Nurjana Bachman, Ph.D.
Business Development Manager
Nurjana.bachman@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3028
As Business Development Manager in the Technology & Innovation Development Office at Children's Hospital Boston, Nurjana connects Children’s Hospital investigators with outside industry to create opportunities for partnerships at all stages of research, development, and pre-clinical and clinical investigation.Working closely with Children’s Hospital investigators and corporate partners, Nurjana strives to understand the needs and goals of each party, connecting groups with similar R&D objectives and complementary resources for mutual benefit.
Prior to becoming Business Development Manager, Nurjana was Licensing Manager at Children's Hospital Boston, licensing technologies from the Departments of Orthopaedics, Vascular Biology, and Cardiology, as well as other areas. Most recently, she licensed a portfolio of technologies from the Department of Orthopaedics that formed the basis of a start-up company developing products to address knee injuries.
Nurjana obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is a graduate of Swarthmore College.
Marketing
David Altman
Marketing Communications Specialist
david.altman@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3022
David joined TIDO of Children's Hospital Boston in 2000 as a temp and worked his way into the Marketing and Communications Specialist position. In his current role, David manages the office's Web site and written communications, and actively seeks to partner Children's technologies with industry. Prior to joining Children's Hospital, he completed an internship at the BMG Music Group's copyright department in NYC. Additionally, David plays the bass guitar in a local rock band and is an amateur marathon runner. David holds a B.A. in Music with a specialization in business from the University of Hartford, Hartt School.
Keeley Wray
Technology Marketing Specialist
keeley.wray@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3010
Keeley joined TIDO of Children's Hospital Boston in 2008. Keeley is responsible for providing market research to help develop a market entry strategy for hospital technologies. She also interfaces with outside partners who can move the technologies to market.
Prior to joining Children's Hospital, she was the Chief Operating Officer of the Consulting Services Division of Foresight Science & Technology. Foresight is one of the leading firms in technology marketing, technology acquisition, and business strategies and systems involving the management and monetization of technology. While at Foresight, Keeley primarily focused on fortifying the life sciences consulting business. Also, she instituted the Pipeline Partners Program to facilitate matchmaking between technologies and commercialization partners.
Keeley holds a Masters in Biochemistry from Brown University and a B.S. in biology from Providence College. Her research experience includes molecular neuroscience and computational biology projects. At Brown, her research focused on understanding signal cascades involved in regulating circadian rhythm. She also worked with a bioinformatics group at University of Rhode Island to design Universal Research Interchange for user friendly querying of Protein Data Bank files.