Day 1 Speaker

In her role as Executive Director Innovation & Industry Relations for Texas A&M-Fort Worth, Denise Canales identifies and pursues strategic opportunities across the Texas Triangle, proactively identifying private sector market challenges and creating partnerships with Texas A&M faculty and facilities which will provide commercially valuable solutions. She is honored to be a member of the founding leadership team bringing Texas A&M-Fort Worth to life and enjoys leading the Entrepreneurial, Startup, and Commercialization Hub of the Fort Worth Tarrant County Innovation Partnership. Denise has founded multiple companies. Including taking software she designed while at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, from idea to industry through a tech transfer spinout. She served as President of that company for several years. Her company’s technical awards included: Microsoft, MSD2D People’s Choice Award for .Net Workflow, BRAAN V2; Microsoft, Best of Tech-Ed Award, Software Components & Middleware Category, BRAAN V2; BioITWorld, Best Practice Award, Grand Prize Winner, Clinical Trials Category, BRAAN V1; and Health Improvement Institute, Award for Excellence in Human Subject Protections, BRAAN V1.