Notable Projects
Coticchia Group has many decades of experience in consulting to best-in-class companies and organizations across the academia, education, industry, and government sectors. Below are example project summaries:
Program Assessment & Development
- Recommended strategies and initiatives for expanding commercial partnerships, new ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and investments
- Developed international strategies for new revenue streams and enhanced reputation
- Evaluated and designed research, technology management, commercialization & innovation programs for R1 research universities, academic medical centers, and hospitals
Research Management Services
- Re-designed Research Administration at several AAU research institutions, spanning the lifecycle of research grants and projects (i.e., from pre-award to post-award)
- Acted as a crucial link between researchers, funders, and institutions to ensure projects were legally sound, financially compliant, and successful in achieving goals
Intellectual Property Management
- Advised in the structuring, resourcing, integration, partnering and monetization of IP of clinical trial networks and registries, resulting in organizational growth, improved productivity, and increased and new revenue streams
- Devised monetization strategies for high-volume medical records data, high-volume operational data, medical images, clinical care pathways, operational SOPs, procedural know-how and science specimens.
- Conducted opportunity assessments for monetization of IP and made recommendations for initiatives with best return-on-investment opportunity
Commercialization Solutions
- Developed new business models to facilitate licenses and startup company formation for many companies, clients, and transactions, leading to many successful financial outcomes
- Employed tools such as domestic and international licenses, Newco creation, codevelopment, capital raising, acquisition, and board service
- Technologies and industries served include life sciences and physical sciences, software and hardware, edtech, search engine, web portal, computational linguistics, internet monitoring, coronary health, cardiac mapping, neurostimulation, neuromodulation, stem-cell therapy, molecular diagnostics, real-world data, robotics surgery, supply chain, and more.
Economic Development & Other
- Created business models and development plans for new and expanded research parks
- Established strategies and programs to maximize economic impact in the areas of knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship, workforce development, community development, and international relations
- Recommended best practices and policies in tech-based economic development, venture philanthropy, venture capital investment, corporate engagement, public/private institutional collaboration, and entrepreneurship
- Advised in the design and operation of venture development organizations/incubators/accelerators and technology scouting/sourcing
