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Arizona Science and Technology Enterprises LLC (AzTE) was established in 2003 as an Arizona Limited Liability company with the ASU Foundation as its sole member. Pursuant to agreements with Arizona State University, AzTE operates as the exclusive intellectual property management and technology transfer organization for ASU. AzTE conducts its activities on behalf of ASU in accordance with policies of the Arizona Board of Regents and ASU. AzTE also collaborates with other universities on technology transfer.

The AzTE executive team is comprised of industry and university veterans with years of professional experience in:

  • technology evaluation
  • product development
  • technology marketing
  • capital formation
  • operations/management
  • IP protection
  • industry relationships
  • licensing & commercialization

Augustine V. Cheng
Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer
Tel: 480.884.1996    Email: acheng@azte.com

Legal Team

Jill E. Uhl
Vice President for Legal Affairs and Corporate Development
Tel: 480.884.1986   Email: juhl@azte.com

Romy Drysdale
General Counsel and Secretary
Tel: 480.884.1988   Email: romy@azte.com

Venture Development

Charlie Lewis
Vice President of Venture Development
Tel: 480.884.1993   Email: clewis@azte.com

Life Sciences Team

Jack Geltosky, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Business Development
Tel: 480.884.1989   Email: jgeltosky@azte.com

Thomas C. Goodman, Ph.D.
Director of Business Development
Tel: 480.884.1648   Email: tomgoodman@azte.com

Jeremy W. Burdon, Ph.D.
Director of Intellectual Assets
Tel: 480.884.1994   Email: jburdon@azte.com

Physical Sciences Team

Kenneth J. Polasko, Ph.D.
Vice President of Business Development
Tel: 480.884.1990   Email: kpolasko@azte.com

Bill Loux
Director of Business Development
Tel: 480.884.1992   Email: bloux@azte.com

Phil Dowd, Ph.D.
Director of Intellectual Assets
Tel: 480.884.1982   Email: pdowd@azte.com

Operations & Finance

Nicole M. Reilly
Director of Finance and Administration
Tel: 480.884.1987   Email: nreilly@azte.com

Khera Douglass
Paralegal
Tel: 480.884.1999   Email: kdouglass@azte.com

Rebecca Tremonti
Paralegal
Tel: 480.884.1983   Email: rtremonti@azte.com

Catherine Puckett
Administrative Assistant
Tel: 480.884.1998   Email: cpuckett@azte.com

Leesa Bowman
Operations/Finance
Tel: 480.884.1649   Email: Leesa.Bowman@asu.edu

Interns