Investment Committee Member: Brian Cummings
Brian Cummings is currently the Executive Director of the Technology Commercialization Office at the University of Utah and Assistant Vice President for Technology Ventures. In the two and a half years that he has been in this role the office has produced record revenues and successfully started 51 new technology-based companies, 80% of which have received initial funding and beyond. Brian has started three companies in his entrepreneurial career and his latest endeavor is a technology based start-up utilizing RFID. He is also President of a University-based personalized medicine company. Previously, Brian led the life science commercialization efforts at the University of Texas and prior to that was the Director of Business Development at Micro-Bac International. Brian currently serves on the Board for The Utah Life Science Association, The Rocky Mountain Research Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Governor’s Board for Business Resource Centers, The Renaissance Foundation, Launch Magazine and the LES Board for Technology Commercialization Structure and Development.