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Executive Director
Lisa Cechetto
Contact: lcechett@uwo.ca
Administrative Support: Aïda Juodis, Administrative Coordinator
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- As the senior operating officer, provides information and advice, builds relationships, plans and executes projects, and manages financial, human and physical resources to support ·ÛºìÅ®ÀÉ's research goals
- Supports and leads the development and implementation of strategic plans to advance institutional objectives
- Identifies opportunities for process improvements and designs and/or revises practices to ensure risk mitigation
- Works in collaboration with other leaders to develop, implement and monitor processes that ensure ·ÛºìÅ®ÀÉ's research success and compliance with regulations
Biography
Lisa Cechetto was appointed Executive Director of ·ÛºìÅ®ÀÉ Research in January 2021, following a seven-year tenure as Executive Director of ·ÛºìÅ®ÀÉ's technology transfer office, formerly WORLDiscoveries. Lisa holds a Master’s of Science from McMaster University, as well as dual executive MBAs from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and Sungkyunkwan University.
At ·ÛºìÅ®ÀÉ's technology transfer office, Lisa led the team to triple the number of licensed and options signed per year, a doubling in active licenses and a 70 per cent increase in timely assessment rates. She also initiated/expanded upon seven new programs that ensured WORLDiscoveries remained a top revenue-generating technology transfer office in Canada.
Lisa’s previous roles also include Director of Business Development and Intellectual Property at Institut Pasteur Korea – where her responsibilities included the commercialization of the institute's research inputs, while balancing the interests of key stakeholders, including government, faculty and third parties – and Patent Manager and Project Leader at ARIUS Research Inc., a Toronto-based biotech company which has been subsequently acquired by Roche.