Ken Polasko
Director, Research and Technology Commercialization @Arizona Board Of Regents
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Research and Technology Commercialization @Arizona Board Of Regents
AZ, US
EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh
BS, Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
PhD, Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
MS, Materials Science
University of California at Santa Barbara
MS, Electrical Engineering
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA
SKILLS
ABOUT KEN POLASKO
Experienced executive with a demonstrated history of commercializing impactful technologies. Designed and implemented a competitive research grant program for Arizona State’s three public universities focused on solving specific state issues. Funding to date has exceeded $39M. Initiated and implemented one of the first intrapreneurial programs in a large company, Motorola, resulting in new products and businesses. Licensed numerous technologies for UCLA that have resulted in over $300M in startup acquisitions, including NanoH2O acquired by LG CHEM FOR $200M. Licensed founding intellectual property, digital PCR, to Dropworks which was acquired by Bio-Rad Laboratories for $120M. Conceived, developed and back-tested tech transfer patent expense model and first to develop tech transfer income model. Background in R&D, technology commercialization, manufacturing and sales. Graduate of Stanford University Engineering School and School of Business.
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