Patrick Reed, RTTP, is the executive director of the Intellectual Property Exchange (IPX) at Auburn University.

The IPX supports the university’s technology and research by creating and nurturing a productive relationship between Auburn researchers and industry. It also protects intellectual property rights through patents, copyrights and licenses as well as establishes and fosters ties between academia and the marketplace.

A graduate of the University of Tennessee-Martin with a master’s in biotechnology from Northwestern University, Reed has more than 20 years’ experience in technology transfer, including stints at the LSU Agricultural Center and at the Georgia Technological Institute Research Corporation prior to joining the LSU Health Sciences Center as its assistant vice chancellor for innovation and partnerships. At LSU he was also responsible for technology transfer at the university’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge.