John Swartley Appointed Associate Vice Provost for Research at Penn

John S. Swartley has been named associate vice provost for research and executive director of the Center for Technology Transfer at the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made by Provost Vincent Price and Dawn Bonnell, vice provost for research. Swartley has been part of the CTT leadership team since 2007, serving as interim executive director, deputy executive director and senior director and head of new ventures. He has helped to oversee CTT's technology commercialization efforts, new venture formation and translational innovation activities based on Penn discoveries and faculty expertise. He led the establishment and launch of CTT's UPstart Company Formation Program , a groundbreaking new model for University venture creation. "John Swartley has been a key partner in all of CTT's considerable achievements over the past six years," Price said. "Vice Provost Bonnell and I are confident that he is the ideal leader to advance that critical mission in the years ahead." Prior to joining Penn, Swartley was senior vice president and general partner of BCM Technologies, the venture capital subsidiary of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and associate director of the Office of Cooperative Research at Yale University.