Jennifer Souter is the Managing Director, Intellectual Property (IP) for the Office of Research Commercialization (ORC). She is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies to maximize the value of System-owned IP and directing IP assessment, protection and compliance activities on behalf of the ORC in collaboration with the AVP for Research Commercialization. Jennifer also manages and coordinates the Intellectual Property Review Committees for both the TTU and TTUHSC. Prior to joining Texas Tech in 2022, Jennifer served as Director of Patents and Licensing at WiSys where she managed the IP portfolio and licensing activities for technologies developed out of the 11 regional comprehensive institutions in the University of Wisconsin System. She holds a bachelor's degree in the life sciences, an MBA and has over 16 years' experience in technology transfer working across a variety of industry sectors and supporting university researchers and entrepreneurs across a breadth of disciplines in both the US and UK.