Marsha W. Timmerman
biography :: conference marerials
Ms. Timmerman is a faculty member at La Salle
University in the Department of Integrated Science, Business and Technology.
As part of this new major, Ms. Timmerman is working to develop an entrepreneurship
program. She is the founder and faculty director of La Salle University's new
Entrepreneurship Institute. She designed and is teaching a year-long course
entitled "Entrepreneurship and High Technology Business." Prior to
joining La Salle, Ms. Timmerman had more than fourteen years experience with
biotechnology start-up companies. She was a founding scientist with Enzymatics,
Inc., a medical diagnostics company. After Enyzmatics, she co-founded JWT, Inc.,
a sports medicine company, and served as president of JWT until its merger with
Binax, Inc. Ms. Timmerman holds bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology from
Michigan State University and Rutgers University. In 1995, Ms. Timmerman was
named Working Woman Magazine's Entrepreneurial Grant Award Winner. Ms. Timmerman
also consults for several small companies.