>> I'm the license manager in the Technology Transfer Office
at NASA Glenn Research Center.
I oversee licensing activities for the center.
I also oversee a portfolio of intellectual property
and materials and coatings.
What I enjoy most about my job is working with NASA's inventors
to translate their research into useful products
that can benefit everyone.
Such as the shape memory alloy work conducted here in this lab.
I think I'd like my legacy to be
to leave things better than they were.
And we should always strive towards improving ourselves.
Our relationships.
Our environment.
Our surroundings.
My advice to the next generation would be
to explore careers in STEM.
STEM provides a great background for just about anything
that you want to pursue in life.
From engineering, of course, and all the stuff that goes with it.
To sales and marketing and commercialization.
Like the stuff that I do.
To even being a doctor.
Or a lawyer.
Or an astronaut.
Or whatever your heart's content.