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UMIP associates |
Designer-in-Residence |
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| Maddison Limited, through David Maddison, is working with UMIP and Manchester Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology (MIMIT) as
Designer-in-Residence. |
Maddison Limited, is a leading strategic product design and development
consultancy which specialises in medical, scientific, and electronic products. The
company works with global corporations, SMEs, start-up and spin-out companies,
public sector organisations, universities and technology transfer enterprises, to
design, develop and commercialise technology.
Maddison Ltd’s expertise adds significant value to our spin-outs’ technologies
through informed design and, for our licence propositions, reduces much of the
work necessary to meet specifications, standards and anticipated uses.
www.maddison.co.uk
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Entrepreneur-in-Residence |
| Dr Sharon O’Kane is working with UMIP as Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
Sharon is engaged in an advisory role to enhance the University’s
spin-out company and licensing activities and to encourage intellectual
property entrepreneurship at the University. |
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| Sharon, who was named as Bionow / NWDA Biomedical Personality of the Year
2009, and was the Entrepreneur of the Year at the inaugural Northwest Women
in Business Awards 2008, was the Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of
University of Manchester spin-out company Renovo. |
Director of Entrepreneurship |
| Imran Hakim has been working with UMIP as Director of Entrepreneurship since 2009. Imran’s role is to enhance the University’s spin-out company and licensing activities and to encourage intellectual property entrepreneurship at the University. |
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| A graduate of the University and an optometrist by profession, he runs a successful group of independent practices in the North West. He has also run a separate and diverse portfolio of businesses and projects since the age of 16. His interests run from turning around loss making companies to negotiating complex licensing agreements. |
Regulator-in-Residence |
| The Emergo Group, a leading medical device consultancy, is working with UMIP as Regulatorsin- Residence. Emergo, through senior consultant Richard Love, provides regulatory support in relation to the development and commercialisation of University research projects related to medical devices and diagnostics. |
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Emergo’s extensive expertise adds significant value in shaping the regulatory
landscape for our early-stage device and diagnostics technologies and offers us a
clearer vision of the requirements to take our technologies and products to
market.
www.emergogroup.com |
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