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Fini: \u201cThere is great science going on here.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nurturing emerging technology into the marketplace is something Anton \u201cTony\u201d Dahbura \u201981, MS \u201982, PhD \u201984, knows more than a little about. He spent 15 years in basic research at AT&T Bell Labs and ran Motorola\u2019s research center, where he developed software for massively parallel supercomputers. In the mid-1990s, he joined Hub Labels, Inc, his family\u2019s commercial printing company in Hagerstown, Maryland, and today he holds the title of corporate vice president.<\/p>\n

With his solid background in both research and business, Dahbura has led the National Advisory Council\u2019s (NAC) Committee on Technology Transfer Management since the committee\u2019s inception in October 2005. The Tech Transfer committee is advising Hopkins on the process of technology transfer, a process Dahbura says has been evolving over the past few years at Hopkins. \u201cKnowledge is best when it is used,\u201d he says. \u201cJohns Hopkins\u2019 mission of \u2018knowledge for the world\u2019 guides the work of our committee, but getting the technology to market is only one aspect. Getting the technology used is the ultimate goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

He and his eight committee members of alumni and friends represent venture capital, engineering, technology management, intellectual property law, and business. \u201cOur mission is to understand the tech transfer process and identify primary challenges and opportunities at Hopkins,\u201d Dahbura explains, adding, \u201cJohn Fini\u2019s appointment is a huge triumph for the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fini, who joined the university last January as director of intellectual property for the Whiting School of Engineering and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, brings a wealth of experience in tech transfer\u2014and great enthusiasm for the work of the NAC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is great science going on here,\u201d says Fini. \u201cIt\u2019s very helpful to give the Whiting School an outside perspective on how we should be doing things better. You couldn\u2019t ask for a better honest-broker relationship. The ad hoc committee\u2019s interest is only to make sure that we\u2019re doing a good job and could do things better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Working closely with Fini, the ad hoc committee meets three to four times a year to advise Hopkins on the development of a per- manent tech transfer infrastructure. This infra- structure will include a committee to evaluate the commercial viability of faculty-driven emerging technology, and to offer recommendations on next steps.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a pilot session where a few faculty members presented their research, and we gave them feedback, which is something we want to do more of in the future,\u201d says Dahbura.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven to play a small role in some idea that was created at Hopkins and makes its way into the world and has some small benefit is one of the best things that I could do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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