Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Male
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Mr. Jack Turner serves as Board Member at MassVentures. Mr. Turner joined the M.I.T.'s Technology Licensing Office (TLO) in February of 1993 after working for more than twenty-five years in engineering and senior management positions at three, Boston-area, high-technology companies. The TLO manages the intellectual property belonging to M.I.T.
In the course of a year, the TLO typically reviews more than 600 technology disclosures, seeks patent protection for over 250 inventions, and negotiates approximately 100 license agreements. Following his graduation for M.I.T. (Electrical Engineering, 1966), Mr. Turner spent ten years with the Equipment Division of the Raytheon Company. As Operations Manager for the 440L over-the-horizon radar early warning system, Mr. Turner directed the daily operation of transmitter and receiver sites in the Far East and Europe from a correlation center in northern Italy. On his return from Italy, he became the Manager of Weather Radar Programs in the Equipment Division's Advanced Development Laboratory. In 1976, Mr. Turner left Raytheon to become Vice President of Engineering and subsequently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Metritape, a small, early-stage company providing precision liquid-level gauging systems for very large tanks, especially the marine tanker industry. Mr. Turner continued to serve on Metritape's Board of Directors until the company was acquired by Consilium Marine (Sweden) in January of 1996. Mr. Turner is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Licensing Executive Society, and the Association of University Technology Managers.
