About journey tech
Commercialisation expertise for organisations & innovators that deserve to be seen.
At JourneyTech, our advisers draw on years of hands-on industry experience, complemented by advanced education, professional accreditations and a passion for helping organisations succeed. Founded by Dr Denise Hodge to unlock the commercial potential of research and innovation, helping universities, researchers, and innovators create real-world impact through strategic commercialisation. No off-the-shelf framework, no junior hand-offs, just the right people in the room from day one.
Meet the founder
Dr Denise Hodge
Founder & CEO, registered patent attorney, MBA, published academic and serial entrepreneur.
Denise has practiced as a patent attorney for 6 years in Australian Patent Attorney Firms and has led commercial teams within a number of Universities both in Australia and the UK. As a current registered patent and trade marks attorney and a former assessor for key Australian Government funding programs, Denise brings a breadth of experience and knowledge to JourneyTech.
Her background sits across the full path from research to market. A PhD in molecular biology gives her the fluency to sit credibly with researchers. An MBA gives her the commercial framing. Patent attorney training gives her the IP rigour, combined with twenty years of practice.
PHD, Molecular Biology
MBA
‘YES Australia Program’ Co-Founder & Director
Contracted Government Grants Assessor
Registered Patent Attorney, AU & NZ
Leadership Roles in IP Strategy & Commercialisation
How we’re structured
A collective,
not a consultancy
JourneyTech operates as a collective of senior commercialisation professionals, brought together around the work rather than the org chart.
Senior people, by default.
When you engage us, you’re not getting a junior associate or a stretched account manager. You’re working with Denise, supported by trusted senior collaborators only where their specific expertise fits the work.
Pooled experience, shared resources.
We believe the best outcomes come from collaboration. By bringing together a diverse network of senior professionals, industry specialists and trusted partners, we deliver practical, tailored solutions across innovation, commercialisation, strategy and business growth.
Less overhead, more outcome.
No corporate layer, no managed-services machine. The structure exists to keep senior expertise affordable for under-resourced organisations, not to add a margin on top of process.
What we believe
Six principles that shape the way we work
The convictions behind every project. None of these are unique to us, but the way they show up in our work is.
Brilliant research & innovation deserves equal access to commercialisation.
Postcode, headcount and budget shouldn’t decide whether innovation makes it to market. We exist to level the playing field.
Senior people, from day one.
No junior hand-offs, no time spent getting the right person in the room. The expertise that wins the work does the work.
Strategy before process.
Each project gets its own approach, shaped to the technology, the team and the market. A standard framework is rarely the best answer.
Lessons travel inside the collective.
What we learn on one engagement makes us sharper on the next. The organisations we work with collectively get the benefit of the bigger picture.
The innovator’s voice stays in the room.
Commercialisation should respect the foundations it came from. We translate without flattening, and we negotiate without losing sight of why the work matters.
Honest counsel, even when it’s uncomfortable.
We’ll tell you when an opportunity isn’t worth the chase, when an IP position won’t hold, and when the right answer is to slow down. The cost of being agreeable rarely lands on us, it lands on you.
Beyond the business
We’re invested in the wider ecosystem too
Affiliated program
The YES Program for entrepreneurs
Visit the YES Program site
Industry panel
Contracted Australian Government Grant reviewer
Talk to us about grants
Mentoring & speaking
Industry mentoring and conference work
Get in touch
Ready to get started?
Want to chat about your commercialisation work?
A 20 minute discovery call, no commitment, no slide deck. You walk away with a clearer view of what commercialisation could look like for your team, whether we end up partnering or not.