Amanda Zeffman
Director/Board Member at Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd.
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Amanda is Head of Consultancy Services and Research Tools, a fast-growing service dedicated to generating both societal and economic impact from academic research by facilitating consultancy between University academics from across all disciplines within the University and external organisations.
The Consultancy Services team has supported almost 400 consultancy projects this past year of which many arose from Arts, Humanities or Social Science disciplines.
In 2017-18, Amanda’s team saw a 63% increase in the number of new consultants with deals signed for 165 academics and 234 clients in that period.
Amanda periodically delivers training to technology transfer professionals for PraxisAuril, the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) and the European Association for Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP), and is on the Board of Directors for ASTP as VP for Professional Development.
Amanda previously worked for the University of Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy, where she ran a newly created interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Centre.
As Project Manager, she co-ordinated the PhD programme and brought together academics and industry to generate collaborative research projects in targeted therapeutics as well as running a government-funded project to develop researchers’ transferable skills.
She has also worked for the Food Standards Agency in scientific policy and for Isis Research (now known as Synovate Healthcare) where she was responsible for planning, implementing and analysing large international studies on HIV therapy for the pharmaceutical industry.
Amanda has a PhD in HIV research from the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge.
Amanda joined Cambridge Enterprise as Consultancy Associate in January 2008 and became Head of Consultancy in February 2015.
Amanda Zeffman active positions
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Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd.
Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd. is a consulting company founded in 2006. The company is based in Cambridge, UK and provides consulting services. | Director/Board Member | 2015-03-30 |
Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.
Cambridge Enterprise Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.(CEL) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of University of Cambridge founded in 1972. Headquartered in Cambridge. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd.
Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd. is a consulting company founded in 2006. The company is based in Cambridge, UK and provides consulting services. | Commercial Services |
Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.
Cambridge Enterprise Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.(CEL) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of University of Cambridge founded in 1972. Headquartered in Cambridge. | Finance |
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