At Johnson’s Technology Transfer Office in Houston, Foster reaches out to employees across the center to explain new technology reports and why they matter. The office needs to know about an innovation before it can transfer it; Foster also markets and licenses technologies to companies interested in using and developing them. NASA says the office aims to make space and aeronautics innovations broadly available to the public. [S1]
That work depends on a team. NASA says Foster proposed a three-month reporting sprint and led seven people in identifying and reporting technologies. The exercise cleared a backlog of leads and produced more than 120 reports on previously undisclosed technologies. Foster credited the support of his colleagues. [S1]
NASA says Foster’s outreach and relationship-building contributed to 158 new technology reports in fiscal year 2024, the most disclosed by federal employees at any NASA center that year. He also helped secure 41 commercial license agreements executed at Johnson in the same fiscal year, the highest recorded number in the center’s history, according to NASA. [S1]
Foster works on the technology transfer team as an Amentum employee under the JETS II contract, NASA says. He was one of three federal technology transfer professionals recognized in the consortium’s 2025 Rookie of the Year category, which is open to people with less than three years of experience. [S1]
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- Johnson’s Jason Foster Recognized for New Technology Reporting Recordhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/johnsons-jason-foster-recognized-for-new-technology-reporting-record/