Kevin Boggs

Kevin is currently the Assistant Vice President of Technology Transfer and Interim Executive Director of the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis. He was most recently Director of Business Development at Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company spun-out from the University of Florida. AGTC received over $30MM in funding from leading national venture capital firms and its lead product is in Phase I clinical trials. As a member of the Executive Management Team at AGTC, Dr. Boggs was responsible for identifying and evaluating new product development opportunities and negotiating IP licenses required to secure market exclusivity. Before joining AGTC, Kevin was Assistant Director of Life Sciences at the University of Florida’s Office of Technology Licensing. In that position, he negotiated over forty licenses and numerous sponsored research agreements while managing a large portfolio of U.S. and international patents. Dr. Boggs received his Masters in Business Administration from the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis, performed post-doctoral research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and earned his Ph.D. at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is an active member of the Association of University Technology Managers and the Licensing Executives Society.