Anne Gabathuse - Executive Manager: Business Development & Commercialisation, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

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Work Background

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Executive Manager: Business Development and Commercialisation in Smart Society Division

May. 2023Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

University of the WitwatersrandSenior Innovation Support Manager

Feb. 2020 - May. 2023Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Wits EnterpriseInnovation Support Manager

Apr. 2016 - Jan. 2020Johannesburg

Wits EnterpriseTechnology Transfer Manager

Apr. 2016 - Apr. 2016Johannesburg

University of Kwazulu Natal, Howard CollegeTechnology Transfer Manager

Jan. 2013 - Mar. 2016Durban- Develop and Manage strong relations with internal and external stakeholders - Development and Implementation of IP protection strategies - Development and implementation of commercialization strategies - Receive and evaluate technology disclosures - Conduct techno-economic evaluations on projects - Commercialization of the university’s Intellectual property - Intellectual property portfolio management - Marketing technologies to potential commercialization partners - Drafting of business plans and proposals - Project Management - IP Advocacy and Awareness

University of Kwazulu Natal, Howard CollegeActing Director: Intellectual Property and Commercialisation

Sep. 2013 - Mar. 2014Durban- Overall management of the Intellectual Property & Commercialization unit - Providing strategic and operation guidance - formulating and implementing strategy - Provide guidance for spin-off company formation - Establish and maintain working relations with internal and external stakeholders - Make strategic decisions on IP protection and registration - Ensure quality of administration and compliance with legislation and contracts - Drafting policies and strategy documents

Smart Innovation Management ConsultingConsultant

Jan. 2012 - Nov. 2012Sandton, Johannesburg- Conducting market studies for new products and technologies - Managing stakeholder relations - Proposal writing and application drafting - Conducting market surveys and writing market research reports - Developing market survey questionnaires - Analyzing data from surveys using statistical tools - Generating course material (Starting and managing a business, IP Management)

eGoliBIOProject Officer

Jan. 2010 - Nov. 2011Pretoria- Project Management (Budgeting, costing, progress reporting etc) - Product development and commercialization - Consulting to start-ups on strategy formulation and implementation - Intellectual property management - Assist with optimization of manufacturing processes - Ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in manufacturing - Identifying and securing key strategic partners - Liaison with internal and external stakeholders - Business and Technology due-diligence - Development of business plans - Development of business processes

Technology Innovation AgencyProject Intern

Jan. 2010 - Sep. 2010Pretoria Area, South Africa- Monitoring and evaluation of current investments - Evaluating project proposals - Generation of quarterly reports - Conducting literature database searches