensing & copyrighting, commercialization & business plan development, start-up company creation, venture capital creation, public relations, budget management.

API has been successfully assisting universities and research institutes with projects in Turkey, Russia, Japan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Hungary, Spain, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. These projects include but are not limited to conducting special training in Intellectual Property creation and management, grant writing, business plan writing, economic development, VC relations and partnership building with industry.

Fostered collaborations between local industry and technologies developed at SUNY’s 64 campuses to increase R&D funding, growth, and industry partnerships. Educated faculty members on intellectual property (IP) development, policy, and IP protection. Collected new technology disclosures (NTDs), market opportunity analysis (MOAs), and lead marketing efforts for all new technologies and products with commercial applications, negotiate and sign licensing agreements.

Facilitated industry forums to promote networking, partnerships, and collaboration between SUNY faculty and industry. Presented investment opportunities to venture capital firms, forge entrepreneur/VC firm relationships, and build start-up companies to license SUNY technologies. Developed UK’s IP2IPO model for SUNY Buffalo and facilitated the VC agreement signing. Provided guidance and liaison to four SUNY technology transfer offices. Managed IP activities in 26 campuses in the central office leading a team of 14 direct reports. Manage $650K annual operating budget.

Fostered economic development by educating faculty members in intellectual property policy; facilitating networking and collaborations between faculty and industry via industry forums; encouraging venture capital investments, and marketing university technologies to entrepreneurs nationwide as business start-up and technology licensing opportunities. Collected NTDs, developed market opportunity analysis (MOAs), and cultivated industry partnerships.

Selected Accomplishments:

• Established and grew OSU’s first tech transfer office from one staff member to more than 10 including 4 FTEs and several MBA students in less than 2 years.
• Drove NTD growth from 2 per year to 63 annually by evangelizing opportunities to all university faculties via 5-minute monthly presentations delivered to individual departments.
• Generated $1.5M in royalties within 2 years by forging industry partnerships and negotiating and signing 5 technology licenses with several different companies.

Drove successful clean-up effort for Lackawanna Valley’s 3000 abandoned coal mines and their environmental impact on Chesapeake Bay by transferring ORNL technologies to local companies. Educated ORNL research scientists on environmental technologies. Collected NTDs, developed MOAs, and launched marketing campaigns for each technology. Interfaced with DOE and EPA.

Selected Accomplishments:

• Recommended and contributed to creation of not-for-profit organization, National Institute for Environmental Renewal, to lead Lackawanna Valley coal mine and Chesapeake Bay clean-up effort.
• Generated $54M in federal grant funds to cultivate and facilitate business opportunities for both NIER and local companies by designing business development programs based on technology transfer to local entrepreneurs.
• Fostered regional economic development, as well as ORNL technology licensing opportunities by orchestrating industry forums to create scientist and industry partnerships, presenting investment opportunities to venture capital firms, and introducing regional entrepreneurs to ORNL technologies.