Corporate Relations contacts

Mark Cabrales

Senior Director, Corporate Relations
mcabrale@uw.edu | 206-543-9852

Assistant: David Silverstein | dsilvers@uw.edu

As the Senior Director for Corporate Relations, Mark leads the central corporate relations team in building holistic, mutually beneficial industry partnerships and engagements across the broader UW community. Together with colleagues, he works to create campus-wide strategies and develop trusted relationships with corporate partners. Mark has 20+ years of industry experience in product management, product marketing, business development and partner strategies and has a deep background in many areas of technology including telecommunications, digital graphics, video compression and automotive research. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Rad Roberts

Director, Corporate Relations
rad@uw.edu | 206-221-7977

As Director of Corporate Relations, Rad cultivates and strengthens the UW’s strategic corporate partnerships by leading strategy efforts and coaching faculty, colleagues and stakeholders across the UW about the many ways to engage with corporations. He is the UW’s designated representative for University-Industry Demonstration Partnership, an organization where representatives from academia and industry tackle shared challenges in university-industry relations and develop best practices for the field. Rad has 15 years of experience in corporate relations, health sciences technology commercialization, business development and business strategy in both industry and academic settings, and has worked on research and commercialization projects in biochemistry, molecular genetics, microbiology, photonics, neuro-modulation, medical devices and biopharmaceuticals. He holds a B.S. in biology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in biology from MIT.