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Before joining i4 Connect, she was the Agribusiness Development Coordinator for the Central Highlands Development Corporation (CHDC) where she founded the first dedicated agtech incubator in Queensland – AgFrontier, developed the AgTeCH events held annually in Emerald and Mungindi, NSW since 2017, and was a co-founder of the Queensland Agtech Cluster. Liz is the Deputy Chair of Plant Health Australia, and a non-executive Director for the Cotton Research and Development Corporation, which until recently she chaired the Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Committee. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Contact: liz.alexander@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f080a180a8a1b62c4addc82/5f1d623567aaae35bbc8e082/1603686193387/200720+Andrew+Miller+Bio+Pic.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Andrew Miller Andrew has more than 20 years’ experience with innovation in project-based engineering and holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Engineering (Innovation Implementation) from the University of Queensland. He has been a leader of commercial innovation as both an intrapreneur for large corporates and as an entrepreneur in founding and co-founding startups. Andrew’s professional pursuits have sought to combine the science of innovation with entrepreneurism. During 2012 and 2013, he identified and brought about the commercialisation of the robotic technology behind the start-up SmartReo for the Australian and New Zealand construction industries. In 2015 he co-founded Verton and laid the foundation for its patented load-orientation technology. In July 2020 Andrew joined i4 Connect and now applies all aspects of his professional journey to date to helping his fellow Australians commercialise new technologies and business models. Contact: andrew.miller@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f080a180a8a1b62c4addc82/5f0c35d3687d657c9ebd2bb3/1603686171569/DRP%252Bi4connect%252B1.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Donna Patane Before joining the Entrepreneurs’ Programme, Donna was a trade marks attorney and lawyer specialising in business law and intellectual property law. She has over 15 years of private practice experience and spent the last 10 years involved in the local innovation ecosystem as an advisor, mentor, presenter and facilitator. She also co-founded FNQ Angels Inc. Donna loves working with innovators and is a collaborative and empowering mentor and support provider capable of a big picture approach to legal requirements, strategy, priorities and budgets. As a North Queensland local, Donna is very passionate about helping regional innovators build global businesses without leaving small towns. Contact: donna.patane@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f080a180a8a1b62c4addc82/5f0c351e45628c2a5547b3a5/1603686152141/LW%2BBlack%2Band%2Bwhite%2BPro%2Bphoto.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Larry Weng Larry has over 15 years of experience in IP commercialisation, starting from when he co-founded a company to commercialise his PhD research. Before joining i4 Connect, he was a Director of Commercialisation in Physical Sciences at UniQuest, the technology transfer company of The University of Queensland (UQ). In this role, he helped researchers market their research outcome as well as providing a bridge to assist businesses gain access to UQ’s intellectual capital. Larry has knowledge in a range of technologies, including robotics, IOT, photonics and biomedical technologies. Larry is always keen to work with entrepreneurs with great ideas and enjoys helping them to advance in their commercialisation journey. Contact: larry.weng@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f080a180a8a1b62c4addc82/5f0c349fba76f56ebc853ad5/1603686129510/Chris%2BBio%2Bpicture.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Chris Burnett Chris started his career in the defence industry, before notching up over 20 years of hands-on CEO experience taking new tech products and services to market, whilst building high growth international VC-backed businesses in the electronics, IT, manufacturing and telecoms sectors. He’s been engaged by Accelerating Commercialisation for over eight years, where he enjoys combining his “real world” experiences backed up by degrees in engineering, business and law to engage with and help hundreds of early stage businesses. Chris most enjoys being out of the office, working closely with entrepreneurial business leaders to help them build great companies. Contact: chris.burnett@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/t/5f9630a23ef9bd77e9d4c26e/1603678409949/Website+banner+%281%29.png AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f08091c0a8a1b62c4adcb18/5f0c33aa60bdf3313365cbfe/1603686029151/Taylor+Tran+Casual.JPG AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Taylor Tran Taylor Tran is a strategy expert with over 20 years’ international experience in technology commercialisation. Taylor’s sector knowledge includes blockchain, proptech, energy, ICT, media and not-for-profit. Taylor has been in a number of funded startups in blockchain, AI and proptech; leading growth and global expansion strategies, and was part of Austrade’s fintech delegation to Singapore. Taylor is passionate about supporting Australian innovation, job creation and is a strong advocate for founder wellbeing. Contact: taylor.tran@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f08091c0a8a1b62c4adcb18/5f0c3001f02f315b7ce8c7ff/1603686073595/pchristo1.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Peter Christo Over 20 years working with the financial services sector, delivering payment and business innovation in a rapidly changing and regulated industry. Experience includes digital money and payment systems, digitisation of economies in the Pacific and the in East Asia. Established ChinaPayments.com for the Novatti Group (ASX:NOV), building transactions from dollar zero to over $6.5 Million in 24 months. A subject matter expert on cryptocurrency and blockchain business, and founder of several new businesses, including the first geolocating smartphone app connecting coffee drinkers and cafes, and was a co-founder of Pitch Club, a national event for entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to investors and service providers. Peter holds a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEI), along with a Bachelor of Economics & Marketing. Contact: peter.christo@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f08091c0a8a1b62c4adcb18/5f0c2f29b197041778d85c52/1603686051810/Simone_July_2020%2B%2528BWMonochrome%2529.