Jesus Soriano is Program Director of the NSF Partnerships for Innovation program. Previously, Jesus served as SBIR/STTR Program Director for Biomedical and Smart Health Technologies since 2012, when he joined NSF after 20 years of leadership experience across industry, non-profit and academic sectors. Prior to NSF, he was the Senior Advisor to the Puerto Rico Trust for Science, Technology and Research. Previously, he was Executive Vice President at QRxPharma, Ltd, Senior Director of Business Development at Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., held several executive leadership positions at ATCC, and was Associate Director for R&D Operations and Business Development at Entremed, Inc. Jesus began his career as a family doctor in Spain; then worked at the University of Geneva Medical School as a Research Scientist and Assistant Professor. He came to the US as a visiting scientist to the National Cancer Institute (NIH). He holds a MBA from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School; a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the University of Geneva; and a M.D. from the University of Alicante, Spain.