Who We Are

A catalyst for innovation at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

The Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO) helps UW–Madison researchers and technical innovators turn ideas into real-world impact.

Through hands-on entrepreneurship training, mentorship, and connections across the UW innovation ecosystem, we help faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and early-stage founders explore commercialization, understand their markets, and build the skills to move promising technologies beyond the lab.

TEO is home to UW–Madison’s NSF I-Corps programming and a growing portfolio of programs designed for research-driven entrepreneurs.

Staff Members

Bonnie Bachman

Position title: TEO Director and I-Corps Program Director

Joanna Bundus

Position title: Entrepreneurship Program Manager

Xiaolei (Shelley) Shi

Position title: Program Specialist for Translational Research

Students

Fadhel Alrabiah

Position title: Startup Associate

Ru Wang

Position title: Student Project Assistant

Owen Lysne

Position title: Student Project Assistant

Advisory Board

Eric Apfelbach

Position title: Technology Executive and Director

Dennis Barnum

Position title: Startup and Growth Specialist

Elizabeth Closmore

Position title: Co-Founder and President of Commotion

Craig Tamchin

Position title: CEO and Co-Founder of Empowered Buildings

Oliver Wiener

Position title: Founder, Kensington Merchant Partners

Leadership Council

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau

Position title: Dean, UW–Madison’s College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence (CAI)

Vallabh Sambamurthy

Position title: Dean, School of Business

Eric Wilcots

Position title: Dean, College of Letters and Science