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
• Aurora A.C. Teixeira, Scientific Researcher
• Marlene Grande, Scientific Researcher
• 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

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