Gwen Sands.

Program builder, consultant and storyteller.

I'm Gwen Sands. I built innovation and entrepreneurship programs at UC San Diego, I consult on selective projects through Azores Systems, and I tell stories.

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Portrait of Gwen Sands

The short version

  • 20-plusyears in tech transfer.
  • 30-plusyears across academia and corporate.
  • $929,000U.S. Economic Development Administration grant, which I co-authored. It launched the Talent Foundry program for underrepresented entrepreneurs.

Program builder

At UC San Diego's Office of Innovation and Commercialization I was Director of Program Development. I founded new programs, including Innovating for National Security (I4NS), and created training for students, researchers and entrepreneurs.

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Consultant

Azores Systems is my consulting business. I take selective projects in project management and program development.

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Storyteller

Find me at Tita Gwen | Roots & Curls on Substack: personal stories and second-act advice.

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