RTI Innovation Advisors
Jacob Smith, PhD, currently serves as an Innovation Advisor at RTI Innovation Advisors since September 2019, having previously held the role of Innovation Analyst. Prior to this, Jacob accumulated experience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from August 2013 to September 2019, where roles included Licensing Fellow and Intern in the Office of Technology Commercialization, as well as Graduate Research Assistant in Sustainable Catalysis. Academic credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry (with Honors) and Spanish from Austin College.
RTI Innovation Advisors
We help organizations innovate better and faster. With a record of success across the innovation life cycle, we know what works. For over 50 years, we've partnered with Fortune 500 companies, global organizations, NASA, and federal agencies to solve their toughest innovation challenges. Blending technical and creative competencies, we approach your projects as problem solvers. We help our clients – global corporations, federal agencies, and foundations – innovate by providing market, user, and technical insights, building capacity, and accelerating technology from idea to market. Whether we serve as an extension of your team or an objective third party, we arm you with the knowledge and tools you need to make decisions that push your organization—and humankind—forward. We solve your innovation challenges. Follow us on Twitter, too: @RTI_Innovation. We are a business unit of RTI International (RTI), an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. RTI believes in the promise of science and is inspired every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses around the world. More about RTI International: www.rti.org.