MaxQ, ME

Jim Strickland is the co-founder and chief technology officer of MaxQ, a private company that collaborates with research organizations and universities in Maine and Northern New England to license promising intellectual property, fund additional development, and create commercial partnerships for market adoption. He also serves as entrepreneur in residence at the MDI Biological Laboratory where he works with faculty to identify and advance promising innovations with commercial potential. Jim’s career has focused on the intersection of research and entrepreneurship, where he has founded and led highly innovative entrepreneurial organizations in the life science and healthcare industries. His experience includes in and out licensing of technologies, pharmaceutical discovery and development, medical devices, diagnostics, and health information technology, and AI/ML. He is an inventor on five patents including novel compositions of matter, methods and algorithms, and AI/ML.

Jim has a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, Bloomington and a Master of Science from University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is a passionate advocate for Maine’s research community and the future of the bioscience economy in the state.