Ted Cross

As Director of the Technology Transfer and Licensing Office of the University of Waterloo, Ted was involved with technology transfer activities at Waterloo for over fourteen years from 1982 through 1996. Under his direction, the Centre activities were altered from one operating at a serious deficit into one with a $500,000 surplus and became the model for the newly created Technology Transfer and Licensing Office (TTLO) in 1989. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, Ted spent 25 years in the Canadian chemical industry, completing his industrial career as President and General Manager of Chinook Chemicals Company which he co-founded in 1966, and built the first Canadian methylamines plant at a "green field" site based on licensed-in technology. Ted has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto.

He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Licensing Executive Society - LES (USA and Canada) and was the Regional Vice President for Canada from 1999 - 2003. He is a past-Chair of the Industry-University Transactions Working Group of the International LES or LESI and currently an International Delegate for LES USA and Canada. He is also a member of The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) and has been a plenary and workshop speaker at numerous Regional and Annual Meetings of both organizations. In 1990/91 he served as Chairman of the Canadian Section, Society of Chemical Industry and is currently Chair of the Board of the Canadian Innovation Centre.

At the community level, Ted is the Chair of the City of Waterloo’s Economic Development Committee (WEDC) and was a Founding Member and Director of Canada’s Technology Triangle Accelerator Network (CTTAN), now merged with Communitech, CTT’s Community Technology Association in Waterloo. He is the part-time Network Manager of the Cell Factory Bioprocessing Research Network based at the University of Waterloo.

Taking taking early retirement, Ted remains active in the areas of Intellectual Property Management and Licensing to both emerging and established companies through his consulting company, E.B. Cross & Company.