James Kitson
Head of Commercialisation
james.kitson@york.ac.uk
01904 326564

• Responsible for the management of commercialisation activity and IP protection, including the University's patent portfolio
• Management of the commercialisation stage gate process
• Supporting academics with commercial licencing deals
• Commercial service provision and spin out formation

Dr Geoff Whiteley
Business Development Manager
- Medical Sciences
geoff.whiteley@york.ac.uk
01904 321129

• Commercialisation support with specialist expertise in the life sciences
• Intellectual property evaluation, development/exploitation planning and management
• Securing translational and commercial development funding
• Supporting academics with commercial licencing deals
• Commercial service provision and spin out formation

Dr Clare Green
Grow MedTech Project Manager
clare.green@york.ac.uk
01904 328965

• Identifying Medical Technologies emerging from the Grow MedTech Consortium
• Matching opportunities with academic capability, company partners and other collaborators
• Providing support and management to de-risk these technologies ready for investment 

Dr Blake Prime
Commercialisation Manager
Blake.prime@york.ac.uk 
07385 404245

• Commercialisation support with specialist expertise in the physical sciences and engineering
• Intellectual property evaluation, development/exploitation planning and management
• Securing translational and commercial development funding
• Supporting academics with commercial licencing deals
• Commercial service provision and spin out formation

Alice Todd
Administrator
Commercialisation Team
Alice.todd@york.ac.uk 

• Providing administrative support for  commercialisation, contracts and patent activity