Andrew Maslow brings more than 35 years of experience in technology commercialization to his role as Director of the Office of Industrial Affairs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He has held this position since 1995.
As Director, Andy leads Memorial Sloan-Kettering's intellectual property activities, which include managing patents and licensing the Center's ever-expanding portfolio of innovative technologies.
Andy and his team of licensing managers work closely with Sloan-Kettering Institute researchers, as well as with life sciences corporations, venture capitalists, and others, to find ways to bring the institution's breakthrough technologies to the marketplace through licensing agreements, the creation of startup companies, and other entrepreneurial strategies.
Prior to joining Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Andy served as the associate director of the Office of Science and Technology Development at Columbia University and headed the office responsible for the Health Sciences Campus. Before joining academia, Andy was a licensing attorney at Celanese Corporation and a patent attorney at Arthur, Dry and Kalish in New York City.
Andy has a long history of developing inventions, starting with his own invention, which he developed into a profitable business as a teenager. He has participated in, and been instrumental in, the founding of many successful companies based upon patents and know-how. Andy also has played a key role in the licensing of numerous blockbuster inventions originating from academia.
Andy received his JD degree from Albany Law School. He is a member of the Licensing Executives Society and the Association of University Technology Managers.
