The University of Western Australia
Dr Andy Sierakowski
Director
Office of Industry and Innovation
- Contact details
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- Address
- Office of Industry and Innovation
The University of Western Australia (M462)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia
- Phone
- 6488 7048
- Fax
- 6488 2333
- andy.sierakowski@uwa.edu.au
- Location
- First floor, Love House, 28 Broadway, Nedlands
- Biography
- Dr Andy Sierakowski completed his BSc and PhD at The University of Western Australia and carried out Post-Doctoral work in the UK and Switzerland. In 1980, he joined Kodak Australia in Melbourne as a Group Leader R&D. He has considerable experience in commercialising his and co-workers inventions, including intellectual property that has been either patented or kept as trade secrets. He has co-ordinated large technology transfer and commercialisation projects for Kodak on a worldwide basis and has extensive knowledge of product development processes.
Dr Sierakowski gained wide experience with Kodak working in manufacturing, technical marketing, and quality assurance in Australia, France, Asia and the US.
From 1992 to 1997, he was Business Unit Manager of Kodak Professional with responsibility for Australia and New Zealand with a sales turnover in excess of $100 million. He has experience in setting up joint venture companies and acted as Executive Director of such companies.
In 1998, Dr Sierakowski returned to Perth as General Manager of Joyce Rural, an agrichemical company and a subsidiary of Joyce Corporation. This role encompassed R&D, sales and marketing, manufacturing, logistics and distribution functions.
In January 2001, he joined The University of Western Australia and heads up the Office of Industry and Innovation. He is also on the Board of two UWA spin-off companies.
Dr Sierakowski is the current Chair of Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (KCA). - Research profile
- Research profile and publications