Judith A. Sheft is the Associate Vice President Technology and Enterprise Development at the New Jersey Innovation Institute at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is responsible for managing the technology commercialization efforts through programs and policies focusing on patent creation, intellectual property valuation, strategic use and protection of IP assets. She is involved with regional economic development having responsibilities for management of the high technology business accelerator/incubator, the Enterprise Development Center, the HealthIT Connections entrepreneurial cluster development program and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center.  She is on the Board of Advisors to the NJIT Murray Women’s Center and helps mentor students and faculty.   Since 2007 she has been a member of the NJ – Israel Commission.  She serves on the Board of the New Jersey Entrepreneurs Network and Einstein’s Alley.

 

 Ms. Sheft has extensive business development experience outside the U.S.  She played a lead role in negotiating a long-term alliance between Lucent/Agere and NEC in the field of semiconductor manufacturing technology.  The alliance has lasted over a decade and is a prime example of collaboration between competitors. 

             

Ms. Sheft has a BS and MS in Mathematics from the University of Illinois and an MBA in International Business from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.   She has an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (UIGV) in Lima Peru.   She received the NJIT Overseers award for service in 2009, in 2012 was recognized a Garden State Woman of the Year in the professional services category and  in 2015 was recognized by NJBIZ as one of the 50 Best Women in Business in NJ.