NC State Professor Dick Kouri to Discuss Business Analytics at Innovation Forum
Kouri has extensive experience in North Carolina’s biosciences industry and is actively engaged in several of Poole College’s initiatives, including starting the bioscience management concentration in the college’s MBA Program, offered through its Jenkins Graduate School of Management.
At the Innovalyst Innovation Forum, Kouri will be presenting a case study on how business can tap into and manage the significant amounts of data available on public networks today. This case study is a result of ongoing work that members of the college’s Business Collaboratories network are performing on what is called “The Big Data Analytics Platform (BDAP).” BDAP accesses both structured and unstructured databases using the power of cloud computing and Kouri has played an integral role in its development. He will discuss the application’s development and how businesses can use it to their competitive advantage.
A second speaker at the forum will be Dr. Richard Lindberg, senior director of the NC Biotechnology Center’s BATON (Business Acceleration and Technology Out–Licensing Network) program. Lindberg will report on the program’s successes.
Cost of admission to the forum is $20 per person. For registration and other information, visit www.innovalyst.com/content/innovation+forum/9279.
About Richard Kouri and the NC State Poole College Jenkins Graduate School of Management
Richard Kouri, Ph.D., was instrumental in creating the BioSciences Management Initiative in the Jenkins Graduate School of Management, which is part of the NC State University Poole College of Management. The BioSciences Management Initiative provides a unique education, outreach and research platform for graduate students as well as companies in the biosciences industries. Kouri has co-founded 11 companies in the biotechnology field, three of which went to the IPO stage and three of which were acquired. He received his Ph.D. in radiation biology from the University of Tennessee and was a fellow at Hoffman-LaRoche Pharmaceuticals.
The Jenkins Graduate School of Management offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with concentrations including biosciences management. It also offers the Master of Accounting and Master of Global Innovation Management programs, and graduate programs in economics, jointly with NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The NC State Jenkins MBA program is offered on NC State’s Raleigh Campus, in the Research Triangle Park, and online. Read more about the NC State Poole College’s BioSciences Management Initiative online at: http://biosci.poole.ncsu.edu.
About Innovalyst*
Located in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and founded in 2007, Innovalyst is a consulting firm that helps develop and commercialize life science technologies. The company’s model includes a virtual workforce called the Intellectual Capital Network (ICaN), which enables it to build fit-for-purpose teams to help organizations develop products, attract strategic partners, and overcome barriers. More information: www.innovalyst.com.
