Joanne Hagerty

Organisation

Skillfluence Ltd

Job title

Business Development / Training Associate

Biography

Joanne is a creative and entrepreneurial trainer who loves using systematic innovation tools and techniques to stretch thinking and bring research ideas to life. With BA Hons from the University of Strathclyde, Joanne has spent the last 16 years working in industry and on the academic / industrial interface. She developed her passion for commercialisation, knowledge exchange and entrepreneurship during a year long Entrepreneurial Programme at Babson College in the US in 2010.  Over the last decade she has focussed on assisting Higher Education Institutes connect and work with industry. She enjoys helping researchers and academics understand how to navigate the landscape and work with businesses to optimise impact of their research.