Who We Are
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Daniel Broderick
Manager, Office of Technology Transfer at JPL
Daniel.F.Broderick@jpl.nasa.gov
Daniel Broderick is the Manager of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an operating division of the California Institute of Technology. He is responsible for the management and negotiation of intellectual property matters ranging from patent filing decisions, patent prosecution management, licensing negotiations, startup assistance, NASA compliance, and maintaining and monitoring license agreements.
Dan began his career at Motorola where he designed microprocessor systems, and later joined Rockwell Telecommunications to design telecommunications hardware. He transitioned into technology transfer at Northwestern University, and went on to assist with the start-up of the Technology Transfer Office at the University of California San Diego. He joined Wesley Jessen Vision Care as the Director of Business Development, where he managed a very large intellectual property portfolio and negotiated a wide range of medical device and ocular pharmaceutical business agreements. After Wesley Jessen was purchased by Novartis, Dan became the Director of Business Development at Apovia Inc., a biotechnology company in San Diego that developed recombinant vaccines. Dan has been a patent agent since 1995.
Dan received his Bachelor of Engineering degree at the University of Michigan, his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University, and his MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago.
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Brian Morrison
Software Release Authority/Software Evaluator
Brian Morrison is the Software Release Authority within the Technology Transfer Program Office at JPL and is the Laboratory Authority on software licensing and advises senior management on complex software licensing issues.
Brian oversees the JPL Software Licensing and Transfer process for all research, government use, mobile and open source application and coordinates with the Caltech Office of Technology Transfer to support intellectual property management and commercial licensing. For the past 30 years Brian has designed and managed quality software systems for private industry, the Air Force, the U.S. Navy and NASA. He has an extensive background in software architecture, systems modeling, development, integration and delivery of large and medium-sized software projects. Brian is recognized as a technical leader in transforming NASA requirements into space-based mission architectures for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Brian received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and an MBA specializing Program Management and Techniques to Infuse and Disseminate Software Technology.
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David Remba
Technology Commercialization Administrator, Office of Technology Transfer at JPL
David Remba is a Technology Commercialization Administrator (since 2017). Previously at JPL, David contributed to the NASA Eyes simulation application.
Before joining JPL, David worked at startup companies in the LA area. He was a co-inventor of the first 3D printing process, called stereolithography, which was patented. He was also a co-founder at an early internet-on-TV startup that was acquired. David also held several technical and management roles in computer animation (at Disney), digital effects post-production (at Cinesite), and space-technology marketing communications (at Northrop Grumman, formerly TRW).
David has a BA in Chemistry from Pomona College. He often bicycles on a recumbent bike around the Lab or in the community.
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Rani Kamarga
Technology Commercialization Administrator / Software Release Assistant
As Technology Commercialization Administrator, Rani Kamarga interacts with JPL researchers on the new technology reporting process, reviews New Technology Reports for completeness, and also coordinates workflow between JPL’s Technology evaluators, Caltech, and NASA, utilizing NASA’s Technology Transfer System (NTTS). Rani also collects and prepares monthly metrics for technology transfer activities including: new technology reporting, Caltech patents, royalties, and activity in commercial and non-commercial licenses. Rani serves as the Software Release Assistant, and processes software requests from outside companies and administers licenses for products such as GIPSYx and RTGx. Rani is bilingual and has a BA and an MBA in Finance from California State University-San Bernardino. In her spare time, she loves to cook, to make fabulous deserts, and to play with her beautiful dogs.
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Jennifer Shockro
Associate Director for Technology Transfer at Caltech (OTTCP)
Jennifer Shockro joined the Caltech Office of Technology Transfer & Corporate Partnerships in 2012. As a Licensing Associate, her responsibilities include reviewing invention disclosures from Caltech and JPL researchers; making patent filing decisions and monitoring ongoing patent prosecution; monitoring and approving the office's legal expenses and operations; and negotiating options, licenses, and other agreements related to Caltech and JPL intellectual property, including all commercial licenses for JPL software. Prior to joining OTTCP she worked for ten years as an engineer with lasers/optical systems and computer design for several companies, including startups in computer-based visual effects and medical device technologies. She holds Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Chicago and Harvey Mudd College and Masters and Doctorate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California.
