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Office of Innovation Commercialization

University Research Park

The New Mexico Tech University Research Park (NMTURP) Corporation was created by the New Mexico Research Park Act [21-28-1 NMSA 1978]. The NMTURP is composed of NMT staff and industry experts that advise on the commercialization of NMT intellectual property. 

The mission of the NMTURP Corporation is to promote economic development in Socorro and New Mexico via supporting the development and commercialization of intellectual property developed on the New Mexico Tech campus. 

Board Members

Callum Bell, PhD

President, NMT University Research Park | Director, National Center for Genome Resources

Mahyar Amouzegar, PhD

President, New Mexico Tech

Dale Dekker, AIA, AICP

Founding Principal, Dekker/Perich/Sabatini

Mehmet (Memo) Inal

Treasurer/Secretary

Warren Ostergren, PhD

Emeritus Vice President of Academic Affairs, New Mexico Tech

Lawrence Udell

Founder and Chairman of the California Invention Center, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship

Yolanda Jones King, PhD

Regent, New Mexico Tech

John Saiz

Industrial Fellow, Institute for Manufacturing-University of Cambridge

Myrriah Tomar, PhD

Executive Director, Office of Innovation & Commercialization, New  Mexico Tech

Michael Doyle, PhD

New Mexico Tech

Ben Harburg

Managing Partner, MSA Capital

Ward Hendon

General Partner | Dangerous Ventures

Harold Lavender

Business Development, CNM Ingenuity

VP for Administration and Finance, New Mexico Tech