TFI Appoints Dr Graham Dransfield as Partner and Director
December 2007
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
Dr Graham Dransfield, a recognised expert
in the commercialisation of nanoparticles has agreed to join
the TFI Board and become a partner in the company. Graham
has been working with the TFI team as an Associate since 2005
and has played a key role in the growth of our business in
Yorkshire and the North East.
Graham is an experienced Technical Manager.
He has strong inter-personal and networking abilities. He
is a recognised expert in the field of exploitation of nanoparticles,
particularly for the advanced ceramics and personal care markets.
Graham has excellent project management skills, developed
through a wealth of experience in industry. Graham is an evaluator
for the DTI Micronanotechnology Network (MNT) and Yorkshire
Forward Collaborative Research Programmes 2004/2005.
"Graham has shown outstanding commitment
to the development of our business over the last year and
I am delighted to have him join our senior management team."
commented Dr Malcolm Wilkinson, Managing Director of TFI.
TFI Strengthens Associate Consultant Network
December 2007
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
Dr Amir R Mirza, a veteran of the MEMS
industry has joined TFI as an Associate Consultant. With 20
years of MEMS industrial experience with top US companies
including Honeywell, GE and Motorola Dr Mirza's broad experience
includes the design, development and manufacturing of a wide
variety of MEMS products. He also has significant technical
marketing and product management experience, and can assist
companies requiring interim executive management.
Dr Malcolm Wilkinson, Managing Director
of TFI commented:
"We are delighted that Dr Mirza is
joining our team. He brings uptodate and in-depth knowledge
of high tech industry in the US. His product and technology
experience complements our existing base in emerging and disruptive
technologies."
Brief Biography
Dr Mirza has been involved in the MEMS
industry for 20 years. Most recently he served as an International
Product Manager for SUSS MicroTec, a $200 million public company
providing capital equipment for the MEMS and Advanced Packaging
markets. Dr Mirza's extensive experience includes the development
of a wide variety of silicon micromachined products - such
as accelerometers, gyros, pressure sensors, optical MEMS and
microfluidic devices.
He has held engineering and management
positions with Fortune 100 companies including Honeywell,
Motorola and GE. At GE NovaSensor he served as Director of
Advanced Technologies responsible for both MEMS design and
process development. Prior to joining SUSS MicroTec, Dr Mirza
was at Innovative Micro Technology in Santa Barbara, CA -
the largest independent MEMS foundry worldwide, where he held
program management responsibilities for new product information.
Dr Mirza has authored many technical papers,
trade articles and several patents in the field of silicon
micromachined devices. He has also participated as a speaker
at MEMS industry events including a recent live Webinar hosted
by Solid State Technology magazine, and has served on the
Editorial Board of Advanced Packaging magazine.
TFI Beta Tests the Latest On-Line Software Tools for IPR
Pipeline Management
July 2007
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
One of the biggest challenges for IPR
portfolio managers in universities, research institutes and
commercial R&D departments is to decide which opportunities
are worthy of investment - both in their time and money. It
is not just a matter of 'cherry picking' the potential winners
but also a need to filter out the dross in a fair and equitable
manner so that inventors are handled in a sensitive fashion
when their pet project is put in the bin. Cassiano Insyteis
a new tool undergoing testing that can solve this problem.
Dr Malcolm Wilkinson, Managing Director
of TFI commented:
"TFI has been priviledged to gain
access to this tool in its late stage testing and we are delighted
with the results so far."
Cassiano combines a database of market
intelligence and analysis with an easy to use front-end user
interface to create a truly 'expert system'. The output reports
are just what the IPR portfolio manager needs to rank the
commercialisation potential of the opportunities coming through
the commercialisation pipeline.
TFI Office Relocation
April 2007
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
As of 1 April, Technology for Industry
(TFI) has a new office in the centre of the market town of
St Ives. This move has brought us closer to Cambridge and
is giving our staff a taste of town living after being way
out in the Fens for the past 5 years.
The move will also help our clients as
we will be much closer to the main road and rail networks.
The office is just off the A14 and about 6 miles from the
A1. St Ives doesn’t have a railway station but the old
railway line will soon be converted into a new commuting link
into Cambridge by guided bus.
As many of our clients have already noticed, Kevin Yallup
and Malcolm Wilkinson are also spending increasing amounts
of time ‘up North’. A high proportion of our business
is in Yorkshire and the Northeast working with industrial
clients and major Universities. To better serve our clients
in the North, TFI is establishing a base in Sheffield in the
office of the TFI spin-out company, Kirkstall Ltd. This office
is right in the heart of Sheffield in the University Bioincubator,
just across the street from the Innovation Centre and a 5
minute walk from the Kroto Institute.
The full contact details of our new offices are as follows:
St Ives Office
Technology for Industry Ltd
6 Cromwell Mews
Station Road
St Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE27 5HJ
UK
Telephone: 01480 466550
Fax: 01480 467354
Sheffield Office
Technology for Industry Ltd
C/O Kirkstall Ltd
Sheffield Bioincubator
40 Leavygreave Road
Sheffield
S3 7RD
UK
Telephone: 0114 222 4550
Fax: 0114 222 4551
TFI Achieves Successful Industrial Engagement
for the Nanofactory
November 2006
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
TFI has just completed a marketing campaign
for the Yorkshire Nanofactory during which 11 high profile
members have been signed up including blue chip companies
such as Rolls Royce and Filtronic as well as innovative start
up companies like Authentix and Drug Delivery Solutions.
Nanofactory is a portal showcase connecting providers of
nanoscience and microtechnology based in Yorkshire and Humber
regions with other regional, national and international communities
and users. It brings together seven key universities, with
the aim of using their fundamental research resources and
expertise to develop nanomaterials into real and viable commercial
products for businesses to the consumer market.
TFI has been working in partnership with the Nanofactory
since 2004. Dr Malcolm Wilkinson, Managing Director of TFI
commented:
"The Nanofactory provides and excellent
flow of information to companies concerning how nanotechnology
will impact their business it also gives them a way to engage
with some of the UK's leading research groups. An unexpected
benefit has been the level of cross-disciplinary activity
and synergy between the various industrial members."
For more information about Nanofactory please contact TFI
directly or visit Nanofactory's
website.
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