“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder” is a quote by Patti Sellers referenced in Sheryl Sandberg’s new book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.
How does one explore the many paths one can take to career success?
Our speaker for the April meeting will be Frances Toneguzzo, PhD, Executive Director of Partners Healthcare Research Ventures and Licensing. Register at www.delafemme6ft.eventbrite.com
Frances will share with us opportunities and lessons learned in her career path, and advice on how to carve out your own career advancement opportunities.
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Frances is Executive Director of Research, Ventures & Licensing at Partners HealthCare. Her team oversees the management and licensing of intellectual property, and serves as the entry point for all industrial relationships relating to research, support of research or technology transfer.
Prior to coming to Partners, Frances was Director of the Office for Technology and Industry Collaboration at Tufts University/New England Medical Center, and as Associate Director at Harvard University where she was responsible for intellectual property relating to the life sciences. She comes from the biotech industry, having played various technical and business development roles at big pharma (E. I du Pont & Co) as well as midsized (EG & G Biomolecular) and startup companies (One Cell Systems). She holds a PhD in biochemistry from McMaster University in Canada.
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Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 6 PM
Location: The Broad Institute, Kendall Sq, Cambridge, MA
Dinner and drinks will be provided. Registration is required, check-in at front desk.
