IQT Emerge Network Positions

Company Description 

OceanComm enables high-speed wireless connectivity underwater, offering orders of magnitude improvement in data rate. Legacy underwater wireless modems take about an hour to transfer a single picture, OceanComm modems can live-stream video. Today, underwater vehicles require a tethered link to a manned ship for remote control. Our modems eliminate the need for manned surface support and instead allow operators to work at a safe distance or from shore reducing cost by over 50%. 

Short Job Description 

OceanComm spun out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015, is based in Chicago, and has been boot-strapped off more than $7M in contracts to date. Think of the technology as the equivalent of Wi-Fi for undersea, but with more range. To make this possible, we use sound waves, as whales and dolphins do, rather than radio waves. The ultimate goal is to significantly reduce the cost of performing work in the ocean and, with most of the deep sea still unexplored, expand human access on Earth’s final frontier. The company is currently focused on the maritime defense and security sector with contracts from ONR, DARPA, DIU, and NAVSEA, but looks to expand to other sectors such as offshore energy and is beginning the rollout of its first commercial modem. 

OceanComm is seeking an entrepreneur to identify the initial commercial and government markets for their underwater wireless modem. This position must be able to develop a robust value proposition and competitive landscape based on customer discovery, perform a financial analysis should OceanComm enter the target market, and contribute to a manufacturing scale-up plan to begin to take the modem to market. The candidate should have experience in business development and manufacturing for early-stage technology companies in either underwater acoustics, underwater vehicles, or offshore energy. This role will work directly with the company’s executive team to ensure that any opportunities identified can quickly be explored and scoped out. This is a part-time position that is remote-friendly with the possibility of growing into a full-time leadership position at OceanComm. 

Company Description

TFF Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TFFP) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaging patented rapid freezing technology to develop and transform medicines into potent dry powder formulations for better efficacy, safety, and stability. The company’s versatile Thin Film Freezing (TFF) technology platform has broad applicability to convert drugs, including vaccines, small and large molecules, and biologics, into an elegant dry powder highly advantageous for inhalation, with improved absorption so drugs can also be delivered to the eyes, nose and topically to the skin. 

Short Job Description

Currently, TFFP’s process and manufacturing is outsourced to different Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) to meet both commercial and US government needs. In order to meet projected demand, TFFP will need to quantify the costs and benefits of either bringing manufacturing “in house”, continuing to contract manufacture through CMOs, or deploying a hybrid approach of in house manufacturing of certain components and outsourcing certain components.  TFFP is seeking an individual with experience in one or more of the following fields: operations engineering, pharmaceuticals operations, manufacturing and scaleup, and project finance. Experience in assisting mid-size formulation/manufacturing companies transitioning to scaled commercial cGMP manufacturing is a must.  This role will work directly with the business development, government and manufacturing teams at TFFP to ensure all needs are meet for both commercial and government clients. This is a contract consulting position that is remote-friendly with the possibility of on-site work pending the safety of in-person meetings.

Company Description  

This biotechnology startup spinning out of the Malaghan Institute is specializing in the field of helminth (hookworm) therapy and GMP production. The company will draw on the cutting-edge research activities of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research to position itself as the world’s first medical grade hookworm provider.    

Helminth therapy is a groundbreaking therapy for the treatment of allergic, metabolic, and gastrointestinal diseases and potentially others. Around the globe, helminth technologies are being studied for their ability to modulate the immune system with extremely promising results. However, no production technology has been available that would enable regulatory approved manufacturing, distribution, and human hosting of hookworm as a therapeutic intervention.    

The team have developed a unique suite of proprietary technologies that will allow GMP manufacturing of helminth at scale to move the hookworm out of the lab and into practical, real-world applications.  

Short Job Description 

Working with a team of renowned researchers, the company is commercializing a suite of helminth products, to provide medical grade hookworms that can be advanced through regulatory approval processes.    

The team is seeking an experienced therapeutics professional with strong networks with regulatory agencies, patient advocacy groups/foundations, and industry stakeholders. This entrepreneur role will support the company’s senior management team in-market and play a key role in guiding business strategy and planning.  

Key Tasks:  

• Identify and prioritize commercial opportunities for the startup’s suite of therapeutic helminths and delivery approaches. 

• Determine the differentiation, sustainability, and longevity of the platform, and component technologies, that have been, or will be, developed to produce therapeutic worms as well as associated delivery mechanisms (transdermal; oral). 

• Define the product portfolio and corresponding pipeline of products. 

• Lead business development activities to engage key US stakeholders in regulatory, clinical and commercial discussions to inform early-stage business strategy and focus.  

• Identify requirements required to gain regulatory approval for the unique helminth platform and specific human health applications and cGMP manufacturing requirements.  

• Identify key strategic investor groups and ensure company activities align with their investment requirements.  

• Manage investor discussions and prepare documentation required to lead a successful investment round  

This is a fully remote, part-time position with the possibility of a full-time leadership role in the future. 

Company Description

Hydronet is developing the first software-defined underwater networking technology which will allow for reliable and high-speed wireless underwater connectivity between fixed and moving assets. Hydronet was founded by leading experts in telecommunications in complex environments after 15 years of research at Northeastern University.

