Brian Eller

As Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Technology Licensing, Brian provides strategic leadership, advice, and support around innovation, research commercialization, intellectual property management & protection, and engagement with the research and business communities. Brian leads a team of licensing professionals in their role to facilitate commercialization of NC State’s entire research discovery/IP portfolio.

Brian has been with NC State since 2011 and has negotiated and drafted a wide variety of contractual agreements, such as exclusive and non-exclusive licensing agreements, assignments, option agreements, inter-institutional agreements, material transfer agreements, confidentiality agreements, sponsored research agreements and institutional bylaws among others. He has had responsibility for the entire technology transfer life cycle, from soliciting and protecting the initial intellectual property, to marketing and identifying a licensee, along with negotiating, executing and diligently monitoring the license agreement to ensure compliance and finally assisting the licensee to find the resources to succeed and commercialize the underlying intellectual property. Brian has a proven track record of success and has been entrusted with increasing levels of responsibility throughout his career.

Brian earned a B.S. in Materials Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and a J.D. from University of California, Davis School of Law. Brian is also a member of the State Bar of California and is licensed as an attorney in California.

In his free time Brian enjoys running, especially marathons and ultramarathons; one time he even completed a 100-mile race (it took a while).