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Dr. Orphanides
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Dr. Gus Orphanides is Director of Licensing at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. His work history includes 25 years with Air Products, all at the corporate headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he has served in a variety of technology management and business development leadership roles within the company’s chemicals and corporate technology organizations. Currently he leads the licensing center of excellence that is responsible for extracting value from Air Products’ intellectual assets. He helped put the Company’s intellectual asset management process together using external benchmarking and an internal change management process. Additional work experience includes new product and process commercialization, technology transfer, business development, licensing, acquisitions, partnerships, and divestments on an international basis. Gus directed product research, process research, applications development, and technical service organizations in the company’s polymer businesses. He led cross-functional teams in the development of work processes for intellectual asset management, stage gated project management, and project portfolio management. Prior to joining Air Products, Gus worked for the Du Pont Company in product research and manufacturing at Wilmington, DE and Beaumont, TX. Gus is a member of LES and the American Chemical Society. He holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the Ohio State University and a B.S. from Hobart College.
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