We’ve had another terrific year at CCEW. Here are a few of the highlights: Our new programs are booming. The Software Business Accelerator at CCEW is a leading source of intellectual property disclosures at OU, with new iPhone, iPad, and web applications with real commercial potential, all developed by students. We are creating more impact, with 42 interns last semester across all the CCEW initiatives, an incredible jump from only 15 interns and team leaders just a few semesters prior. The growth has come through expanded software development opportunities, as well as tremendous opportunities for alumni interns to continue to execute projects, grow, and develop in the program beyond their initial experience.
JEFF MOORE
»EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CCEW
VAL MYERSCHRISTENSEN »DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS, CCEW
We are growing and pushing the boundaries of commercialization, entrepreneurship, and our twin missions of economic development and amazing student experiences. -Our OU-Tulsa involvement continues to grow, recently naming an alum of the program, Taylor (Krebs) Potter, to be the inaugural OU-Tulsa fellow. -The Oklahoma Funding Accelerator continues to thrive with a new team, new name, and expanded relationship with Republic Bank and Trust and MetaFund. -We have a deep exposure to I-Corps, with fellow Robbie Free guiding a technology through the rigorous National Science Foundation commercialization program. -We launched a new summer program in Livermore, CA, with a team working to apply the CCEW process on a Lawrence Livermore National Lab technology. -We hosted a summer program for OSSM students, who performed incredibly well in the CCEW culture. The students are driving economic rewards for the university; 11 of the top 15 equity deals in OTD had some relationship with CCEW. We are continuing to nurture early stage ideas to make sure our work leads to market facing results. For example, last year’s EYEChina project has expanded to create a full service eye institute, with real traction from Chinese and U.S. partners. The program grows, but the foundation remains the same – rigorous training and personal development, professional excellence, and transformative experiences for our students that can only be found at CCEW. I am personally excited by the incredible love and engagement our alumni have shown to the program – with dozens of alumni taking time from their schedules to give back in projects, symposia, classes, and boot camp participation – Thank you!