• Technology Commercialization Section
• Enterprise Development Section
• Audit, Dissemination, Monitoring and Evaluation Section
• Special Project Section

Job Descriptions

The description of the position and the assigned personnel are provided below:

The Director shall:

1. Initiate activities on technology business incubation of education and research output of the students and faculty members;
2. Develop business portfolio for generated technologies as a tool for product promotion and commercialization;
3. Take the lead in collaborating with business industries and organizations to be able to promote the mature technologies that can be adopted by the community;
4. Access funding assistance to finance the start-up and spin-off of generated technologies;
5. Provide business assistance to prospective entrepreneurs along business enterprise development and management;
6. Coordinate closely with other units and centers in the University for the commercialization of mature technologies;
7. Closely coordinate with the RDE Divisions and Sections to assist in the attainment of the research and extension targets; and
8. Perform tasks that may be given by higher authorities.

The Associate Director shall:

1. Monitors performance of the center personnel;
2. Plan for the activities to be done by the center;
3. Make proposals of the activities to be done;
4. Endorses business portfolio;
5. Responsible for the conduct of seminar, workshop and training for the commercialization of technologies; and
6. Undertakes the function of the director in his absence.

Technical Staff shall:

c.1 Technical Staff 1 (Technology Commercialization Section)

1. Initiate capacity-building activities related to technology commercialization and enterprise development to faculty, students, and other stakeholders;
2. Take the lead in the development of business portfolio for generated technologies as a tool for product promotion and commercialization;
3. Coordinate closely with the Intellectual Property Management Division of the University in assisting the conduct of IP/Technology Valuation;
4. Take the lead in the preparation of business plan and Feasibility Study;

c.2 Technical Staff 2 (Enterprise Development Section)

1. Initiate activities on technology business incubation of educational and research output of the students, faculty members and other stakeholders;
2. Take the lead in collaborating with business industries and organizations to be able to promote the mature technologies that can be adopted by the community;
3. Assist in accessing funding assistance to finance the start-up and spin-off of generated technologies.
4. Provide business assistance to prospective entrepreneurs along business enterprise development and management.

          c.3 Technical Staff 3 (Special Project Section)

1. Perform the exploration of financing windows thru external funding;
2. Take the lead in accessing of funding assistance to finance the pre-    commercialization activities of the BU technologies;
3. Work in the preparation of commercialization proposal;
4. Serve as liaison officer for the special projects/concerns and initiatives of the Center

c.4 Technical Staff 4 (Audit, Dissemination, Monitoring and Evaluation Section)

1. Conduct technology audit of the completed researches of faculty, students and other personnel;
2. Take the lead in the production of information dissemination documents related to technology commercialization such as flyer, business portfolio and etc.
3. Take the lead in the monitoring and evaluation of the R&D technologies of students, faculty and other personnel of the University.
4. Take the lead in the conduct of technology assessment and triage.

The Business Assistant shall:

1. Assist in the development of business portfolio.
2. Assist in the exploration of financing windows.
3. Assist in the conduct of seminars, workshops and trainings.
4. Assist in the technology audit for commercialization.
5. Filing papers and documents required for the office.
6. Keeping files and performs record management.
7. Reception duties such as attending to client’s immediate needs and queries.
8. Communicates and updates with clients.
9. Perform other related tasks assigned from time to time.

3.4 The center shall create sections that will perform the various functions as provided in the technical staff tasks to include Technology Commercialization section, Enterprise Development section, Audit, Dissemination, Monitoring and Evaluation section, and Special Project section. Additional sections shall be created if deemed required in the center performance to include additional technical staff required for the sections.

3.5 The center shall assign technical working groups and committees who shall function in the different required processes as steering and ad-hoc committees.

3.6 The center shall commission the services of mentors, advisers and consultants in the conduct of programs and projects requiring their services.