Programme Speakers
Teri Willey
Teri Willey is the Chief Executive of Cambridge Enterprise Ltd (CE) www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk, a wholly owned affiliate of the University of Cambridge which works with University academics to commercialise their inventions through new and existing companies, and engage with industry through consultancy.
Prior to CE she was a Managing Partner of ARCH Development Partners (ADP), a seed and early stage venture fund focused on university and corporate spin-outs. Teri, a founder of ADP, participated as a Director on portfolio company, community and venture capital Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards, as a University of Notre Dame Business School Adjunct Professor, and continues as an Advisor to ADP.
Prior to the start of ADP, Teri was Vice President of Start-ups at ARCH Development Corporation, a subsidiary of the University of Chicago, which commercialised technology from the University and Argonne National Laboratory. Her experience includes technology transfer and business development roles at Northwestern University, Purdue University and in industry. Ms. Willey has been an advisor to policy makers, universities and companies, and is a past President of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).
