TIAX LLC (Part 1)

“What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.” -- Sigmund Freud (Austrian neurologist and Founder of psychoanalysis, 1856-1939

Searching for ExxonMobil patents, I ran across one with a co-assignee named TIAX LLC (see below).  This caught my eye.  When a giant like ExxonMobil teams with a small firm like TIAX, it makes me want to learn more.

This post is the first of a series.  Besides exploring TIAX LLC, the series provide a case study on how to glean useful information about any small company of interest.

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Publication number US8490581 B2
Publication date Jul 23, 2013
Inventors
San Chhotray, Thomas M. Rudy, Dennis L. Juedes, James P. Norton, Charles E. Benson
Original Assignee Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company, Tiax, Llc.
Advanced fired heater unit for use in refinery and petro-chemical applications
Abstract
A fired heater unit is disclosed having at least one radiant heating section with each of the at least one radiant heating section having a heating element located therein. The unit includes a convection section operatively connected to the at least one radiant heating section, wherein the convection section having at least one vertically oriented convection tube. Each of the at least one convection tube being operatively connected to the at least one radiant heating section. Each of the at least one convection tube includes an inner tube having process fluid flowing therethrough, wherein the process fluid being heated by the at least one radiant heating section, and an outer tube extending along a predetermined portion of the inner tube, wherein the outer tube is spaced from the inner tube to form a flow path therebetween.
fts: https://www.google.com/patents/US8490581?dq=US8490581+B2&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XNZWU_rRJsLcyQGa_4DwBw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA
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The first step was to visit the company’s Web site (http://www.tiaxllc.com/).  The visit results in a description of the TIAX mission, its president, and its email contact information.  The usefulness of each of these bits of information will be highlighted in future posts.

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THE TIAX MISSION
[From the TIAX Web Site]
TIAX takes early stage inventions and innovations, and in our labs, transforms them into technology-enabled product platforms ready for spin-out.

Doing business with us

If you are a business seeking growth through technology-enabled products, you can acquire one of TIAX’s technology platforms. Our technologies are substantially de-risked, prepared for commercialization and have solid IP protection.

TIAX is then available to assist in the transition of the early commercial process as needed. We transform TIAX-developed technologies into your product portfolio and integrate them into your own environment.

Innovative technology development
 
TIAX actively participates in the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program and is one of the most successful commercialization entities in the U. S. SBIR community. Government agencies can access our services and technologies through our General Services Administration (GSA) Professional Engineering Services (PES) contract.
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THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF TIAX
[From the TIAX Web Site]
Dr. Kenan Sahin
Founder & President of TIAX
 
Kenan’s role as President of TIAX continues a long career as academic, technologist and entrepreneur. He received his B.S. (1963) and Ph.D. (1968) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and then taught and performed research at MIT, Harvard, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst until 1985. During his academic career, he published extensively in technology and received several teaching awards and obtained U.S. and inter­national patents.
 
In 1982, Kenan founded Kenan Systems with a $1,000 personal investment and no outside funding. The company went on to become a world leader in telecommunications software, employing nearly 1,000 people and with offices in a dozen countries. Both Kenan Systems and Kenan received numerous awards, including the Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998.
 
In early 1999, Kenan Systems was acquired by Lucent Technologies and Kenan became Vice President of Software Technology at Bell Labs and President of Lucent’s Software Products Group, serving in those positions through 2000.

Kenan was chosen by the World Economic Forum as one of its 40 Technology Pioneers for 2003 and received the New England Business and Technology’s first “Circle of Excellence” award in 2004. In 2006, he was given the Golden Door Award by the International Institute of Boston and the 2010 Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
 
He has published numerous articles. Most recently he addressed the innovation backlog in articles for R&D Magazine and Technology Review. He is also a frequent speaker on the topic of successful implementation of innovation in technology.
 
Kenan serves, or has served on, numerous non-profit boards, including those of the Council on Competitiveness (CoC), MIT (for whom he is a life member), Argonne National Laboratory, the Association of Electrical and Medical Imaging Equipment Manufacturers (NEMA), the Boston Museum of Science, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Symphony, and the American Field Service. He is also on the Steering Committee of the CoC’s Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative; and on the External Advisory Board of MIT’s Energy Initiative.
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TIAX CONTACT INFORMATION
[From the TIAX Web Site]
Sales
Boyd Bucher, Executive Vice President
 781-879-1250
 Bucher.B@TIAXLLC.com
Career inquiries
David Benoit, Human Resource Manager
 781-879-1702
 careers@tiaxllc.com
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