Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

James Spencer currently serves as the Executive Director of Rensselaer Technology Park, Real Estate and New Venture Development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which includes the Rensselaer Office of Technology Commercialization, Rensselaer’s intellectual property and technology transfer organization. In this role, Mr. Spencer directs the activities of the Institute’s Innovation Ecosystem through intellectual property asset development, new venture creation and commercial real estate. Spencer is leveraging 27+ years of experience as a serial entrepreneur, inventor, business consultant, change agent, real estate investor and corporate executive to foster the next generation of technology-driven economic development and commercialization initiatives at Rensselaer. He holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Brown University and serves as the Chairman of Rensselaer’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council, and as a Board Member of the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce and at the Berkshire Innovation Center.