C. Blake Sajonia, President
Blake Sajonia founded TRSG, Inc. in May 2000 to create an organization
focused on the core competencies described on this website. His work with scientists
and engineers has led to the successful fielding of technology, the protection of commercially
valuable intellectual property, and the formation of numerous technology transfer
collaborations between Federal laboratories and industry. Mr. Sajonia has worked with
a wide range of technology organizations and levels of R&D, from field activities
performing product/system testing to laboratories performing basic and applied research.
He has considerable experience with military technologies, and the licensing and
commercialization process used by the DOD as part of its participation in the Federal
Technology Transfer Program to make those technologies available to industry. As an indicator
of the quality of the results achieved, more than twenty national Excellence in Technology
Transfer Awards and five Laboratory Director of the Year Awards were received for agreements
he formed and programs supported, respectively. His education includes engineering degrees
from Texas A&M and the University of Washington and a law degree from Georgetown University.
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Martha Weeks, Technology
Transfer & Communications Specialist
Martha Weeks has more than thirty years of marketing,
administrative and management experience encompassing a range of
industries from event planning/execution to technology transfer
and support of the US Government’s Small Business Innovative
Research (SBIR) program. She has extensive tradeshow and
conference exhibit experience, excels in customer service and
outreach, and produces highly effective marketing/outreach
material. Over the past dozen years, Ms. Weeks has performed
work for Army laboratories, including support for exhibits and a
broad range of technology transfer and business development
initiatives. Most recently, she's been involved in facilitating
the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs
for the Army in the area of Chemical Biological Defense. She
also assists with the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) program
and other industry outreach efforts. A founding member and
former secretary of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of Women in
Defense, she has been recognized for her skills and work ethic
and recently completed a Professional Studies Certificate in
Innovation Excellence.
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Nina M. Siegler, C.F.A., Technology
Transfer Consultant
As a technology transfer consultant to TRSG, Ms. Nina Siegler
brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team and our
clients. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in
licensing, business development, managing intellectual property,
and developing policies and processes to effectively transfer
the results of research from the laboratory to industry. She was
the first dedicated Biotechnology Industry Securities Analyst on
Wall Street, assisted in the launch of fifteen technology-based
startup companies as founder or adviser, and has served as a
due-diligence adviser to venture capital and angel investors. Of
considerable relevance to the technology transfer field, Ms.
Siegler successfully managed the start-up of the Office of
Technology Transfer (OTT) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and
the OTT at the National Institutes of Health.
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