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Chad Pittman has been named vice president of the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization. Pittman, who recently served as the executive vice president and chief of staff of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, was instrumental in bringing hundreds of companies to Indiana in the past five years. He received a J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2002, a bachelor's degree from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and attended the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

Pittman, a company commander in Operation Iraqi Freedom, continues to serve as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He also was corporate director for new market development for C.P. Morgan, an associate for Bose McKinney & Evans, and was a co-founder and vice president of finance and treasurer for Dynomed Inc., a company that produced and distributed multimedia patient education materials to health care providers, medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies.

The Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization operates one of the most comprehensive technology transfer programs among leading research universities in the U.S. Services provided by this office support the economic development initiatives of Purdue University and benefit the university's academic activities.