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In 1997, Dr. Cook was appointed Managing Director of Isis Innovation, the technology transfer company of the University of Oxford. Since then, Isis has recruited 37 staff members and negotiated over 100 option and licence agreements. In the last nine years, Isis has established 54 new spinout companies from the University, which have collectively raised over £300 million in investment capital. In January 2006, Dr. Cook became Visiting Professor in Science Entrepreneurship; he became Deputy Chairman of Isis Innovation in April of that year. Is addition to his work in Oxford, Dr. Cook is also working on technology transfer with other universities. He has given invited lectures in many countries and visited University Technology Transfer Organizations in the U.S., Australia, Europe, and Japan.
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After being awarded a doctorate in cryogenic engineering at Oxford, Tim Cook joined the Oxford Instruments Group (a spinout company from the University of Oxford) in 1975. During his 12 years with them, the Group’s turnover grew from £1million to £100 million. In 1983, Dr. Cook was appointed Managing Director of the Group’s subsidiary, Oxford Analytical Instruments. After two more appointments as Managing Director, Dr. Cook became a private investor in 1990 and the founding Managing Director of Oxford Semiconductor and Oxford Asymmetry (a spinout from the University of Oxford, floated in 1998 and recently sold for over £300 million).
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