Columbia University

Technology Ventures

Meet Our Team

Management

Orin Herskowitz

Executive Director, Sr. VP for Applied Innovation and Industry Partnerships

Ofra Weinberger

Senior Director of Commercialization & Associate VP for IP and Tech Transfer

Liz Beerman

Director, Contracts & Compliance

Tony Cerone

Asst. VP & Senior Director, Finance & Administration

Scot Hamilton

Asst. VP & Senior Director, Compliance & Contracts

Dmytro Pokhylko

Director, CTV Strategic Projects and Columbia Lab-to-Market Accelerator Network

Licensing

Ofra Weinberger

Senior Director of Commercialization & Associate VP for IP and Tech Transfer

Sara Gusik

Senior Technology Licensing Officer

Beth Kauderer

Senior Technology Licensing Officer

Jerry Kokoshka

Senior Technology Licensing Officer

Greg Maskel

Senior Technology Licensing Officer

Joan Martinez

Senior Technology Licensing Officer

Mitchell Fullerton

Alliance Manager

Kristin Neuman

Senior Technology Licensing Officer

Cindy Lang

Senior Technology Licensing Officer

Sherry Bermeo

Business Development Associate

Ikenna Ekelem

Business Development Associate

Devin Jones

Business Development Associate

Dovina Qu

Senior Technology Licensing Officer

Maria Rahmany

Director, Business Development and Portfolio Management

Contracts

Scot Hamilton

Asst. VP & Senior Director, Compliance & Contracts

Laura Amos

Contracts Consultant

Tony Tsang

Senior Contracts Officer

Christine Johnson

Senior Contracts Officer

Sharan Kaur

Senior Contracts Officer

Laura Mattlin

Senior Contracts Officer

Steve Trost

Contracts Consultant

David Goldsheft

Senior Contracts Officer

Liz Beerman

Director, Contracts & Compliance

Finance & Administration

Tony Cerone

Asst. VP & Senior Director, Finance & Administration

Majd Shammout

A/R Analyst

Amy Bechelli

Data Manager

Tim Riley

Assistant Director, Finance

Brad Crutchfield

Senior Accounts Payable Analyst

Ismaila Fall

Director, Information Technology

Amilda Agosto

Administrative Assistant

Andrea Beharry

Associate Director, Finance & Administration

Marques Owens

Business Manager, Accounts Receivable

Rachel Kamerman

Senior Distributions Analyst

Han Michael Chen

Sr. Analyst, Accounts Receivable

Sonia Blunte

Engagement & Enrichment Associate

Tuan Chen

A/P Analyst

Compliance

Liz Beerman

Director, Contracts & Compliance

Belinda Marrell

Senior Compliance Analyst

Brady Butterfield

Senior Portfolio Analyst

Anna Froneberger

Compliance Analyst

Emil Fernandez

Compliance Analyst

Marketing

Connolly Jurkiewicz

Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications

Lab-to-Market Accelerator Initiatives

Caitlin Zubrowski

Upstate NYSERDA Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Program Manager

Tom Boussie

Climate Startup Officer

Daniel Goetzel

External Loan to Federal Government

Tim Hoffman

Director, NY State Cleantech Venture Exchange

Lorianna Johnson

Program Administrator, Multiple Programs

Jack Steele

Program Manager, Lab-to-Market (L2M)

Jim Aloise

Executive Director & Principal Investigator, NYSERDA EIR (NEIR)

Dmytro Pokhylko

Director, CTV Strategic Projects and Columbia Lab-to-Market Accelerator Network

Industry Relations

Emily Hostage

Director, Industry Relations

Gwen Nero

Industry Relations Deputy Director

Summer Hagelin

Industry Relations Project Manager

Dalton Lee

Industry Relations Project Manager

Amelia Pacht

Industry Relations Project Manager

Kyra Smith

Alliance Administrator