Janeya Griffin, The Commercializer®️ is an Intellectual Property (IP) Advocate with experience providing workshops, trainings and assessments for HBCUs around IP and Technology Transfer. She has testified to congress on intellectual property, entrepreneurship, and diversity in patents, and is a commercialization expert having almost a decade of experience as a technology transfer specialist at NASA including being a former Federal Laboratory Consortium Executive Board Member. With a deep passion for serving others, Janeya advises aspiring entrepreneurs, universities, and small businesses, including formerly incarcerated individuals on building wealth by monetizing their talents and intellectual assets.
The Commercializer, LLC is a strategic consulting firm focused on connecting researchers, technologists, educational institutions, and companies in underserved communities who are often times excluded from new and routine opportunities with the resources necessary to sustain and grow. Our mission is to advise individuals and organizations on ways to seek new research, create sustainable economic ecosystems and connect with entrepreneurial prospects that result in the commercialization of their assets (skills, knowledge, facilities, technologies, programs, etc.).