Aaron Sauers is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP), Patent and Licensing Executive, and Business Development lead at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). He chaired the Laboratory and Business Systems (LaBS) committee on the executive board of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) from April 2014 to May 2018. Sauers has also served as Member-At-Large on the FLC Executive Board and held positions in Tech Transfer throughout the Department of Energy (DOE) complex at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Sauers is a 2014 Excellence in Technology Transfer award recipient and serves on the Certified Licensing Professionals exam development and maintenance committee.

AARON G. SAUERS, MBA, CLP

Ambitious, results-oriented technology transfer professional with industry experience and strong communication skills. Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) with sound analytical and strategic aptitudes, ability to multi-task and thrive in fast-paced, diverse environments, and command of the contractual instruments used in technology licensing. Brings valuable and extensive research experience to ensure thorough and knowledgeable work product. Consensus-seeking team player who is organized and flexible. Track record demonstrating initiative and achievement.

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Master of Business Administration, Marketing & Technology Management, December 2008

Eastman Chemical Company Market Opportunity Analysis Award Winner

Marketplace Capstone Course Wealth Creation Award Winner

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Merit-Based Graduate Assistantship Recipient - 100% Tuition Reimbursement

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

Baccalaureate, May 2005

Major: History/Pre-Law; Minor: Philosophy

UTC Symphony Orchestra Violin Performance Merit Scholarship - 67% Tuition Reimbursement

Forester Institute, San Jose, Costa Rica

Certificate of Completion, June 2004

Intensive Language Program: Spanish

Experience

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, Batavia, IL

Senior Patent and Licensing Executive,  September 2019 – Present

Negotiated, drafted, and executed the IP Management Plan as part of the capture team for Fermilab’s $115 million Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center

Patent and Licensing Executive,  September 2014 – 2019

Managed entire Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio, including patents, copyrights, and trademarks

Negotiated, drafted, and executed CRADAs, SPPs, and license agreements

Developed policies and procedures for Laboratory IP management and commercialization

Negotiated, drafted, and executed a license agreement for the Laboratory's first technology spinout company in 2015

Argonne National Laboratory, UChicago Argonne, LLC, Argonne, IL

Business Development Associate, February 2013 – September 2014

Executed up-front licensing fees in excess of $1 million, over $14 million in Works For Others, and over $6 million in CRADAs.

National Excellence in Technology Transfer Award winner for SpEC: an SAE DC Charging Digital Communication Controller.

Obtained Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) credential in 2013.

Idaho National Laboratory, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID

Commercialization Manager, February 2012 – February 2013

Managed the Nuclear Science & Technology portfolio of intellectual property including patents and copyrights.

Executed >20 non-exclusive license agreements in first 6 months.

Negotiated and drafted >$2 million in sponsored research agreements in first 6 months. 

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM

Technology Transfer Post-Master’s Business Fellow, June 2009 – February 2012

Negotiated, reviewed, and administered CRADAs, Licensing Agreements, and other technology transfer mechanisms with federal, state, and local governments, universities, and private industry.

Developed a triage process for management of legacy Intellectual Property assigned to the Laboratory, resulting in an automated docket management dashboard used by Business Development Executives.

Conducted extensive copyright license reviews to determine intellectual property impact on LANL internally-developed software. 

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UT Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN

Graduate Assistant - Commercialization Analyst, October 2007 – December 2008

Authored recommendation reports, outlining inventions and their viable commercial opportunities, resulting in 12 patent applications.

Developed marketing materials for available technologies.

Organized IP portfolios and developed mechanisms for categorizing and analyzing their various elements.

Skills

Computer: IP Master, Partnerworks, Delphion, SPSS, JMP, PC Miler, MapPoint, Visual Basic, VBA, ExtendSim

Language: Conversational Spanish, Advanced Spanish Grammar

Issued Patents

Sauers, A., & Kephart, K. (2021). Method and System for in situ Cross-Linking of Materials to Produce Three-Dimensional Features via Electron Beams from Mobile Accelerators (US Patent No. 11,123,921). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Sauers, A., & Kephart, K. (2024). Infrastructure-scale additive manufacturing using mobile electron accelerators (US Patent No. 11,878,462). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Sauers, A., & Kephart, K. (2024). Beam Bending Snout for Mobile Electron Accelerators (US Patent No. 12,172,367). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Patent Applications

Sauers, A., Kephart, K. (2024). Mobile Accelerator-Based Volumetric Fabrication Method for In-Situ Construction of Three-Dimensional Structures (US Patent Application No. 18/960,817). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Sauers, A. (2022). Particle Beam Assisted Fused Deposition Modeling (PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US23/13640).

Activities

FLC (Federal Laboratory Consortium) 2010 – Present

Laboratory and Business Systems (LaBS) Executive Board Committee Chair, April 2014 - 2018

LES (Licensing Executives Society) 2012 – Present

AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers) 2011 – Present

TOMBA (The Tennessee Organization of MBAs) 2007 – Present