Jeffrey Clark Klein
Fractional Executive for Biotech Startups | Technology Commercialization & IP Strategy | Translational Funding | Venture Creation
- Role
- Subject Matter Expert at JumpStart Inc.
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jeffrey Clark Klein
I bring experienced leadership across preclinical therapeutic development, technology commercialization, and translational funding, with particular focus on identifying the scientific, intellectual property, and commercial milestones required to advance emerging technologies toward industry relevance.Areas of expertise include:• Identifying and achieving industry-relevant value inflection points in early-stage therapeutic and biotechnology programs.• Intellectual property strategy, including invention development, patent prosecution strategy, licensing, and diligence for investors and institutions.• Managing complex cross-functional teams spanning academic investigators, contract research organizations, and business advisors.• Translational grant strategy and execution, including drafting applications and managing funded programs post-award.• Evaluating market opportunities and commercialization pathways for emerging life science technologies.• Working with and within academic technology transfer offices to advance discoveries toward licensing, venture formation, and therapeutic development.
Experience
Subject Matter Expert
Jul 2024 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US
Advising the Northeast Ohio ecosystem on life science commercialization, intellectual property strategy, and translational development pathways.
Education
Brandeis University
BS, Biology
1997 — 2001
The Johns Hopkins University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, and Biophysics (CMDB) Graduate Biosciences Program
Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Biopharmaceutical Development; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
2014 — 2017
National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer
Post-Doctoral Studies
2009 — 2011
Skills
- Licensing
- Commercialization
- Biochemistry
- Intellectual Property
- Elisa
- Lifesciences
- Purification
- Protein Expression
- Technology Transfer
- Protein Chemistry
- Western Blotting
- Molecular Biology
- Patents
- Pcr
- Life Sciences
- Cell Biology
- Cell Culture
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