Richard R Matner

Dr. Richard Matner earned a doctorate in Molecular Biology and Biophysics from the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, and a master of Business Administration in International Marketing from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Minnesota.

Dr. Matner created, organized, and managed an efficient Office of Technology Transfer at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and served as Technology Transfer and Commercial Development Director for eight years. He was responsible for all intellectual property identification, new company commercialization, commercial licensing, collaborative research, and partnering activities for intellectual property originating out of Roswell Park. He spun out nine startup companies in the process and reached departmental profitability within four years. Included were programs for research professionals and clinicians trained in intellectual property protection and the complex commercialization processes. Internationally, he successfully negotiated and executed licensing contracts for the transfer of Roswell Park medical technologies into Chinese pharmaceutical companies and was an invited speaker by the governor of Xi’an Province, China, on the process of commercialization of Western medical medications into Central and Western China.