University Technology Park at IIT

Philip Leslie is the Founder and CEO of ProOnGo, an unconventional enterprise, responsible for designing viable technology that can track mileage, distance traveled and time, convert currency, and effectively manage receipt based expenses, all through the ease of your smart phones, and while on the go. With the help of the Receipt Reader app, the task of filing an expense report is now as easy taking a picture of the receipt with your smart phone. And since the app is compatible with the Blackberry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile, it is available to a large number of professionals, at all times.

Philip Leslie is currently located in the University Technology Park, and loves it! According to him, the Technology Park is filled with opportunities. “It’s cost effective to hire students – they’re loaded with talent, willing to put in the effort, and economically attractive. They’re also strong supporters of energetic, agile, customer-focused product development."

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“We were looking to integrate the work of our mechanical and chemical engineers, our biologists, chemists, physicists, and our applied math majors. The Tech Park was a perfect fit," says Dr. Schieber. “It’s great! There’s always someone you run into in the kitchen – both researchers and students. They get talking and trading theories, which lead to a whole new set of ideas.”

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“It’s a beautiful space and is conveniently located – perfect to bring guests through,” said Dr. Turitto.

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Thomas Flynn is the CFO and Vice Chairman of Therapeutic Proteins Inc. (TPI), the leading GMP manufacturer of high-quality biological drugs, made available at an attractively low cost. The company prides itself on it’s slogan, “Choose Compliance™,” demonstrating their relentless commitment to quality standards. TPI has rapidly evolved from a small, generic life sciences company to the sole company in the United States to manufacture globally-recognized, FDA-compliant and BLA-certifiable biosimilar products, making them extremely viable in both, local, and international markets.

TPI is currently headquartered at the Technology Business Center in the University Technology Park, a move that Mr. Flynn has a lot of positives to share about. “The Technology Park is extremely unique in what the area has to offer - location in a metropolitan city like Chicago, a comprehensive transportation infrastructure, intricately designed office spaces, support services such as the student work force, and state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.” Since its move to the Park last year, TPI has leased out an additional technology lab in the Park, for further development and expansion.

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Jay Marhoefer is the Founder and CEO of the poster child of the Smart Grid Innovation Center, Intelligent Generation (IG). An enterprise aptly named for its unconventional intelligent energy management concept, IG is unique in its approach, where it successfully addresses two of the most challenging issues with solar energy – cost and reliability. With its dynamic combination of solar energy and battery storage designed to convert residential and commercial complexes into virtual power plants, IG has the potential to make clean tech history.

Jay Marhoefer, an IIT Alumnus from the Kent College of Law, moved IG to IIT’s University Technology Park in October 2010. “I was fortunate to land at the Technology Park. It was perfectly suited for our purposes,” he says. “For our research, we needed to simulate the consumption of electricity within a home, and this space was ideal."

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