Center for Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship, Lamar University
Paul Latiolais is the Center Director for Innovation and Commercialization at Lamar University, which serves as an incubator for emerging technology under development at the university. The center’s purpose is to bring emerging technologies out of research and prepare them for the marketplace leveraging expertise from Lamar’s Colleges of Engineering, Science, and Business.
Paul has extensive industry experience in engineering technology, business development, and product launch to Fortune 500 companies. He has initiated numerous technology products in the semiconductor/hi-tech industries and managed the lifecycle process from product development, incubation, launch, marketing, and next-generation introduction. Mr. Latiolais worked with technology global leaders such as Synopsys, Inc. (NASDQ:SNPS), Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ:MENT), Schlumberger, and Northrop-Grumman across the US including San Jose, CA and Portland, OR. Mr. Latiolais holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from George Fox University (Newberg, OR) as well as general management certificates from the Oregon Graduate Institute.
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