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Jennifer Dyer has more than 30 years of experience in commercialization, innovation and entrepreurship.  Most recently, she was the Executive Director of the USC Stevens Center for Innovation, a university-wide resource for USC innovators designed to harness and advance the creative thinking and breakthrough research at USC for societal impact beyond traditional academic means.  She lead a team of 30 who manage university-owned IP stemming from more than $900 million in annual research funding across all areas of the University including medicine, engineering, sciences and the arts.  USC Stevens focuses on the licensing of technologies, expanding industry collaborations, supporting start-ups and entrepreneurial programs for students and faculty.  She has more than 30 years of experience and a strong record of success in technology commercialization, including serving as Director of Technology Development at The Scripps Research Institute and as a Sr. Manager of Corporate Development at Life Technologies Corporation (now ThermoFisher). Her experience includes leading and supervising more than 1500 agreement negotiations for intellectual property rights.