Who to contact in Commercialisation
Do you have an idea, activity, discovery or design that could be used by external organisations, or the public, as a commercial process, a service, a tool, or a product? The Commercialisation Team can help you. Please explain your idea by completing an Invention disclosure form (IDF) (MS Word 
, 57kb) and sending it to commercialisation-team@york.ac.uk
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James Kitson
Head of Commercialisation
james.kitson@york.ac.uk
01904 326564
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- 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 licensing deals
- Commercial service provision and spin out formation
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Dr Geoff Whiteley
Business Development Manager
- Medical Sciences
geoff.whiteley@york.ac.uk
01904 321129
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- 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 licensing deals
- Commercial service provision and spin out formation
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Dr Blake Prime
Commercialisation Manager
Blake.prime@york.ac.uk
07385 404245
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- 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 licensing deals
- Commercial service provision and spin out formation
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Luke Souter
Commercialisation Executive
luke.souter@york.ac.uk
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- Promotion of the Commercialisation service within the academic community
- Facilitating training IP and associated Commercialisation issues for researchers
- Review, assessment and evaluation of new opportunities in line with stages 1-3 of the commercialisation process
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Natalia Stawniak
Commercialisation Manager
Natalia.stawniak@york.ac.uk
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- 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 licensing deals
- Commercial service provision and spin out formation
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Alice Todd
Administrator
Alice.todd@york.ac.uk
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- Providing administrative support for commercialisation, contracts and patent activity
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