James A. Severson

Dr. James A.
Severson is a Director at Golden Pine Ventures LLC and is a Principal with Pinnacle Reach LLC.
Most recently, he was the Vice President of Global Networks for Veratect Corporation.
Previously, he was Vice Provost for Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer at the University of Washington, where he held responsibility for programs to commercialize discoveries made from research conducted at the University.
Prior to joining the University of Washington, he was the President of the Cornell Research Foundation, where he had responsibility for technology transfer from Cornell's Ithaca campus and the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City.
From 1990 to 1999, Dr. Severson held positions in technology transfer at the University of Minnesota, including Director of Health Technologies in the Office of Patents & Technology Marketing.
From 1986 to 1990, he was with Amersham Corporation and held positions in new technology assessment and market development.
Dr. Severson is a Past President of the Association of University Technology Managers, a national organization of university technology transfer professionals, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Governmental Relations, a Washington-based association of over 140 research universities that focuses on the policies and issues of federally sponsored research programs at universities.
Dr. Severson received a BS in zoology and a PhD in physiology from Iowa State University, and did postdoctoral research at the University of Southern California.
From 1980 to 1986, Dr. Severson held a faculty appointment in the University of Southern California School of Medicine.
In 2005, Dr. Severson received the Bayh-Dole Award in recognition of his untiring efforts to foster and promote intellectual property activities on behalf of the university and nonprofit community.