Convergent Research
Avery Sikora is an experienced operations manager currently at Convergent Research, specializing in launch operations since November 2023. With a background in the National Science Foundation I-Corps program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Avery serves as a lead instructor, guiding scientists and engineers in commercializing research. Prior roles include managing growth operations and customer programs at Biobot Analytics, overseeing biotech startups at LabCentral, and supporting entrepreneurial initiatives at Endicott College. Avery holds an MBA from Endicott College, a certificate in Design Thinking from Cornell Engineering, and a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing Communication from Endicott College.
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Convergent Research
New types of organization are needed to accelerate scientific progress. Academic research groups and startup companies are essential to science and technology development. But there are some projects they just aren’t suited for. A university astronomy lab couldn’t have launched the Hubble Space Telescope on its own, nor would a venture-backed startup have built the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Hubble and CERN illustrate a common pattern in science: a need for projects that are bigger than an academic lab can undertake, more coordinated than a loose consortium or themed department, and not directly profitable enough to be a venture-backed startup or industrial R&D project. Focused Research Organizations (FROs) are a new type of scientific institution designed to fill this gap.