Ms. Russell Pili is the Chief Technology Transfer Officer of PCIEERD anda DOST Patent Agent. She has more than 20 years’ experience in sectoral management, R&D roadmapping and stakeholder management. Have 10 years involvement in policy formulation, which includes policies in IP and technology transfer, roadmapping methodologies, market validation designs, university spin offs and technology assessment protocols.

Ms. Pili’s specialization involves shepherding and coaching university research teams through special mentorship sessions which resulted to the launch of several university spin offs for the last 7 years based on the PCIEERD Commercialization Framework, also developed by her team.

Currently, she is a DBA Candidate of the Hult International Business School based on Ashridge, United Kingdom.

She is a chemist by profession but earned her Masters of Law degree in Intellectual Property (LLM) from the University of Torino, Turin, Italy and a Master’s degree in Technology Management from the University of the Philippines.

The PCIEERD programs under her wings are the Technology Business Incubation Program, Higher Education Institution Readiness for Innovation and Technopreneurship (HEIRIT), Startup Research Grant Program, Funding Assistance for Spin-off and Translation of Research in Advancing Commercialization (FASTRAC), IP Management Program for Academic Institutions Commercializing Technologies (IMPACT), HEIRIT Regional Startup Enablers for Ecosystem Development (ReSEED) Program, Women- Helping-Women: Innovating Social Enterprises (WHWise) Program, and Short-term Program for Researchers on Innovation and Technopreneurship (SPRINT) Program.