Gary Keller

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Biography

Mr. Keller served as Managing Director at iNetworks Advisors. He has more than 25 years of experience in international business development for leading biotechnology and life science companies and is responsible for the development, funding and launch of numerous technology and commercialization initiatives and startup companies. He is Vice President and Managing Director of the Midwest University Research Network (MRUN), a not for profit commercialization collaborative of research, accelerators and early stage inventors across 14 Midwest states and 2 Canadian provinces. He is the author for the development of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Guide to Commercialization of Intellectual Property and workshops on this topic. In 1998, he established Xomix, a Chicago-based technology accelerator and consultancy providing intellectual asset management, commercialization, and global businesses development services. His startups include Conkwest Inc. a San Diego based biopharma company developing natural killer (NK) cell based products and the Florida Institute for Commercialization of Public Research, a statewide, quasi-government, not-for-profit enabling commercialization of new discoveries generated from public and privately funded research. He directed Strategic Initiatives and Workforce Development for the Chicago Technology Park Corporation. Keller is an Ambassador of Life Sciences for Lithuania. He serves as an International Delegate and founder and Chair of the Emerging Enterprises Committee for LES US Canada and is V.P. of Knowledge Management for LESI. He is a member of AUTM, served as Co-Chair BIO Technology Transfer Committee and is member of the Board of Trustees of Sinai Hospital System - Chicago. Keller has Masters of Biotechnology from Northwestern University and a Bachelors of Science from Pennsylvania State University.