Purdue Innovates
Leadership
Brooke Beier, Ph.D., CLP
Senior Vice President
Purdue Innovates
blbeier@prf.org
Charlie Pruitt, J.D.
Corporate Counsel
Purdue Innovates
CLPRUITT@PRF.ORG
Sally Ross
Director of Operations
Purdue Innovates
SAROSS@PRF.ORG
Abhijit Karve, Ph.D.
Director of Business Development and Licensing
OTC
AAKARVE@PRF.ORG
Ken Waite, Ph.D., J.D.
Chief Patent Counsel and Director of Intellectual Property
OTC
KJWAITE@PRF.ORG
DHR Sarma, PhD
Director of IP Protection Process
OTC
DHRSarma@prf.org
Justin Renfrow
Director
Incubator
JDRENFROW@PRF.ORG
Sarah Rumpke
Executive Assistant
Purdue Innovates
slrumpke@prf.org
Umesh Patel
Special Advisor
Purdue Innovates
uhpatel@prf.org
RICHARD G. SIKORA
Executive Advisor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
DANIELS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, PURDUE INNOVATES
rgsikora@prf.org
Office of Technology commercialization
Brooke Beier, Ph.D., CLP
Senior Vice President
Purdue Innovates
blbeier@prf.org
Charlie Pruitt, J.D.
Corporate Counsel
Purdue Innovates
CLPRUITT@PRF.ORG
Sally Ross
Director of Operations
Purdue Innovates
SAROSS@PRF.ORG
Abhijit Karve, Ph.D.
Director of Business Development and Licensing
OTC
AAKARVE@PRF.ORG
Ken Waite, Ph.D., J.D.
Chief Patent Counsel and Director of Intellectual Property
OTC
KJWAITE@PRF.ORG
DHR Sarma, PhD
Director of IP Protection Process
OTC
DHRSarma@prf.org
Patrick Finnerty
Assistant Director of Business Development and Licensing, Life Sciences
otc
PWFinnerty@prf.org
William Buchanan, CLP
Assistant Director of Business Development and Licensing – Physical Sciences
otc
wdbuchanan@prf.org
Joe Kasper
Assistant Director of Business Development and Licensing - Life Sciences
OTC
jrkasper@prf.org
Dipak Narula
Lead Technology Development Liaison and Assistant Director of Business Development and Licensing – Physical Sciences
OTC
dnarula@prf.org
Matt Halladay
Senior Business Development Manager and Licensing Manager - Physical Sciences
OTC
mrhalladay@prf.org
Parag Vasekar
Business Development and Licensing Manager
OTC
psvasekar@prf.org
Raquel Peron
Senior Licensing Associate, Life Sciences
OTC
rperon@prf.org
Aaron Taggart
Business Development and Licensing Manager - Physical Sciences
OTC
ADTaggart@prf.org
Mark Chao
Senior Patent Counsel, Life Sciences
OTC
mchao@prf.org
Carol Larcher, Ph.D., J.D.
Assistant Director of Intellectual Property– Life Sciences
otc
calarcher@prf.org
Andrew Umlauf
Assistant Director of Intellectual Property– Physical Sciences
otc
awumlauf@prf.org
Stephen Domingue
Senior Intellectual Property Counsel - Physical Sciences
OTC
sjdomingue@prf.org
Manjiri Gagare
Patent Agent - Life Sciences
OTC
mpgagare@prf.org
Michele Arthur
Senior Transactional Paralegal
Purdue Innovates
mlarthur@prf.org
Kim Richardson
Senior Intellectual Property Paralegal
OTC
mkrichardson@prf.org
Bindu Komalavally
Senior Finance & License Compliance Specialist
OTC
bkomalavally@prf.org
Jeni Martin
Senior Intellectual Property Protection Coordinator
OTC
jjmartin@prf.org
Tina Torres
Docket Coordinator
OTC
tmtorres@prf.org
Clayton Houck
Senior Licensing Associate, Life Sciences
OTC
CJHouck@prf.org
Jacob Brejcha
Licensing Associate, Physical Sciences
OTC
jjbrejcha@prf.org
Erinn Frank
Licensing Associate, Physical Sciences
OTC
EEFrank@prf.org
Breanna Walton
Intellectual Property Docketing Coordinator
OTC
bewalton@prf.org
Nathan Smith
Licensing Associate, Life Sciences
OTC
nesmith@prf.org
Taylor Henry
Operations Coordinator
Purdue Innovates
trhenry@prf.org
Scott Levans
Intellectual Property Coordinator
OTC
smlevans@prf.org
Saori Iliev
IP Paralegal
OTC
syiliev@prf.org
incubator
Justin Renfrow
Director
Incubator
JDRENFROW@PRF.ORG
Doug Applegate
Associate Director
Incubator
drapplegate@prf.org
Matt Dressler
Funds Manager
Incubator
mrdressler@prf.org
Moe Simmons
Program Manager
Incubator
mlsimmons@prf.org
Taylor Henry
Operations Coordinator
Purdue Innovates
trhenry@prf.org
Max Frischman
Accelerator Program Manager
Incubator
MHFrischman@prf.org
ventures
Madison Sowards
Community Manager
Ventures
masowards@prf.org
Danielle Salters, CFA
Principal
Ventures
dvsalters@prf.org