Darren Fast
AVP Innovation, Partnerships and Knowledge Mobilization, University of Alberta
Darren’s role is to develop, and support a clear innovation strategy for the University of Alberta, utilizing and coordinating existing resources across campus and the community. This involves supporting entrepreneurs and innovators. He also works on ensuring research of all types has a clear path to add value to and have impact in the community through enabling knowledge mobilization and partnerships with industry and community organizations. He serves as a liaison to funding agencies, helping to build provincial, national, and international research collaborations as well as community research partnerships.
Darren holds a PhD from The University of Alberta and has been engaged in commercialization of research for most of his career.
