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Svetlana Sowers
Assistant Director, Office of Technology Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Svetlana Vranic-Sowers is a highly motivated Assistant Director and Senior Technology Manager with a strong background in the software industry.
She possesses extensive experience in licensing software and copyright materials, establishing relationships with inventors, and navigating cross-functional stakeholders to drive the commercialization of University of Illinois inventions.
Svetlana's educational journey includes a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Belgrade, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Throughout her career, Svetlana has held key positions such as Assistant Director at the Office of Technology Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Senior Software Development Manager at Yahoo!, Software Engineering Manager at Motorola (later Motorola Mobility, Google, Lenovo), and Engineer and Project Lead at SoMat (now HBM, Inc.).
