Why I built Clearpath
I have worked with hundreds of federal, Department of War, and university technology transfer offices—from billion-dollar national laboratories to regional universities with one licensing officer and a filing cabinet. I have also spoken with hundreds of inventors across those organizations.
The consistent hope was simple: they wanted their technologies to be seen, evaluated, and used where the evidence supported a path forward. The technology transfer officers and IP managers representing that work understood their portfolios, but often had more opportunities than their teams could fully assess and pursue. Capacity was one barrier among many, alongside evidence gaps, technical readiness, market fit, funding, and the difficulty of reaching the right organization.
Every technology deserves an informed decision about what happens next.
Clearpath gives technology owners and the teams representing them additional commercialization capacity. We assess opportunities, identify prospective buyers and licensees, prepare positioning and run approved outreach. Customers receive the research, contacts and campaign record, with our team carrying the work forward.
We support technology transfer offices, federal laboratories, IP brokerages, corporate IP teams, inventors, and innovation organizations. The work can begin with one technology or a defined portfolio.
Our software accelerates the research and initial analysis. We review the evidence, identify gaps and develop a recommendation. Target companies are ranked by evidence of potential fit; outreach helps establish whether there is actual interest.
What we help customers accomplish
01
Assess and prioritize
Examine IP position, market opportunity, and capital readiness, with reasons to advance, strengthen, or set aside an opportunity.
02
Identify potential counterparties
Rank prospective buyers, licensees, and partners; identify relevant decision-makers; and document evidence of potential fit.
03
Run approved outreach
Prepare positioning and materials, execute authorized campaigns, track responses, and follow up with prospective counterparties.
04
Equip the customer’s team
Provide research reports, target companies, available contact details, outreach materials, response history, and recommended next steps.
Experience behind the work
Before founding Clearpath, I served for twenty years in the U.S. Air Force and retired as a Senior Noncommissioned Officer. My work included nuclear security systems, tactical communications, global engineering installations, and technical instruction. It showed me how mission requirements, operational constraints, and procurement decisions affect whether a technology is adopted.
I later served as Head of Technology Partnerships at a corporate consulting firm, leading technology scouting, commercial diligence, accelerator, and venture-development work with federal laboratories, universities, startups, corporate innovation teams, and defense partners. That prior work included programs involving the Department of War, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, NASA, and the national laboratory system.
I hold an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Arizona. I founded Clearpath and built CompassIP from that side of the table.
- 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, retired Senior Noncommissioned Officer
- Former Head of Technology Partnerships at a corporate consulting firm
- Prior work across federal labs, universities, startups, and defense partners
- MBA and bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, University of Arizona
Capabilities matched to the engagement
- Defense and dual-use commercialization
- Life sciences and therapeutic technologies
- Deep tech and scientific diligence
- Intellectual property and technology partnering
- Venture development and commercial strategy
Who we work with
- Technology transfer offices and federal laboratories
- Portfolio evaluation and pathways toward licensing and partnerships.
- Inventors, startups, and technology owners
- Clearer decisions about applications, readiness, and next steps.
- IP brokerages and corporate IP teams
- Portfolio prioritization and research into potential counterparties.
- Accelerators, venture firms, and innovation programs
- Consistent evaluation, collaboration, and portfolio workflows.
Software we build
CompassIP
CompassIP brings IP, market, and capital-readiness research into a commercialization workspace. Evaluate an opportunity, identify potential buyers and partners, and track outreach as you learn.
CaptureIP
CaptureIP gives U.S. patent practitioners a workspace for invention disclosures, specifications, claims, drawings, and prosecution preparation, with AI-assisted drafts for human review.
Clearpath Enterprise
Clearpath Enterprise builds custom commercialization platforms around an organization’s intake, assessment, review and reporting workflow. Capabilities, implementation and ongoing support are defined for each engagement.
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