TEACHING TEAM
Professor Tomás Isakowitz is the course director. He is director of the Center for Technology Transfer (CTT)’s Fellows Program and is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at PENN. He teaches courses in technology commercialization in the life sciences (MTR 620/BE 608) and in software (EAS 590).
At CTT, Tomás created and runs the CTT Fellows programs, which provides hands-on opportunities in technology commercialization to graduate student across Penn’s scientific disciplines. Prior to re-joining Penn, Isakowitz served in senior equity research management positions for Janney Montgomery Scott and Commerce Bank. He was a on the faculty at New York University’s Stern School of Business where he published extensively on Hypermedia and Web systems.
Tomás earned his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, his M.Sc. in Mathematics degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Tomás successfully run a software startup that developed accounting software for PCs.
At CTT, Tomás created and runs the CTT Fellows programs, which provides hands-on opportunities in technology commercialization to graduate student across Penn’s scientific disciplines. Prior to re-joining Penn, Isakowitz served in senior equity research management positions for Janney Montgomery Scott and Commerce Bank. He was a on the faculty at New York University’s Stern School of Business where he published extensively on Hypermedia and Web systems.
Tomás earned his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, his M.Sc. in Mathematics degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Tomás successfully run a software startup that developed accounting software for PCs.
Mentors
Stan Raatz is a a private investor. He was a member of the computer science department at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, built trading systems and managed a global group of derivatives "quants" at Citigroup, and was a partner in the technology practice at Warburg Pincus, the global private equity firm.
He is now retired and a private investor.
Has a dual BA in English and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley and a PhD in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania.
He is now retired and a private investor.
Has a dual BA in English and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley and a PhD in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Nick Shiftan is the co-founder and CTO of Curalate, the leading analytics and marketing platform for the visual web. We help brands tell their story through imagery in order to drive consumer engagement, build brand awareness, and form stronger, more meaningful relationships with consumers. We already count a few hundred of the biggest and best-known brands in the world among our clients. The company was founded in early 2012, and is backed by top-tier investors including NEA, First Round Capital, and SV Angel.
Before Curalate, I bootstrapped a software startup in Seattle, did a stint as a software engineer at Microsoft, and studied CS at Harvard.
Before Curalate, I bootstrapped a software startup in Seattle, did a stint as a software engineer at Microsoft, and studied CS at Harvard.
Advisors
Raheem Ghouse is a finance guy through and through. If he wasn't working at a startup he would be neck deep in the options markets. He got his first job when he was ten years old, started his first business when he was eighteen, moved to a new country to go to college, and thinks he can always be doing more with his time. When not at work, he's either swimming, reading a tech blog, or experimenting in the kitchen. Raheem is currently COO of a venture backed startup named Squareknot in center city.