NLPI’s Management team consists
of the 11 members representing various components of the NLPI partnership
and serves a variety of roles according to their expertise, including:
academic and business expertise in IT, life sciences and biomedical
informatics fields; expertise in technology-based workforce development,
technology transfer processes, technology-based economic development,
venture capital, science incubators, and access to start-up and existing
IT, life sciences, and biomedical informatics companies. The management
team will be responsible for general oversight of technology roadmap
activities (STARS, Technology
Resources Database,
and Interactive Website), promoting NLPI activities among public
and private sector organizations, recruiting new NLPI partners, ongoing
internal project assessment and seeking additional funding opportunities
to advance NLPI goals.
Management
Team Members
| Name |
Institution |
Role |
Role/Expertise |
| Steven Conrad, M.D., Ph.D |
LSUHSC-S |
Biomedical Informatics |
Life Science Cluster |
| Ross Barrett |
VCE Capital & Louisiana Ventures LP |
Venture Capital/IP/TT |
Life Science Cluster/IT |
| Les Guice, Ph.D |
Louisiana Tech |
Tech Transfer/IP/Patents |
VP for Research and Development |
| Paul Sisson, Ph.D |
LSU-S |
Biomedical Informatics |
IT Cluster |
| Joseph Orban, Ph.D. |
SUSLA |
Life Science Cluster |
Workforce Programs |
| Patricia Trudell |
CERT |
Workforce Development |
Project Management |
| Dennis Lower |
InterTech Tech Science Park |
Tech Economic Development |
Science Incubators |
| Robert Balch |
SteriFx, Inc. |
Venture Capital/IP/TT |
Life Science Cluster |
| Jim Mabus |
Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, VP Workforce Development |
Technology companies |
Tech economic development |
| Jimmy Clarke, Ph.D. |
LA BoR |
Articulated acad. Programs |
Workforce Develpment |
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0542068. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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