Elizabeth Vokurka
Physics, Liberal Arts and Sciences graduate from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, PhD from University of Manchester. Currently working as Intellectual property management and innovation consultant.
| Headline: | Service Provider |
| Skills: | Business, Management |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups |
| Schools: | University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign, University of Manchester |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Freelance |
| Position: | Intellectual property management and innovation consultant |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • Focused on providing advice to high tech startups and SMEs
• Specialising in software, medical devices and physics • Consultation in focused, strategic intellectual property management in line with an organisation’s business plan, with a particular focus on: • Patent and technology audits for investment and funding due diligence • Technical research and market analysis • Consultation in R&D funding acquisition for innovation • Past and current clients include: o The Intellectual Assets Centre o Money Dashboard Ltd. o DEM Solutions Ltd. o Braveheart Ventures and several Braveheart portfolio companies o Optimat Ltd. o Barco NV |
| Employer: | University Challenge, GranadaMedia/ITV |
| Position: | Question setter and verifier |
| Time period: | December 1999 - Present |
| Description: | • Wrote or validated over 3,000 technical questions (science, mathematics, computing and engineering) for the television quiz show to date |
| Employer: | Barco (Formerly Voxar Ltd) |
| Position: | Coordinator, IP and Funding, Assistant IP Manager, Technology and Applications Consultant and Imaging Scientist |
| Time period: | December 1999 - January 2007 |
| Description: | • Managed and administered intellectual property
• Coordinated and managed government funded projects totaling over £2 million • Performed market analysis and competitor monitoring • Performed technical research and preliminary product design work • Project managed R&D projects • Designed and managed clinical trials |
| Employer: | University of Manchester |
| Position: | NIAC, Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Post Doctoral Research Associate |
| Time period: | December 1996 - November 2000 |
| Description: | • Conducted research in image processing and statistical and pattern recognition algorithmic development for medical imaging
• Participated in Framework Programme 5 funded project |
| Employer: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Position: | Nuclear Physics Department Researcher |
| Time period: | December 1993 - November 1994 |
| Description: | • Conducted research at Argonne National Lab for six months after finishing undergraduate degree a term early |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Manchester |
| Time period: | 1993 - 1998 |
| Degree: | Experimental particle physics, PhD |
| University: | University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign |
| Time period: | 1989 - 1993 |
| Degree: | Physics, Liberal Arts and Sciences, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | List of 100+ peer reviewed publications and conference presentations on request |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys |
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