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Doug Gilbertson
Office of Contracts Management (OCM)
Douglas.S.Gilbertson@jpl.nasa.gov
Doug Gilbertson is the subject matter for Nondisclosure Agreements in the Office of Contracts Management. He is also responsible for supporting the Earth Science Missions & Commercial Programs.
Doug received his Bachelor of Science in Finance, Real Estate and Law from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona where he also received a minor in Administration of Public and Private Contracts.
Doug was recruited from Cal Poly by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories where he worked as a Contract Administrator and Subcontract Administrator. From Battelle, Doug went to American Savings Bank, where he administered Data and Computing Contracts and Software License agreements to support Bank operations. Doug was a Contract Administrator for the Rand Corporation where he administered proposals, contracts and grants for the Labor and Population Unit, and he continued at UCLA where he was the Administrative Director for the California Population Research Center. Doug joined JPL in 2006 in the Office of Contracts Management.
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Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman
NASA Technology Transfer Program Liaison
Rachel.Zimmerman-Brachman@jpl.nasa.gov
Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman is the NASA Technology Transfer Program Liaison for the Office of Technology Transfer at JPL. Rachel is also a public engagement specialist at JPL.
Since joining JPL in 2003, she has worked on education and public out-reach for the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter mission, the Cassini-Huygens mission, as well as the Radioisotope Power Systems program, NASA Astrobiology Institute projects, the NASA GLOBE Observer program, Project PANOPTES, and Exoplanet Watch.
Prior to joining JPL, Rachel was an intern at the NASA Ames Research Center, where she contributed to medical and rehabilitative applications of space technology. She has also worked at the Canadian Space Agency, The Planetary Society, and the California Institute of Technology.
Rachel is also a counselor for the Inventing Merit Badge for Scouts USA, where she teaches the next generation of innovators the role of intellectual property in society.
Rachel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Physics at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, and a Master of Space Studies from the International Space University, Strasbourg, France.
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Julie Schoenfeld
Entrepreneur in Residence, Physical Sciences
Caltech Hall
MC 6-32
Daniel Broderick
Manager, Office of Technology Transfer at JPL
Daniel.F.Broderick@jpl.nasa.gov
Daniel Broderick is the Manager of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an operating division of the California Institute of Technology. He is responsible for the management and negotiation of intellectual property matters ranging from patent filing decisions, patent prosecution management, licensing negotiations, startup assistance, NASA compliance, and maintaining and monitoring license agreements.
Dan began his career at Motorola where he designed microprocessor systems, and later joined Rockwell Telecommunications to design telecommunications hardware. He transitioned into technology transfer at Northwestern University, and went on to assist with the start-up of the Technology Transfer Office at the University of California San Diego. He joined Wesley Jessen Vision Care as the Director of Business Development, where he managed a very large intellectual property portfolio and negotiated a wide range of medical device and ocular pharmaceutical business agreements. After Wesley Jessen was purchased by Novartis, Dan became the Director of Business Development at Apovia Inc., a biotechnology company in San Diego that developed recombinant vaccines. Dan has been a patent agent since 1995.
Dan received his Bachelor of Engineering degree at the University of Michigan, his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University, and his MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago.
Brian Morrison
Software Release Authority/Software Evaluator
Brian Morrison is the Software Release Authority within the Technology Transfer Program Office at JPL and is the Laboratory Authority on software licensing and advises senior management on complex software licensing issues.
Brian oversees the JPL Software Licensing and Transfer process for all research, government use, mobile and open source application and coordinates with the Caltech Office of Technology Transfer to support intellectual property management and commercial licensing. For the past 30 years Brian has designed and managed quality software systems for private industry, the Air Force, the U.S. Navy and NASA. He has an extensive background in software architecture, systems modeling, development, integration and delivery of large and medium-sized software projects. Brian is recognized as a technical leader in transforming NASA requirements into space-based mission architectures for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Brian received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and an MBA specializing Program Management and Techniques to Infuse and Disseminate Software Technology.
David Remba
Technology Commercialization Administrator, Office of Technology Transfer at JPL
David Remba is Technology Commercialization Administrator at the Office of Technology Transfer at JPL. David works with innovators at the Lab and with Caltech to facilitate commercialization activities such as new technology evaluations, commercialization assessments, technology marketing, and entrepreneurship.
