Dr. David Glass is an independent consultant with over 35 years’ experience in biotechnology and related life sciences fields, with much of that time devoted to patents, licensing and technology transfer. David began his career at BioTechnica International, where he created and managed the company’s programs for intellectual property protection and agricultural biotechnology regulatory affairs. He has served as associate director of the tech transfer office at Massachusetts General Hospital, and has also managed technology transfer as a consultant or part-time employee at several other academic institutions including McLean Hospital, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Baystate Medical Center. David has also consulted for several other academic institutions and life sciences companies on various aspects of technology licensing and academic-industry partnering. Since 2014, he has managed tech transfer as a consultant at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and since 2018 has played the same role at the Boston campus of UMass, while carrying out other consulting projects within the UMass system. He has also recently held temporary positions assisting the tech transfer offices of Partners HealthCare, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center during periods of staff turnover.
David also maintains an active consulting practice helping biofuel and industrial biotechnology companies manage government regulations, and during his career he has written and published numerous market reports and other publications on various topics in agricultural, environmental and industrial biotechnology. He is a longstanding member of LES and AUTM, and was awarded the Certified Licensing Professional certification in July 2008 and the Registered Technology Transfer Professional certification in November 2013. He holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. David has particular expertise in biotechnology, medical devices, agriculture, environmental remediation technologies, and renewable fuels.