Tinieka is the Intellectual Property Paralegal at UTRF’s Memphis office and is responsible for processing invention disclosures, managing the technology database and patent portfolio, handling reporting requirements for the federal government, and managing the administrative needs of the UT Health Science Center Office. She has an associate’s degree in Paralegal Studies, an undergraduate degree in (read more)
Tyler Newton
Tyler Newton is an assistant technology manager in the UT Research Foundation’s Knoxville office, where he focuses on the commercialization of technologies developed from inventors in the UT Institute of Agriculture and other STEM-based departments at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Before joining UTRF, Tyler was a Graduate Research Assistant in the research group of (read more)
Todd Ponzio
Todd Ponzio is the Vice President of UTRF at the Health Sciences Campus (HSC) in Memphis, managing the office and working alongside colleagues to provide technology commercialization services to UTHSC, UT Martin, UT Southern, as well as various health sciences components nested across the full UT system. In addition to negotiating and managing licenses and (read more)


