Industrial Liaisons Who are we Preston Linn preston

Industrial Liaisons Who are we? Ø Preston Linn (preston. linn@gmail. com) Ø Specializes in alliance creation Ø Many years of professional experience working in life science companies focused on R&D of novel technologies and business development Ø Co – founder of MEDIC (Medical Innovator’s Collaborative) Ø Experience at RTI International, Union Carbide AG Products and Becton Dickinson Technologies Ø Currently Chief Alliance Officer at NIRvana Sciences, Inc and was the VP of Alliances for Advanced Animal Diagnostics, an emerging animal health diagnostics company Ø Colleen Mc. Gowan (cshaugh@email. unc. edu) Ø Eight years experience as a management consulting professional Ø Reviewed candidate applications for consulting positions at the undergraduate and graduate level Ø Admissions reviewer/interviewer while pursuing MBA at Duke

Industrial Liaisons Why Ø The Joint BME Department is founded on Three Pillars – Academic Excellence, Professional Development and Community Building. We focus on Professional Development and Community Building Our Mission Ø Our Mission is to educate you about relevant events and opportunities outside of academics and help you learn to network and position yourself to pursue these opportunities How Ø Disseminate information about events and job/internship opportunities – mostly emails from Colleen Ø Coffees with Preston – small group meetings so that we can get to know each other and talk about how you can proactively pursue your internship and career interests Ø Office Hours with Colleen – one on one session to review your resume, cover letters and Linked. In profile Ø Workshops on Networking, Positioning Yourself and Interviewing Ø Getting you involved in appropriate venues for Networking opportunities

Industrial Liaisons When Ø Various times throughout the semester; announcements through email Who Ø You, Preston & Colleen and our network. Your job is to get involved, engage and follow-up! Where Ø Coffees with Preston at Café Carolina Meadowmont (UNC) and Port City Java in EBII (NC State) Ø Office Hours with Colleen held on both campuses throughout the semester Ø Other events in RTP (e. g. The Frontier, MEDIC, NC Biotech Center, FFVC, CVM, TOPO) Results Ø We are striving for well-rounded, interested individuals who know who they are, what they are looking for and equipped with a strategy for achieving their goals