TTO Staff
Tommy Martindale, JD
Director, Technology Transfer
[email protected]
(619) 594-0791
Lamden Hall 317
As Director of the TTO, Tommy Martindale responsible for the protection and commercialization
of technologies developed at SDSU. Tommy supports the TTO by evaluating the patentability
and market potential for faculty inventions, managing the protection of faculty-developed
intellectual property, and commercializing SDSU technologies through licensing. Tommy
is a member of the State Bar of California and is registered to practice before the
United States Patent and Trademark Office. He also contributes to the teaching team
of the NSF-funded CSU Biological Sciences I-Corps site, training researchers how to
move their research-based innovations out of the lab and into the marketplace. Further,
Tommy is the immediate past president of the San Diego Innovation Council. Tommy's LinkedIn
Vasumati (Vasu) Pestonjamasp, PhD, MBA, CLP
Licensing Manager, Technology Transfer
[email protected]
(619)594-3336
Lamden Hall 318
Vasu Pestonjamasp works with innovators and provides strategic guidance regarding
the commercial applicability of their innovations. She has broad-spectrum experience
in chemical, physical and life sciences and business, and worked with startups, mid-
and large-size entities, funding agencies and technology transfer offices regarding
their commercialization decisions in the biomedical, engineering and environmental
areas. Vasu mentors entrepreneurs and has developed educational training programs
and workshops for academic and industry professionals. She completed her 3M Fellowship-supported
postdoctoral research at Boston Children’s Hospital (Harvard), MA and the University
of California San Diego, and conducted discovery research at the University of Massachusetts
Medical Center, MA. Vasu holds a Ph.D. (Mumbai University, India), Masters (M.S. University,
India), and Executive MBA (University of Southern California [USC]). She is a Certified
Licensing Professional (CLP).
Michael Murphy, MBA
Administrative Support Coordinator, Technology Transfer
[email protected]
(619) 594-1331
Lamden Hall 319
Michael Murphy manages the TTO’s databases, prepares operational reports, handles
invoices from patent counsel, and makes royalty distributions to faculty inventors
and creators. Michael ensures that all materials, licenses and other legal documents
are executed correctly and uploaded into the TTO’s master database as needed, as well
as the federal agencies. Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree from SDSU, a Master
of Business Administration from National University, and professional certifications
in Paralegal and Intellectual Property Studies from UCSD.
TTO Location
The TTO is located on the San Diego State University campus, on the third floor of Lamden Hall, on the east side of the building above College Avenue. Tommy Martindale is in Office 317, Vasu Pesonjamasp is in Office 318, and Michael Murphy is in office 319. LH is across Aztec Circle Drive from Student Services East, and immediately across the pedestrian foot bridges from parking lots 1 & 2, overlooking College Avenue.