John Fraser M.S. RTTP; CLP

John is President, Burnside Development & Associates, his personal consulting business focused on academic technology transfer commercialization, and start-up formation/financing.

Current clients are in Chile (universities), in India and through WIPO, teaching academic technology transfer in 4 SE Asia countries, through the World Bank an Expert at the Serbian Innovation Fund and as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

In 2006, John served as elected President and Chair of the AUTM Board.

John retired from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida as Assistant VP for Research & Economic Development in December 2014.