Chadwick Lynnis Riggs
Seeking Technology Transfer, Commercialization, and Licensing roles and/or contractual consulting work as well. Specific expertise in marketing such IP.
- Role
- Founder at UT-Battelle
- Location
- Memphis, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chadwick Lynnis Riggs
Chad is a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) with two decades of experience in technology commercialization, business development, and intellectual property management. From March 2013 through 2025, he led marketing and licensing efforts for St. Jude Children\'s Research Hospital\'s Office of Technology Licensing, connecting pediatric research discoveries to industry partners. Under his leadership, licensing revenue grew from $4 million to $24 million over 12 years through strategic stakeholder engagement, targeted marketing campaigns, and fostering long-term partnerships that brought life-saving innovations to market.Chad founded Mill Creek Holdings, LLC, a technology transfer consulting firm serving federal laboratories, universities, and venture capital firms. His seven-year engagement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory\'s Technology Transfer and Economic Development Directorate advanced intellectual property from basic research to commercial partnerships, earning him the 2012 UT-Battelle Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. His diverse client portfolio includes the University of Memphis, SUNY, Voices Heard Media, Elixir Media Group, 360ip, Innovation Valley Partners, Battelle Ventures, SoHoVista, Aldis, and Academy Funds.Chad is a recognized leader in the technology transfer community, having taught integrated marketing communications at AUTM\'s annual conference for five years, increasing participant engagement by 30%. He initiated \"Technology Transfer Professionals Day\" for AUTM in 2015 and co-founded the BioTN Mid-South Academic Alliance to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems.He holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee and a BS in Engineering Design from East Tennessee State University.Specialties: Technology commercialization, intellectual property strategy, business development, innovation management, strategic marketing, stakeholder engagement, and CRM.
Experience
Founder
Jan 2007 — Present
Education
East Tennessee State University
B.S. ENTC, Design Graphics
1992 — 1997
Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee
Masters of Business Administration, Marketing
University of Colorado Boulder
Art/Art Studies, General
2000 — 2001
Sullivan South High School
Graduated, Honors
1989 — 1996
Skills
- Intellectual Property
- Licensing Negotiations
- Chemical Biology
- Customer Relations
- Intellectual Property Strategy
- Product Management
- Patents
- Art Direction
- User Interface Design
- Team Leadership
- Brand Development
- Market Research
- Cancer Research
- Marketing Communications
- Social Media
- Engineering
- Product Marketing
- Photoshop
- Business Valuation
- Product Development
- Technology Transfer
- Graphic Design
- Entertainment
- Game Development
- Nanotechnology
- Entrepreneurship
- Financial Analysis
- 3d
- Mobile Applications
- Social Media Marketing
- Data Analysis
- Product Design
- Concept Development
- Competitive Analysis
- Modeling
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Licensing
- Commercialization
- Research
- Production
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