Before joining JPL, David worked with startup ventures in the LA area as an intellectual property and funding consultant, and he was a co-founder and executive of an internet startup that successfully exited by acquisition. David has also held several technical and management roles in computer animation (Disney), motion picture digital special effects post-production (Kodak/Cinesite), and space technology marketing communications (Northrop Grumman, formerly TRW).
David has a BA in Chemistry from Pomona College, is a tennis player, and you might see him riding an odd looking electrified recumbent bicycle around the Lab or in the community.
Rani Kamarga
Technology Commercialization Administrator / Software Release Assistant
As Technology Commercialization Administrator, Rani Kamarga interacts with JPL researchers on the new technology reporting process, reviews New Technology Reports for completeness, and also coordinates workflow between JPL’s Technology evaluators, Caltech, and NASA, utilizing NASA’s Technology Transfer System (NTTS). Rani also collects and prepares monthly metrics for technology transfer activities including: new technology reporting, Caltech patents, royalties, and activity in commercial and non-commercial licenses. Rani serves as the Software Release Assistant, and processes software requests from outside companies and administers licenses for products such as GIPSYx and RTGx. Rani is bilingual and has a BA and an MBA in Finance from California State University-San Bernardino. In her spare time, she loves to cook, to make fabulous deserts, and to play with her beautiful dogs.
Jennifer Shockro
Associate Director for Technology Transfer at Caltech (OTTCP)
Jennifer Shockro joined the Caltech Office of Technology Transfer & Corporate Partnerships in 2012. As a Licensing Associate, her responsibilities include reviewing invention disclosures from Caltech and JPL researchers; making patent filing decisions and monitoring ongoing patent prosecution; monitoring and approving the office's legal expenses and operations; and negotiating options, licenses, and other agreements related to Caltech and JPL intellectual property, including all commercial licenses for JPL software. Prior to joining OTTCP she worked for ten years as an engineer with lasers/optical systems and computer design for several companies, including startups in computer-based visual effects and medical device technologies. She holds Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Chicago and Harvey Mudd College and Masters and Doctorate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California.
Doug Gilbertson
Office of Contracts Management (OCM)
Douglas.S.Gilbertson@jpl.nasa.gov
Doug Gilbertson is the subject matter for Nondisclosure Agreements in the Office of Contracts Management. He is also responsible for supporting the Earth Science Missions & Commercial Programs.
Doug received his Bachelor of Science in Finance, Real Estate and Law from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona where he also received a minor in Administration of Public and Private Contracts.
Doug was recruited from Cal Poly by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories where he worked as a Contract Administrator and Subcontract Administrator. From Battelle, Doug went to American Savings Bank, where he administered Data and Computing Contracts and Software License agreements to support Bank operations. Doug was a Contract Administrator for the Rand Corporation where he administered proposals, contracts and grants for the Labor and Population Unit, and he continued at UCLA where he was the Administrative Director for the California Population Research Center. Doug joined JPL in 2006 in the Office of Contracts Management.
Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman
NASA Technology Transfer Program Liaison
Rachel.Zimmerman-Brachman@jpl.nasa.gov
Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman is the NASA Technology Transfer Program Liaison for the Office of Technology Transfer at JPL. Rachel is also a public engagement specialist at JPL.
Since joining JPL in 2003, she has worked on education and public out-reach for the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter mission, the Cassini-Huygens mission, as well as the Radioisotope Power Systems program, NASA Astrobiology Institute projects, the NASA GLOBE Observer program, Project PANOPTES, and Exoplanet Watch.
Prior to joining JPL, Rachel was an intern at the NASA Ames Research Center, where she contributed to medical and rehabilitative applications of space technology. She has also worked at the Canadian Space Agency, The Planetary Society, and the California Institute of Technology.
Rachel is also a counselor for the Inventing Merit Badge for Scouts USA, where she teaches the next generation of innovators the role of intellectual property in society.
Rachel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Physics at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, and a Master of Space Studies from the International Space University, Strasbourg, France.
Julie Schoenfeld
Entrepreneur in Residence, Physical Sciences
Caltech Hall
MC 6-32