New OC Job Listing: UCI Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director Opportunity
UC Irvine is looking for a new Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director. 
UCI Beall Applied Innovation brings campus-based inventions and entrepreneurship together with Orange County's vibrant business community to support job creation and economic growth.
To make this happen, UCI Beall Applied Innovation facilitates connections between UCI and industry, including: entrepreneurs seeking access to university inventions and talent, large corporations looking to tap the school’s research capabilities, and investors wanting to financially support promising new companies.
Additionally, UCI Beall Applied Innovation is working to cultivate an “innovation district” in the heart of Orange County, producing more start-ups, more scale-ups, and, ultimately, a world-class entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Under UCI Beall Applied Innovation, the Research Translation Group (RTG) fosters the evolution of UCI’s fundamental research into products with real-world impact. RTG provides a complete suite of capabilities, including processing invention disclosures, patenting innovation, and connecting industry partners with relevant opportunities. The Invention Transfer Group (ITG) is a significant component of RTG, tasked with helping university faculty, physicians and researchers understand and navigate the translation of their discoveries.
The Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) and Executive Director provides executive level leadership for the UCI Beall Applied Innovation (BAI) organization established by UCI as a campus-wide resource reporting to the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor.
The position is broad based, having responsibilities in several areas critical to the future success of the campus. The core areas of responsibility are campus entrepreneurial community/corporate engagement, intellectual property stewardship, and outreach/external relations connected to entrepreneurship and industry collaboration. Operational responsibilities of the CIO include oversight of a wide range of services provided by the BAI Research Translation Group, including invention disclosures, provisional patents, patent prosecution, negotiating and licensing of UCI intellectual property, and corporate collaboration. The CIO oversees the negotiation and coordination of Industry Sponsored Research grants and contracts. Applied Innovation coordinates and facilitates campus initiatives such as campus wide entrepreneurial activities, business incubators, corporate support groups, Innovation Advisors (IA) program and economic development.
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About UC Irvine
Since 1965, the University of California, Irvine has combined the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. As a top 10 public university, UCI’s unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting-edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways.
With more than 36,000 students, 1,340 faculty members and 11,622 staff, UCI is among the most dynamic campuses in the University of California system. Increasingly a first-choice campus for students, UCI ranks among the top U.S. universities in the number of undergraduate applications and continues to admit freshmen with highly competitive academic profiles. Orange County’s second-largest employer, UCI generates an annual economic impact on the county of $5 billion.
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