Ms. Rebecca (Becky) Taylor is Interim Executive  Director and Executive-In-Residence  at the Austin Technology Incubator. An  Industry Fellow at UT Ethics Project  and Executive-In-Residence at UT’s  Cockrell School of Engineering, Ms. Taylor team teaches a course on commercialization of research.  She is a senior level executive with 35 years’ experience inventing new technologies, forming startups, building committed teams and raising funds. She has led advanced development and strategy efforts at organizations from very small start-up companies to large multinationals including the launch team at Shell Technology Ventures, and senior advisory roles at the U.S. Department of State. She has executed and  advised on monetization involving licensing, venture capital investing, sales negotiations, expanded market opportunities. 

An inventor and multiple patent holder, she created technology that makes your phone smarter.  She served as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the University of Texas at Austin in 2009, advising the University on commercialization alternatives for  promising  research.  Ms Taylor has advised dozens of startups in the course of her professional career, helping them with funding strategies, technology planning, and negotiations.  Ms. Taylor is a mentor and very much enjoys presenting to diverse audiences, large and small.  She has had a lifelong commitment of raising money and awareness for important community needs.

Ms. Taylor is a Senior Member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and serves  as Vice Chair of the IEEE-USA Government Relations Committee.   She holds a BS in Computer Science from Iowa State University and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Policy.  She is certified as a Winemaker by the University of California – Davis.  She holds a Series 79 FINRA designation.  Her board service has included board and advisory roles with multiple startups, election as a director of TruWest Credit Union ($750 MM assets), service on Austin Community College’s Foundation Board and service for other non-profit organizations in the Austin area.  A resident of Austin for 40 years, she has fun with family – her son, lovely daughter-in-law, adorable granddaughter, happy dogs, and is traveling  as often as possible.