IEEE Photonics Society Seminar: "The High Value of
the Entrepreneurial Skill" by Andrea Wesser
Friday, January 10, 2014 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
CREOL Room 102
CREOL Room 102
Andrea Wesser
Associate Director, University of Central Florida, Office of Research & Commercialization
Associate Director, University of Central Florida, Office of Research & Commercialization
Abstract:
The road to success - and becoming the next Bill Gates - is
certainly not easy. However, along the path of working for or running a
start-up, there are many valuable skills to be picked up! After last month’s
workshop with successful tech entrepreneur Dr. Simon Poole and this workshop,
you will learn what skill sets make an entrepreneur, and how the
entrepreneurial mindset will help you with your career, no matter what sector
you are in. Also, learn more about how to become active in UCF’s growing
entrepreneur ecosystem and what resources are available to help you succeed
with your first start-up.
Biography:
Although trained as an engineer, Ms. Wesser’s chief
responsibilities have been involved in technology economic development for the
Southeastern US, state of Florida and the Central Florida region. She has
assisted hundreds of entrepreneurs, research faculty and students over nearly
ten years in starting technology companies, pursuing federal funding for
R&D and generating revenues. Ms. Wesser also worked for several
microtechnology focused start-ups, most notably a National Labs’ spin-out for
state of the art batteries, Planar Energy Devices. While Product Line Manager,
she lined up Fortune 1000 company and US military customers, won a R&D 100
and World Technology Award for the company, and participated in the development
of their awarded $4M ARPA-E funding. In 2010, she was awarded a SBIR from the
National Institutes of Health to develop an innovative wound care treatment and
sensor device. The grant enabled her to launch her own start-up, PharmAcute, to
design devices that treat geriatric, paraplegic, and other patients suffering
from chronic pressure ulcers.
For additional information:
Alex Sincore
asincore @ knights . ucf . edu
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