Bill Payne

Directeur/Membre du Conseil chez Polsky Center For Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Profil

Bill Payne is the executive director of science and technology at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago.
In this role, he leads the technology commercialization, Polsky Science Ventures, and industry relations teams working to bring groundbreaking faculty research to the market.
As a seasoned business and technology executive from the telecommunications industry, Bill most recently served as vice president and chief operating officer of Roberson and Associates’ consulting.
The firm’s clients are from various technology industries, and its services include intellectual property assessment and expert witness testimony.
Bill has held leadership roles in product and technology development at Nokia, Motorola, and AT&T.
He had business unit chief technology officer (CTO) responsibilities at both Nokia and Motorola, driving innovations into commercial products and services.
He led Nokia’s Small Cell Business Line, as well as the development of Motorola’s first commercial 4G/LTE cellular infrastructure products.
As CTO of Motorola’s infrastructure business, he incentivized the development of idea disclosures and introduced an innovation gate process to track, promote, and move concepts toward patent filings and/or commercialization.
Bill has 9 issued patents.
Bill is also a startup veteran—having founded and built a company that developed a mobile advertising and sponsorship service that was integrated into AT&T’s and Verizon’s networks and approved for use.
Bill received his BSEE from Purdue University, his MSEE from Georgia Tech, and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He is a lifelong Chicagoan who enjoys boating and sports.

Postes actifs de Bill Payne

Sociétés	Poste	Début
Polsky Center For Entrepreneurship & Innovation	Directeur/Membre du Conseil	01/03/2020

Anciens postes connus de Bill Payne

Sociétés	Poste	Fin
Roberson & Associates LLC	Directeur des opérations	31/03/2020
Broadview Communications LLC	Directeur Général	31/12/2017
Nokia Solutions & Networks US LLC	Corporate Officer/Principal	03/05/2014
Motorola, Inc.	Private Equity Investor	01/01/2010