One of TechColumbus’ core missions is to reach out to the research institutions in Central Ohio to identify and harvest early stage research, scientific discoveries, and raw intellectual property that may have commercial potential, and then work with our institutional partners to translate these early stage opportunities into marketable products.  The Technology Commercialization Team (TCT) is uniquely positioned to seek innovations at the conceptual stage through established collaborative relationships with such institutions as The Ohio State University, including the Fisher College of Business and the OSU Medical Center, the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Battelle and the OhioHealth Research & Innovation Institute.

Whether a physician with a medical device concept on the back of a napkin or a professor with a nano-scale advanced material or sensor, TCT is ready to engage inventors and bring to bear the resources of TechStart, including pre-seed funding and internal domain expertise across the biosciences, IT and advanced materials, to move a concept out of the lab towards commercialization.

Funded Institutional Companies

OhioHealth – Joint Sound, Lyntek Medical Technologies, Sybermed, Epico, BioAerogels

NW Children’s – Surgery Navigator, URMAC

OSU – EXCMR, Vision Optimization, NanoMed, Health Care DataWorks, Arlington Products, Traycer Diagnostics, Marine Advanced Propulsion, IR Diagnostyx, EndoRetics, Arteriovations

Rescource Links

SSTI

AUTM

AURP

NCET2

MRUN

NIH Office of Tech. Transfer

USPTO

Ohio Third Frontier Program

SBIR

OSU's OTLC

SBDC

PolymerOhio

BioOhio

Events

NCET2 Research Commercialization Webinar Series
Summer, 2009

OSU Personalized Health Care Conference
Columbus, OH
October 14-15, 2010

CCF Medical Innovation Summit
Cleveland, OH
November 1-3, 2010

Ohio Early Stage Summit VI
Columbus, OH
September 27-28, 2010

SSTI Annual Conference
Pittsburgh, PA
September 14-16, 2010

AURP Annual Conference
Minneapolis, MN
September 15-17, 2010

BioOhio 2010 Events Calendar

AUTM Annual Conference
Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 28 - March 2, 2011

BIO Annual Convention
Washington, DC
June 28-30, 2011

Resources to make your idea real

• Technical and business coaching
• Domain expertise in biosciences, IT, and advanced composites and materials
• Third Frontier grant review (i.e., RCPs)
• Customized laboratory and office space

Access to:

• Pre-seed financing for innovations at the proof of concept stage (i.e., TechGenesis Grant Fund)
• Regulatory and reimbursement professionals and analysis
• Established relationships with tech transfer offices of world class clinical and research institutions
• Market research and assessment
• Intellectual property professionals and analysis
• Statewide connections to industry
• SBIR/STTR specialists
• Commercial champions/EIRs
   

Are you ready to commercialize your next innovation?
Engage here.

What experience do our experts offer?

Burton Page is Sr. Director, Technology Commercialization, with TechColumbus. Burton brings a wealth of experience in corporate strategy and policy, business development and regulatory affairs, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical, vaccine and diagnostic industries. Download full bio

Dr. Gary D. Rawlings is Director, Technology Commercialization at TechColumbus focusing on opportunities emerging from state institutions, such as The Ohio State University.  Dr. Rawlings has B.S. and M.S. degrees in nuclear physics from Southwest Texas State University and a Ph.D. in environmental science and engineering from Texas A&M University.  He has spent the majority of his career at multinational corporations, such as Monsanto, creating new products and business units for a large variety of advanced technologies.  Download full bio

Susan A. Stanton, Ph.D.
Susan Stanton is Technology Commercialization Consultant with TechColumbus.  Susan has more than 20 years experience in commercializing technology.  She has held positions in Fortune 50 companies, such as Alcoa, and Bayer, startups, government and education.  She was Vice President, Market and Technology Assessment at the National Technology Transfer Center (WV) where she led a group of 30 researchers and was responsible for assessing technologies and evaluating markets for the Center’s clients and developed new programs.  Download full bio