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The University of Texas Health Science Center (HSC) at San Antonio is seeking someone to serve assistant vice president for technology transfer. This position reports to the vice president for research and is responsible for oversight, supervision, management, and coordination of activities within the Office of the Vice President for Research related to technology transfer and economic development activities of the HSC. This includes supervision of the Office of Technology Ventures, value creation activities, such as marketing, licensing, new company start-ups, financial valuation, business alliances, internal and external investment in technology development and dealing with highly specialized contract issues regarding sponsored research, collaboration, Bayh-Dole compliance, patent prosecution, materials transfer, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, and internal controls.
The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department (OECDD) is recruiting to fill the position of innovation and economic strategies policy analyst within the department's Innovation & Economic Strategies Division. This position provides policy and research support to assist the Oregon Innovation Council, a governor-appointed policy group created in 2005. In addition to supporting the work of the council, this person will conduct best practices research and collaborate with other agency staff and external partners to develop policies, incentives and programs to promote Oregon's innovation economy. Qualified candidates will have expertise and extensive knowledge of economic development, emerging knowledge-based industries and project management. A bachelor's degree in business or public administration, behavioral or social sciences, finance, or political science - or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills - and five years of professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work, is required.