MapQuest Founder Helps Arizona Startups Chart Routes to Success

In 1988, Barry J. Glick, Ph.D., started a software company around locational data and map visualization. That company grew to become Mapquest. Now Glick has joined TLA and is mentoring UA technology entreprneurs. Get to know him in this Q&A.

Startup Licenses Nanomaterials for High-Resolution Understanding of Disease Biology

Startup Licenses Nanomaterials for High-Resolution Understanding of Disease Biology

Big-data Program to Speed and Personalize Drug Development

Big-data Program to Speed and Personalize Drug Development

UA College of Medicine - Tucson Professor Honored by National Academy of Inventors

UA College of Medicine - Tucson Professor Honored by National Academy of Inventors

UA Fueling Rapid Tucson Tech Growth

UA Fueling Rapid Tucson Tech Growth

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TLA 101: Pathways to Impact

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John Geikler

John Geikler

Assistant Director, Physical Sciences Licensing

As assistant director, John supports technology development and commercialization in the University’s Physical Sciences programs. John brings over...

Bob Sleeper

Bob Sleeper

Senior Licensing Manager, College of Engineering

Bob Sleeper started as the embedded Licensing Manager for the College of Engineering within the Office of Technology Transfer on June 24th, 2013....

Kevin McKee

Kevin McKee

Senior Licensing Manager, Software & Copyright

Kevin McKee is Tech Launch Arizona’s (TLA) Sr. Licensing Manager, Software & Copyright. He has over thirty years of experience in Information...

Rosa Saucedo

Rosa Saucedo

Accountant, Associate

Sarah Moore

Sarah Moore

Program Coordinator, Intellectual Property Docket Clerk

Sarah joined the Tech Launch Arizona team in 2019. She grew up in the Pacific Northwest and has a 10-year background in intellectual property Law...

Ellen Olgey

Ellen Ogley

Administrative Associate

Ellen Ogley joined the TLA team as an administrative associate in September 2018. She received an Associate of Science degree from Pima Community...

The UA Tech Park at Rita Road. Photo: Tech Parks Arizona

UA Fueling Rapid Tucson Tech Growth

Tucson technology and talent have hit the map, as low unemployment and high demand for talent have tech companies turning to smaller communities to fill their pipelines, according to a new report that says Tucson is the leading emerging market in the U.S.

Commercialization Network Manager Eric Smith addresses a gathering of students for I-Corps, one of TLA's programs to prepare startup teams for success. Photo: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona

UA Sets Record With 284 Inventions Disclosed in FY 2019

UA employees disclosed 284 inventions in fiscal year 2019 – more than any other year in the university's history. The record-setting number is included in TLA's annual numbers. Check out all of this year's accomplishments.

TLA licensing manager for the College of Optical Sciences Kennedy Nyairo gets a demo of the eSight system from inventor Hong Hua. Photo: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona

UA Inventions Help Legally Blind to See

For those who are legally blind or have impaired eyesight, low vision can have an immense impact on quality of life. Based on inventions developed in the Wyant College of Optical Sciences, a system from the eSight corporation is allowing people to see.

A traditional phoropter.

Startup Licenses Fluidic Lens Design to Automate Eyesight Testing

This James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences phoropter technology aims to shorten and ease your visits to the eye doctor.

Kennedy Nyairo. Photo credit: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona

20-Year Optical Sciences and Intellectual Property Expert Joins Tech Launch Arizona

Kennedy Nyairo, Ph.D., serves as Senior Licensing Manager dedicated to commercializing the inventions from the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences.

Illustrative Mathematics President and UA Mathematics Professor Emeritus Bill McCallum talks with Desert View High School mathematics teacher Jaime Morado. Photo: Tech Launch Arizona

From Invention to Impact: Illustrative Mathematics

In 2014, Distinguished Professor Bill McCallum, now retired, started a new company dedicated to transforming mathematics education. Today, the company works with over 200 schools, and more than 2,000 teachers use its products. Watch the video!