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Simone Stuckey Simone has a diverse background that includes co-founding a data analytics company in Australia’s startup space, supporting business innovation programs, and working as an environmental adviser in climate change, water management and resource recovery. She is excited to work with passionate people to solve complex problems, especially if the solution is sustainability focused. Simone is also interested in agricultural innovation, as a former coordinator of the Weekly Times Farm Business Awards which promotes innovative farming activities across Australia. Simone is keen to advance the cause of female founders, and wants to help innovators from all backgrounds realise their commercialisation goals. Contact: simone.stuckey@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f08091c0a8a1b62c4adcb18/5f0bfcab26f258058c437de8/1603686097517/I195-162%2Bhs_bw.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Andre Tan Andre is a medical device professional with experience developing novel medical devices, and launching new medical device products and services across start-ups and corporate organisations. Against this backdrop, he has also worked with clinical-stage healthcare technology companies to orchestrate their clinical development strategies, and worked with multinational device companies to better orchestrate promotional approaches. With a passion for bringing better healthcare solutions to people, he loves to work with founders and start-ups to develop sustainable and scalable healthcare commercialisation approaches for innovative products and services, in the hope of “shifting the needle” and truly making a difference. Contact: andre.tan@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f0813691de07a24257d759d/5f2640468724ae08d58f8036/1603686247100/Grant%2BSteinberg%2Bphotopng.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Grant Steinberg With a lifelong passion for technology, innovation and commercialisation, Grant brings diverse skills and experiences to the role of Commercialisation Facilitator. Leveraging formal qualifications in Industrial Design and technical skills acquired in automotive trades, Grant has founded and grown companies commercialising both physical products and software in domestic and international markets, culminating in a career leading software companies spanning more than 20 years. Grant maintains a passion for supporting founders of innovative companies across diverse sectors, with a natural affinity for design, engineering, advanced manufacturing and software focussed companies. Contact: grant.steinberg@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f0813691de07a24257d759d/5f13effd9e52b071c59df355/1603690213599/kerstin+B%26W+headshot.png AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Kerstin Holata Experienced in technology commercialisation in a broad range of industry sectors including the medtech and agriculture sectors. Kerstin has held industry based positions at Pfizer in the US and a number of companies in the biotech sector in Australia. In the agricultural space she was worked as BD Manager at the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics in Adelaide, managed and owned a vineyard for 6 years where she was able to apply theoretical knowledge from her PhD in Biophysics-plant nutrition. Kerstin has a hands on practical approach , enjoys developing and implementing practical strategies and has a passion for growing industry based on novel technologies. Contact: kerstin.holata@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f07db65f9ea237b875fdf6c/60090a707f61033231835dd8/1612924886036/Jenny%2Bheadshot%2B-%2Bwhite%2Bbackground.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Jenny Aiken Jenny is an experienced founder, entrepreneur and non-executive director who is passionate about assisting researchers and entrepreneurs to commercialise their novel ideas. She is a previous Accelerating Commercialisation Grant recipient and also a participant in SBE Australia’s Tech Accelerator Program, giving her real empathy for founders and the many challenges faced on their entrepreneurial journey. Jenny has had a diverse commercial experience but her real insights lie within the health and medical sectors where she has primarily worked since graduating as a physiotherapist. As previous chair of a research foundation she has also worked closely with researchers and universities in this sector. Jenny’s has a proven ability to start, grow, pivot and exit businesses over many years and has formal training in strategy, risk and governance as a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f07db65f9ea237b875fdf6c/60090985ef38132d48bdb407/1611205175544/Usman.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Usman Iftikar Usman Iftikhar is a systems entrepreneur, passionate about utilising the power of entrepreneurship to collectively solve the global problems such as climate change and the global refugee crisis. He was previously the co-founder and CEO of Catalysr, an award-winning startup pre-accelerator in Australia, which empowers migrant and refugee entrepreneurs (aka migrapreneurs) to launch their own startups. In their first 5 years, Catalysr has supported 400 migrapreneurs to launch 150 new businesses. Catalysr’s work has been recognised as global best practice, in the joint UNCTAD, UNHCR and IOM policy guide on entrepreneurship for migrants and refugees, which was co-launched by Usman Iftikhar at the UNCTAD World Investment Forum 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. Usman is a 2020 Stanford GSB alumnus, a 2019 Obama Leader, an EHF Fellow, WEF Global Shaper, 2019 Westpac Social Change Fellow, 2018 AMP Tomorrow Maker, Singularity University's GSP 2017 Fellow, and a Young Social Pioneer alumnus at FYA. He also sits on the expert panel for Impact Investment Ready Growth Grants funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. In 2018, Usman was named the 2018 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year by HRH Prince Harry among 1.4 billion young people living in the 53 Commonwealth nations. In 2019, he was named as one of the top 50 on Kochie’s Business Builders Power list with Google, on Smart Company’s 30 under 30 list, and also won the Western Sydney Leadership Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement. In 2020, Usman was declared a winner in the ‘Entrepreneurship’ category, for the 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australian Leadership Awards. