ICT Commercialization: Speakers

UTEN International Workshop 2010 #1:
Commercialization and Technology Transfer in Communications Security and Information Networking
in collaboration with CMU-Portugal, CMU, CyLAB and others
15-16 June 2010
Lisbon, Catholic University of Portugal
Speakers | Program | Photos

Hyong Kim, Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Hyong Kim is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research interests include Scalable QoS Switch Architecture Design and implementation of scalable switch architectures for large networks with varying quality of service. In addition to performance design metrics, implementation metrics such as power, space, and cost effectiveness are explored in the design of switch architectures.

Converged Network Architectures Design of unifying network architectures based on GMPLS control plane for various existing and future services. Research issues include intelligent traffic management, secure and fault-tolerant control plane, management of multi-layer and cross-layer interactions, and optimization of network resources in multi-layer networks.

Argus: Next Generation Network Security Management System

Design and development of distributed network security management system for heterogeneous networks including wireless infrastructure. Research issues include modeling and detection of network attacks, machine learning and data mining of network data, real-time network and host monitoring, and fast response, fault isolation, and prevention of network failures.

Education

PhD, 1990 Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto

MASc, 1987 Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto

BEng, 1984,Electrical Engineering, McGill University

Gene Hambrick, Director of Corporate Relations for CyLab

LeRoy E. (Gene) Hambrick joined Carnegie Mellon University in 2006.

Since 2008, Gene has held the position of Director of Corporate Relations for CyLab, a cyber security research center under the College of Engineering. In his role as director, Gene is responsible for establishing and maintaining industry contacts to leverage the CyLab research through the CyLab consortium; identifying and cultivating new members for the consortium; and facilitating corporate inquiries with the CyLab faculty and researchers concerning specific projects related to cyber security, privacy and dependability.

Prior to his current position, Gene held the position of Associate Director of International Development. His primary geographical areas of responsibility were Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Gene Hambrick came to Carnegie Mellon University from his alma mater, Earlham College, where he was a development officer. Among his accomplishments was the development of the African American Advisory Board Endowed Fund. This initiative helped to develop a previously underdeveloped donor segment to the College.

Prior to this career in higher education, Gene worked in traditional and dot-com businesses. For 27 years, he worked in Corning, Inc. in several functional areas from personnel, operations, sales, marketing and general management. His last assignment was as Director of International for the Corning Consumer Products Company.

Gene has an MBA from the Darden School of Business Administration, the University of Virginia, and a BA from Earlham College.

Bill Swisher, Acting Senior Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations

Bill Swisher joined the corporate and foundation relations team at Carnegie Mellon University in February 2003. As senior director, Mr. Swisher works with leading foundations and corporations to identify mutually beneficial partner opportunities between the university and their organization. He leads a team at Carnegie Mellon that generates more than $30 million annually for the university.

Prior to Carnegie Mellon, Mr. Swisher served as a director of corporate and foundation relations at the University of Pittsburgh, where he oversaw philanthropic activities in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Information Science with a focus on information and medical technologies.

Mr. Swisher received an M.S. Ed. in higher education administration from Southern Illinois University and B.A.s in English writing and communications and rhetoric from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a founding co-chair of the Network for Academic Corporate Relations Officers (NACRO) and current steering committee member and member of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). A native of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Mr. Swisher enjoys hiking and camping at various national and state parks with his wife and son.

Curt Stone, Director of the QoLT Foundry and Industry Liaison

Curt Stone is an Executive in Residence at CMU and the Director of the QoLT Foundry and Industry Liaison.

In his Role with QoLT Foundry he is identifying, evaluating and advancing technology for near term commercial opportunities. He is a highly inventive, seasoned medical device industry entrepreneur with 25 years experience in finance, product development, business development, strategic relationships, marketing and sales.

Prior to joining CMU he founded a company that developed and commercialized a medical device from technology he invented.

He has successfully launched more than a dozen new medical device products, and has been awarded several patents for innovations. He has served as an integral member of executive management teams for several early stage and medium sized companies, two of the companies exited with IPO’s and three were acquired. His area of specialization is in strategic development, marketing and product development for domestic and international markets.

Tara Branstad, Associate Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation

Tara Branstad, Associate Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (“CTTEC”), Carnegie Mellon University

Tara has been with Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation for four years; first as a Licensing Manager, then as Director of Enterprise Creation, and now as the Associate Director of the Center. In her current capacity, she is responsible for IP management, licensing, facilitating the creation of spin-off companies and assisting the Director in managing the operational and administrative activities of the Center. Tara works primarily with faculty in Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, and ICES (the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems). She also works with faculty in Computer Science, the Mellon College of Science, and the Tepper School of Business.

Tara began her professional career in technology transfer at the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Technology Management. She then worked at Innovation Works, a seed stage funding and technology-based economic development organization in Pittsburgh, and subsequently, as an independent consultant to organizations and companies in the start-up space.

Tara received a BA in Biology from the University of Virginia, an MHA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business.

Mary Beth Shaw, Assistant General Counsel

Mary Beth Shaw has been Assistant General Counsel within the Office of General Counsel of Carnegie Mellon University since Sept. 2005. Mrs. Shaw is responsible for handing the legal matters of Carnegie Mellon in the areas of corporate, commercial, tax, international, financial, technology transfer and real estate law.

Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon, Ms. Shaw was a corporate and tax attorney at a large law firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for more than ten years. Prior to attending law school, Mrs. Shaw practiced public accounting for a number of years at a large, international public accounting firm.

Mrs. Shaw received her J.D. degree from the West Virginia University College of Law, where she graduated with highest honors and was Editor-in-Chief of the West Virginia Law Review. Mrs. Shaw also received her B.S. in B.A. degree from West Virginia University, where she majored in Accounting and graduated summa cum laude. In addition to holding a license to practice law in both West Virginia and Pennsylvania, Mrs. Shaw is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Joanne Kyriacopoulos, Export Control Compliance Officer

Joanne comes to us from Carnegie Mellon University where she has been with the university since 2003. Before coming to us, she worked as a consultant for Neolinear, Inc and Crown Castle International. Prior to her consulting work, she spent time as a Contract Division Manager and Negotiator for Northrop Grumman, Westinghouse and RCA Corporations focusing heavily on competitive DOD based Systems Research & Development and production programs. She has over 25 years of contract related experience covering everything from basic research and development to operational weapons system procurement for commercial, defense domestic and international customers.

Joanne also serves as the Export Control Compliance Officer for Carnegie Mellon University for all campuses.

Joanne received her undergraduate degree in business from Drexel University and Masters of Administration in Management & Finance from John Hopkins.

Aamir Anwar, Director of International Alumni Relations

Aamir Anwar serves as the Director of International Alumni Relations at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and teaches courses in Cross-Cultural Management and Intercultural Communication at the H. John Heinz III College at CMU. In his role with alumni relations, Aamir works with the alumni, and other constituencies of the university, to foster a cohesive global alumni community which is connected and reconnected with the University for a Lifelong Relationship.

Previously, he headed international education programs and taught at Point Park University and Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh.

Additionally, he is a training consultant in the areas of cultural sensitivity, intercultural mentoring, cultural adjustment, and country specific pre-departure orientation. Aamir holds a BA in International Economics and Statistics from Punjab University in Pakistan, a BS (Intl Business) and an MA in Intercultural Communication from Edinburg University of Pennsylvania. He is also a PhD candidate in International Education at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on exploring and evaluating methods for effective cross-cultural understanding, including impact of pre-arrival orientation on cultural adjustment. Aamir is multilingual and has extensive travel experience.