Tech transfer chief at Case Western turns research into revenue

By Tom Breckenridge / The Cleveland Plain Dealer
November 09, 2009

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On Mark Coticchia's first day at Case Western Reserve University, an e-mail arrived from a noted faculty member.

He informed Coticchia that his mission to spin university research into new business "was all a bunch of bull- - - -."

The missive was no surprise to Coticchia. Finding acceptance, much less success, on a stage of high technology, big egos and naked capitalism would not be easy.

It was eight years ago that the Pittsburgh native arrived at CWRU. Since then, Coticchia has parlayed his venture capital savvy, a well-paid staff and a smile that beams like a lighthouse at midnight into a steady flow of high-tech deals and new business.

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Incubator for heart-care businesses taking shape near the Cleveland Clinic

By Tom Breckenridge / Plain Dealer Reporter
Dec. 15, 2009

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The next, crucial phase in growing regional and statewide business in heart care is rising two stories over East 101st Street and Cedar Avenue.

The boxy shell of a building looks unspectacular. But the $19 million new-business incubator, to be run by the Cleveland Clinic, is the latest manifestation of Ohio's biggest-ever outlay of high-tech development money -- the 2007 grant of $60 million for the Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center.

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