Compliance Manager

The Compliance Manager conducts the required training and communications, oversees the process, maintains the necessary records, and generates the appropriate documentation to ensure that:

 1. All CESMII program staff and subrecipients abide by the compliance aspects of the Department of Energy (DOE) cooperative agreement and UCLA policies and procedures.

2. All CESMII members abide by the compliance aspects of the CESMII Membership Agreement and Bylaws and Plans documents.

3. All appointees of Governance Board, Standing Committees, Advisory Committees, and other working groups abide by the compliance aspects of their Board/Committee appointment agreements.

 The Compliance Manager ensures that CESMII meets all institute and program reporting requirements under the cooperative agreement with DOE and under UCLA policies and procedures.

 The Compliance Manager also performs the 'IP Manager' function as defined by the CESMII Intellectual Property (IP) Management Plan.  The IP Manager function is responsible for acquiring, storing, and providing access to CESMII's technology portfolio.   The IP Manager will work in conjunction with, and   under policies   administered   by   the   UCLA   Technology Development   Group on disclosures of Foreground and Background IP, Institute patent application filings and office actions, and maintaining the files for the IP sharing/licensing/commercialization agreements.  For the IP Manager function, the Compliance Manager works under the project management guidance of the CTO and the IP Advisory Committee (IPAC).

 The Compliance Manager works closely with the CESMII Program Principal Investigator (PI), CEO, COO, CTO, management team, CESMII Staff, and UCLA support resources. The role will also develop outside working relationships with CESMII Governance Board appointees, the Dept of Energy (DOE) program oversight team, CESMII membership base, SMIC Directors (subrecipients), and CESMII project team subrecipients.  

 Reports directly to CESMII COO.  Works under the policy and oversight guidance of the CTO, IP Advisory Committee (IPAC), UCLA Director of Export Controls, UCLA Research Policy and Compliance (RPC) office, and Technology Development Group (TDG).