Board Member

Kenneth W. Porter, Ph.D., MBA, is the Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization at the University of Maryland. He was formerly the Director of IP Management and Social/Clinical Innovation, at Innovate Calgary, a corporation that facilitates research partnerships, innovation licensing, and startup company creation for the University of Calgary. He entered the technology transfer profession at Duke University, and has led teams at the University of Colorado, and, in San Antonio, at the first multi-institutional technology management office for the University of Texas.

Ken is a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP), is currently a member of the AUTM Board of Directors, and has served recently as AUTM AVP for Canada and Chair of the AUTM Canadian Subcommittee.