Allison is innovation chief at UA Health Sciencesย
Following a national search, biotech entrepreneurย Peter N. Allisonย has been appointed senior director for technology innovation at the Arizona Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona.
Allison will provide leadership in connecting AHSC research faculty and programs with commercial partners. Working with UA faculty researchers and business partners, he will inventory and position AHSC intellectual property for translation into commercial applications.
He is president and founder of IDM LabTrack Inc. and IDM AgriTrak Systems LLC in Scottsdale. He founded and serves as managing director of Biogenesis Investment Group LLC, and BGS Funds I and II, a health-care investment company providing funding to early-stage biotechnology, medical device and diagnostics companies. He served as the managing member of IDM Technologies LLC Fund I and formerly was a director of the BioAccelerator Fund I LLC.
He has more than 30 years of experience in business management, venture capital and debt and equity placement. He has also served on academic boards, including the University of Washington School of Public Health and School of Medicine in Seattle and the Gonzaga University Board of Regents. He serves on the boards of BioAccel and the Phoenix Symphony in Phoenix.
He received a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Washington and holds a Juris Doctor law degree from Seattle University.
