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Dr. Abigail Barrow is the Founding Director of the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC). She is responsible for the overall management of the MTTC and the development of its programs. Prior to joining the MTTC, Dr. Barrow served as managing director of William J. von Liebig Center at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). The von Liebig Center was created in 2001 to support the commercialization of research being performed in the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering. She has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Center for the Commercialization of Advanced Technologies Consortium (CCAT), which assisted in the identification and commercialization of technologies in the area of crisis and consequence management and received more than $25 million in federal funding from the Office of Naval Research.
Dr. Barrow worked in a variety of roles at UCSD CONNECT from 1990 to 2001. At CONNECT, she developed and expanded many of its programs to support early-stage company formation and technology commercialization. The CONNECT program is now internationally recognized and has been successfully replicated in other regions of North America and in
Dr. Barrow is on the board and is Chair of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment (MOITI) and is on the board of the National Collegiate Inventors and innovators Alliance (NCIIA). In addition, she is a Fellow of the Beyster Institute at the Rady School of Management at UCSD.
Dr. Barrow received her Ph.D. from the Science Studies Unit and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the
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Dr. Plano is the Associate Director of the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC), an organization dedicated to the commercialization of technologies developed in the state's nonprofit research institutions. The MTTC has a number of programs designed to support entrepreneurs, including technology showcases such as the Conference on Clean Energy (which is co-hosted with the Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition and the Energy Special Interest Group (ESIG) of the MIT Enterprise Forum), Platform events in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a small, hand-picked audience of investors and industry professionals for strategic feedback, and semiannual awards programs to provide prototype development funds to inventors in Massachusetts' nonprofit research institutions.
Dr. Plano is committed to the development of the Clean Energy Cluster in
Dr. Plano did her undergraduate work in Physics at MIT, and earned her PhD at
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Michele Bernier brings ten years of experience in engineering and higher education to the Mass Technology Transfer Center . As the Center's awards manager, Michele will work closely with the director and the advisory board to structure the Center's award programs and distribute funds to inventors at research institutes throughout the Commonwealth.
Michele graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell with a degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in mathematics. She holds a master's degree in business administration from Boston College .
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Barbara McNulty has been with the University of Massachusetts since 1995. Working first in the General Counsel's office, she was Administrative Assistant for four attorneys, including the IP attorney. Duties included creation and coordination of President's Office Outside Counsel budget, liaison to CVIP Executive Office, and general office administration. In 2000 through 2004 Barbara was the administrative assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for the five-campus system of the University of Massachusetts. She worked closely with the vice president and associate vice president on high-profile projects of the President's Office such as University Scholars, president's high school visits, and executive searches.
She joined the newly created Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center in September, 2004, and is the administrative assistant to MTTC Director Abigail Barrow and CVIP Executive Director William Rosenberg.
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Julia Goldberg received her Masters of Intellectual Property Degree in 2004 from Franklin Pierce Law Center, NH. She graduated in Material Science from St. Petersburg Technical University, Russia and received her MS degree in Chemistry from Technion, Israel. In her jobs with Tower Semiconductors and Lucent Technologies, Julia was involved in development of semiconductors and telecommunication products. Julia gained her legal experience and mastered patent writing skills at Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. Working as a Licensing Associate at Mass General Hospital, Corporate Research and Licensing Office, Julia focused on inventions related to chemical compositions, medical devices, and diagnostic methods and evaluated the inventions for commercialization.
At the MTTC, Julia manages investment and partnering conferences and supports Technology Transfer Offices in marketing their technologies.