Commercialization Leadership Team

Shawn Davis, Deputy Chief Ventures Officer
Responsibilities: advancing strategic vision for commercialization, overseeing operational and business aspects of commercial activities, leads manages allocation of institutional resources in support of commercial infrastructure, oversees Baylor’s strategic relationships with external commercial partners, ensures an integrated approach to commercialization aligned to institutional vision.

Michael Dilling, Ph.D., Executive Director, Baylor Licensing Group
Dr. Dilling directs the activities of the team that is responsible for managing and licensing Baylor’s intellectual property assets. Director of the Baylor Licensing Group since 2011, Dr. Dilling has 14 years of technology licensing experience at Baylor. Dr. Dilling has a Ph.D. in Genetics from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Memphis.

Caroline Popper, M.D., President, BCM Technologies
Dr. Popper directs the activities of BCM Technologies, Baylor’s wholly-owned for-profit venture development subsidiary. BCMT is responsible for managing and administering start-up company formation for new ventures formed around the college’s biomedical assets. President of BCM Technologies since 2007, Dr. Popper also leads the activities of Popper & Company, a biomedical industry consulting firm. Dr. Popper has more than 21 years of hands-on biotech/life sciences operating experience. An internist and pathologist, she combines medical and scientific perspective with knowledge gained from managing a wide spectrum of life sciences businesses in diagnostics, devices and drug discovery. Dr. Popper has an M.D. from the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and her M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University.
Each Baylor Licensing Group project manager is responsible for managing disclosures from a portfolio of departments, as shown in the table below. Please contact the representative associated with your department/academic center for licensing assistance.
Terese Rakow, Ph.D. | Dylan Laug, Ph.D. | Brad Kairdolf, Ph.D. | Meagan Pitcher, Ph.D. | |
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Molecular and Human Genetics |
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Center for Drug Discovery |
Anesthesiology |
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics |
Molecular and Cellular Biology |
Center for Cell and Gene Therapy |
Dermatology |
Baylor Global |
Ophthalmology |
Neurology |
Center for Comparative Medicine |
Family and Community |
Human Genome |
Otolaryngology |
Neurosurgery |
Center for Educational Outreach |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Lester and Sue |
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Orthopedic Surgery |
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy |
Pediatrics |
Medicine |
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Surgery |
Center for Reproductive Medicine |
Pharmacology |
Neuroscience |
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Huffington Center on Aging |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Pathology and Immunology |
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Molecular Virology and Microbiology |
Masters in Orthotics and Prosthetics Program |
Psychiatry and |
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Radiation Oncology |
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Radiology |
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Urology |
Kim Weiderhold, Ph.D. | Valerie Jordan, Ph.D. |
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Industry and Academic CDAs |
Academic Collaborations |
Industry and Academic Collaborations |
Academic DTAs |
Industry and Academic DTAs |
Academic MTAs |
Industry MTAs |
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Service and Testing - Incoming |
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Sponsored Research |
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Questions?
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