Innovation Pipeline

Two forces help drive technology innovation today: labs and markets. Innovation Pipeline brings them together in a site that is current, candid and independent. We go inside university labs and startups to discover exciting new technologies and explore their markets, applications and competitive edge. We talk with the investors who fund these early-stage companies.

We recognize that universities around the world are the engine of invention, entrepreneurship and, ultimately, our economy. We’re dedicated to advancing the transfer of knowledge from campus to commerce and we closely follow innovative efforts by universities, foundations and venture capitalists to make labs and markets work better together.

Who We Are

Lee Bruno, Editor
Lee has written about technology, business and innovation for the past 18 years. Most recently, he served as editorial director of special reports at The 451 Group, an IT analyst company, which provides research on emerging IT enterprise innovation and markets.

Prior to joining the 451 Group in January 2006, Lee was senior editor at the business and technology magazine Red Herring 1999-2005. There, he developed and edited monthly briefings that explored new trends and technologies in a variety of hi-tech industries from software to chips, communication, energy and biotech.

Lee has written for several publications, including MIT Technology Review, The Guardian, Popular Science, Scientific American and The Economist. He has appeared on CNN and radio programs, providing commentary on technology and business issues. Lee graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from San Francisco State University and received a Master’s degree in Journalism from Boston University.

Tim Devaney, Editor
Tim has worked as an editor and writer for nearly 20 years. He has experience in both general-interest and business publishing. He’s the former editor of Peninsula magazine and the Berkeley Monthly. He worked for two years at the Industry Standard, where he was one of two startup editors at the spinoff Industry Standard Grok. Later he was deputy technology editor and culture editor at Red Herring.

Niall Mckay:

Producer/Reporter
Location: San Francisco, California

Niall McKay is a San Francisco-based Filmmaker

Niall McKay is a San Francisco-based writer and film maker. He film, Uneasy Peace, about the Northern Ireland peace process has been slected to run on PBS Frontline World Rough Cut series on St Patrick’s Day (March 17th). Last year, Niall worked as an associate producer and camera person for the PBS and Center for Investigative Reporting documentary Nuestra Familia. Niall is a regular contributor to the Economist and Wired News. His work has also appeared in the Irish Times, the New York Times, the Financial Times, Red Herring Magazine, Wired Magazine, Salon, and Forbes Magazine. His broadcast credits include contributing to BBC World Service, RTE and National Public Radio’s KQED FM in San Francisco. In 2002, Niall spent six months in Japan where he covered the World Cup for RTE (Ireland’s National Broadcaster). Before that, he spent two months in Indonesian Borneo working on a documentary on headhunters and cannibals. Niall is from Co. Wicklow in Ireland. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1989 and moved to California in 1996. Niall is the founder and director of The San Francisco Irish Film Festival.

Tom Stein, Senior Writer
Tom Stein is regular contributor to leading business and general-interest publications, including Wired, Business 2.0, U.S. News & World Report and Venture Capital Journal. Previously Tom was a senior editor at Red Herring magazine, covering venture capital and startups. He’s also worked as a staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, covering the internet, and at InformationWeek magazine.