People
UTEN Staff
For staff contact information, please see the Contact page
UTEN Portugal Staff
- Professor José Manuel Mendonça, UTEN Scientific Director
- Professor Teresa Mendes, Co-Director of the UTEN Portugal and Director, IPN
- Maria José Francisco, UTEN Program Manager
- Ana Paula de Amorim, UTEN Liaison Officer
- Sónia Pinto, UTEN Assistant
- Joana Ferreira, UTEN Media Relations and Image
UTEN Austin Staff
- Dr. Dave Gibson, Director of UTEN Austin, Associate Director of the IC² Institute
- Cliff Zintgraff, UTEN Austin Program Manager, On-the-Job Training and Technology Assessments
- Eli D. Mercer, Training and Internships
- Heath Naquin, On-the-Job Training and Technology Assessments
- James Jarrett, Senior Research Scientist, IC² Institute
- Prentiss Riddle, Senior Systems Analyst, IC² Institute
TTO Partners in Portugal
- Marta Catarino, TecMinho
- Carlos Cerqueira, IPN
- Pedro Coelho, FEUP
- Telmo Vilela, INPI
Content Experts
- Erin Defossé, VP of Products and Strategy at Edioma, Inc. and former Director of Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) Wireless for five years. http://www.ati.utexas.edu
- Bill Hulsey, JD, IP Attorney and owner of the law firm HulseyIP. http://www.hulseyiplaw.com
- Laura Kilcrease, Founding Director of ATI, experienced entrepreneur, and Managing Director of Triton Ventures, Austin, TX, an Austin-based VC firm specializing in enterprise software, information technology, communications technology, and advanced materials. http://www.tritonventures.com
- Dr. Darius Mahdjoubi, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at UT Dallas, St Edwards University in Austin, and a Research Associate at the IC² Institute. http://www.ic2.utexas.edu
- Dr. Luis Medina, Director, Technology Business Accelerator (TechBA) housed in ATI to assist Mexican technology businesses in the US market. http://www.techbasv.com
- Dr. Steve Nichols, Professor, College of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Advanced Manufacturing Center and Chair of Free Enterprise, and founding director of the Idea2Product Competition at UT Austin. http://www.engr.utexas.edu
- Dr. Bryan Sebok, Lecturer in the UT Austin Department of Radio-Television-Film and Producer at the UT Film Institute.
- Dr. Don Turnbull, Assistant Professor, UT Austin School of Information.
Interns
August 2009
- Ana Rita Remigio- UATEC, University of Aveiro
- Marlos Silva- UATEC, University of Aveiro
- David Resende- University of Aveiro
- Dina Chaves- INPI
- Miguel Moura- INPI
- Marta Catarino- TecMinho, University of Minho
- Pedro Silva- TecMinho, University of Minho
- Carla Mascarenhas- Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Duro
- Isabel Alte da Veiga- INOVISA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia
- Maria Jose Francisco- Technical University of Lisbon
- Jose Paulo Rainho- University of Aveiro
May 2009
- Ana Rita Remigio - UATEC, University of Aveiro
- Marlos Silva – UATEC, University of Aveiro
- David Resende – University of Aveiro
- Alexandra Marques – CRIA, University of the Algarve
- Hugo Barros – CRIA, University of the Algarve
- Sofia Vairinho – CRIA, University of the Algarve
- Dina Chaves – INPI
- Miguel Moura – INPI
- Pedro Silva- TecMinho, University of Minho
- Carla Mascarenhas – Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Duro
- Isabel Alte da Veiga – INOVISA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia
- Filipe Castro – UPIN, University of Porto


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