Job Description

Hydronet is looking for a business development lead who will directly report to the founders and will be responsible for refining the business strategy and creating a go-to-market plan. They will define the beachhead markets, interact with customers to develop an understanding of the voice of the customer, and talk to potential investors to help raise future rounds. The responsibilities of the business development lead may include:

• Researching the market and industry trends to define target markets, understand market dynamics and drivers, and understand requirements for adoption of the technology within such markets.
• Meet with technical team to translate customer needs into well-defined product requirements.
• Meet with potential investors to promote the business opportunity and aid in securing further funding for the company
• Creating sales and funding pitches

A good candidate for this role must have proven working experience in business development associated to the blue economy. Additional business development experience in DoD-related technologies is desirable. The candidate must also have some experience in product management and taking a new technology to market.

This is a part-time role with the opportunity to turn into a full-time leadership position within Hydronet. Remote work is acceptable.

Company Description

This spinout from UC Santa Cruz is developing innovative technology for improving the healing of serious wounds. Using a combination of approaches involving bioelectronic devices, machine learning, and regenerative medicine, the team is able to achieve precise control over the physiological processes involved in wound healing, giving doctors greater insights into their patients’ progress, enabling the identification of the right treatment path at the right time.

Short Job Description

Doctors who treat and care for patients with serious wounds lack the tools to monitor the healing process regularly and precisely and thus cannot dispatch the right therapeutics at the right time to enable effective healing. The Rolandi Lab is addressing this by developing a flexible bioelectronic bandage to control the electrochemical environment of the wound and promote healing while monitoring the physiological processes in the wound using optical sensors. Giving the doctors a user-friendly interface, this device enables a new paradigm for remote sensing of wound status and allows doctors to provide the right treatment protocols, ensuring patient outcomes are maximized and healing occurs as rapidly and effectively as possible.

The Rolandi lab is seeking a motivated entrepreneur to advise on the commercialization this wound healing solution. A candidate for this position must have experience in the portable imaging, diagnostic, or chronic wound healing space as well as experience in the manufacturing and design of portable wound healing devices. This role will work directly with the lead Principal Investigator to provide advice and analysis to help define and validate the commercial opportunity, understand the competition, create a development plan, develop and execute an intellectual property plan, and develop a go-to-market plan.

Qualifications for this role include:

• Over 10 years in medical device space or equivalent experience

• Experience in building and leading interdisciplinary teams. Preference for teams with a combination of engineering, software, biology, and data sciences.

• Experience in raising funds (e.g. investors, partnerships) for novel technologies

• Exceptional communication skills

• Experience in end-to-end development of medical devices ranging from ideation, fund raising, execution, establishing regulatory and reimbursement paths, and comprehensive intellectual property strategy.

• Experience in working with external providers (IP law firms, regulatory consultants, etc)

This is a part-time, remote-friendly position with the possibility of on-site work pending the safety of in-person meetings and the possibility to grow into a leadership position in this new company.

Company Description

DASH enables sophisticated, flexible processing without the need to design a full custom ASIC. DASH’s next generation domain-optimized processors deliver greater efficiency and greater flexibility, resulting in the ability to embed powerful, real-time processing for a range of communication protocols. Utilizing course-scale heterogeneous processors, DASH gives customers the freedom to instantaneously swap processor personalities using a domain-adaptive processor aided by intelligent scheduling, a revolutionary new architecture that unlocks the ability to detect and communicate with assets and infrastructure simultaneously.

Short Job Description

DASH is seeking a business development leader who will be able to craft a go-to-market plan, influence the product roadmap for the line of DASH processors, and stand up a larger team to execute on these plans. This role requires expertise in the architecture and solution stack of embedded processors or SoCs and is expected to have experience in a variety of roles throughout the IC industry. As such, the ideal candidate has experience within startups raising rounds and performing in the roles of business development, product management, and product marketing.

This is a remote, short-term contract position lasting 6-10 months with the potential to grow into a full-time C-Suite role.

Research funded by DARPA

Company Description

Raytheon BBN solves real-world problems through research, exploration, development, and prototyping. Building on DARPA-funded research, Raytheon BBN is developing a tool suite to automatically classify traffic anywhere in an organization’s network, preserving high-priority flow and increasing quality-of-service metrics all without affecting non-enterprise traffic. Applying AI techniques to network management, Raytheon BBN ensures mission-critical information is communicated and preserved, delivering the right information to the right user at the right time. 

Short Job Description

Raytheon BBN is searching for a product management leader who will be responsible for developing a robust strategic business plan to transition technologies to defense and commercial markets. They will embed with the development team to accelerate and catalyze the transition of the technology by developing a go to market strategy, identifying high level product concepts and a unique value proposition for the technology, structuring a minimal viable product (MVP) development plan and roadmap, and will be a strategic partner when demoing the technology to early adopters. Prior experience as a technology entrepreneur or technology/business leader within an internet service provider, content delivery network, or cloud computing organization will be beneficial to the role. 

This role will initially be a part-time, contractor role with the opportunity to grow into a full-time, leadership position. Remote work is acceptable.  

Research funded by DARPA

Company Description 

Require Security is an early-stage MIT spin-off providing automated and developer-friendly technologies for securing untrusted open-source libraries. By automatically identifying and controlling how untrusted 3^rd party libraries interact with sensitive resources, Require Security is able to ensure developers deliver a hardened product without changing any application code. 

Short Job Description 

Require Security is seeking a Product Management leader with experience in enterprise software and security. This position is expected to identify customers, suggest optimization to the product for those customers, and deliver a go-to-market strategy. Ideally, this candidate will have experience leading and working in startups, fundraising, and interfacing with CTOs and CSOs at enterprise software companies. The candidate, working with the Require Security founders, will plan and build developer-facing services and products for both corporate and defense markets. Preference is for a candidate who can commit to a full-time position but Require Security is open to flexible, part-time commitments as well. Remote work is acceptable.