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f07db65f9ea237b875fdf6c/5f962a3b2199862e91884c9d/1603679070580/Vanouhi.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Vanouhi Nazarian Vanouhi has over 15 years experience using data to recommend evidence based strategies for performance improvement. She has worked across the commercial and not-for-profit sectors helping people and organisations. She is passionate about innovation and using technology and an entrepreneurial mindset to solve some of the big challenges of our time. She enjoys supporting entrepreneurs to understand their key business drivers and tease out value from projects they are working on. She is the Founder of Kindershare and was a Top 50 Small Business Leader in 2019. Vanouhi is a Chartered Accountant and also holds a Post Grad Diploma in NFP and Social Enterprise Management. She also sits on the board of a number of social services not for profits. Contact: vanouhi.nazarian@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f07db65f9ea237b875fdf6c/5f0bca62b7e70d0ea1ba227b/1603678809033/jonathan-chak-serial-entrepreneur-startup-coach-entrepreneurship-educator.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Jonathan Chak Jonathan started his entrepreneur career in the early 2000s, offering web design and development services to over 500 Australian businesses, including McDonalds, Fujitsu and Daikin Australia. Predicting the decline in the web development market, Jonathan continued his entrepreneurial spirit by founding several startups span across, eCommerce, AI and logistics. Prior to joining i4Connect, Jonathan also held a position in the NSW State Government in facilitating the MVP Grant and has assessed over 500 grant applications and helped 200 startup founders access grant funding. He was also a startup coach as part of the UNSW Founders program where he has coached over 100 startup founders on their entrepreneurial journey. Contact: jonathan.chak@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f07db65f9ea237b875fdf6c/5f0bc9e07adc097c996d9d2f/1603678748152/andy%2B1%2B-%2BB%2526W.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Andy Barley Andy is passionate about helping innovative businesses create a positive impact. With a strong background in research, as well as personal experience building a startup, he loves connecting to people with creative ideas to improve people’s lives. Andy has a diverse knowledge of science and technology, having run innovation programs for CSIRO and universities across Australia. He enjoys supporting entrepreneurs to develop their ideas, unblock challenges and to get a deep understanding of their customers. Outside of work, you’ll likely find him composing music or exploring one of Canberra’s incredible national parks. Contact: andrew.barley@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f07db65f9ea237b875fdf6c/5f0b2e62aee1c9281a94610c/1603678674764/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-07-13%252Bat%252B1.37.25%252Bam.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Maureen Murphy Maureen has been actively involved in the innovation ecosystem for over ten years, as an advisor, mentor, and investor. She has worked with many of Australia’s best and brightest entrepreneurs and researchers on their way to commercialising novel intellectual property. She has enjoyed supporting new businesses with high growth potential across a range of sectors including Food & Agribusiness, Robotics, Advanced Manufacturing, ICT, Energy, and Medical Devices. Maureen holds an MBA (Technology) degree and is a big believer in life-long learning. Challenging assumptions, listening with intent and making sense of complexity are her super-powers. Contact: maureen.murphy@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f07db65f9ea237b875fdf6c/5f07db71c121d131615f8aa1/1603678638012/Allen%2BBio%2BPic%2BNEW%2Bin%2BBW.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Allen Haroutonian Allen has coached startups, mentored founders, founded startups and small businesses, as well as roles driving global expansion for a number of Australian startups into North America. Allen was formerly one of the lead coaches of the renowned Pollenizer startup incubator, and so when Pollenizer closed down in 2017, he founded X-Lab Ventures & Blue-X. His career includes stints within global icons IBM and Apple, with a variety of experiences driving renewable energy projects, electronics assembly, advising robotics and spacetech startups, designing and launching accelerators and incubators for clients across Australia. Contact: allen.haroutonian@ep.industry.gov.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de604d65784972daae3f089/5f08145b1d7e6b412b883955/5f26418578e49e62c8c28a70/1603690323507/Tash%252Bheadshot%252Bbw.jpg AusIndustry Entrepreneurs' Programme - Accelerating Commercialisation - Natasha Ayres Tash is an experienced research and innovation specialist with a passion for sustainable primary industries, commercialisation of new technologies and regional development. She has a background in academia, industry engagement and supporting start-ups/SMEs. Tash is outcomes focused with a strong network to build valuable connections for her clients. Over the last 3 years Tash has helped more than 100 businesses across regional WA to strategically grow their business, access funding and connect to new partners. 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