Cameron Johns

TechFast Project Manager QLD

Cameron has extensive experience delivering commercialisation and collaboration services to a wide range of organisations, from start-ups through to Australian Stock Exchange listed companies.

For almost three years Cameron has managed delivery of the Queensland Government funded Regional Commercialisation Access Program. This has seen him work alongside technology companies and research organisations across Australia facilitating collaboration to commercialise a broad range of technologies.  He has worked extensively in facilitating commercialisation collaborations, technology transfers, deal negotiation, IP evaluation and commercial contracts.

Specific capabilities and expertise include:

• Technology transfer, industry and research sector collaboration
• Open innovation methodologies
• Commercialisation planning and execution
• International market development
• Government program delivery, management and policy development
• Employment, recruitment, workforce training and skill development

In recent years he has consulted to the Malaysian Government around collaboration and SME development and worked in-country on the practical application and roll out of new economic development programs. Cameron is a lead presenter for the Malaysian Higher Education Leadership Academy ’s skills development program to create 500 leading commercial–savvy academics. Most recently, he was invited by AKEPT, a Malaysian government agency, to assist in the advancement of the Malaysian Biotech cluster.

He has also been involved in the design, implementation and ongoing improvement of SME innovation and clean energy programs for the Australian Government.

Cameron also has extensive experience in facilitating workshops and delivering SME skills development programs to all levels of society and within a number of different countries.  He has delivered  20 AIC Ideas2Market courses to over 300 entrepreneurs, and several AIC Commercialisation Bootcamps. Prior to that, he delivered courses in entrepreneurship to over 1,500 individuals across diverse communities throughout Tasmania , Australia .

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