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Since 2002, Joseph B. Hornett has served as Senior Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Operating Officer of the Purdue Research Foundation, located in West Lafayette, Indiana. In this role, he is responsible for managing the affairs of this nearly $1 billion charitable organization that was founded in 1930 to exclusively serve the interests of Purdue University. Hornett is charged with providing strategic direction and leadership in five mission-critical areas: endowment management, trust administration, real estate operations, technology commercialization, and economic development initiatives. Under Hornett’s leadership, the foundation has seen annual patent applications, invention disclosures, and royalty income from its technology commercialization efforts increase to record levels. Citing Purdue as a model, a recent report commissioned by the State of Connecticut and prepared by Innovation Associates, titled “Accelerating Economic Development Through University Technology Transfe
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- • 338 investors hold the Vice President role in VCSift. Joseph B. Hornett is one of them.
- • 258 investors are based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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