{"id":658,"date":"2026-06-11T15:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.research.ucf.edu\/tech-transfer\/?post_type=person&#038;p=658"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:17:15","slug":"cecily-mccoy-fisher-phd","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.research.ucf.edu\/tech-transfer\/person\/cecily-mccoy-fisher-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Cecily McCoy-Fisher, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group align-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full h-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.ucf.edu\/tech-transfer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/06\/Cecily-McCoy-Fisher.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-659\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assistant Director of Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-button\">\n\t<a\n\t\thref=\"mailto:cecily.mccoyfisher@ucf.edu\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn mb-2 btn-primary\"\n\t>\n\t\tEmail\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Cecily is a catalyst for transitioning research ingenuity to business impact at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where she serves as Assistant Director of Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship and serves as the Program Manager for the university\u2019s National Science Foundation (NSF) Accelerating Research Translation (ART) grant. She works at UCF Ventures, which serves researchers who are interested in commercializing university intellectual property. With a Ph.D. in Industrial &amp; Organizational Psychology from UCF, she blends scientific insight with strategic vision to propel cutting-edge research into real-world solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Cecily\u2019s expertise in converting data-driven innovation to applied settings was honed in her 16-year career as a Senior Research Psychologist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Research Park. She successfully authored and managed multimillion dollar grants. Cecily\u2019s strength was in cultivating a positive work environment and mentoring integrated product team members across labs. Cecily enthusiastically led a portfolio of basic research on cross-cultural competence, team training and science, and human performance that was successfully applied and instituted to support the U.S. Navy, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. In 2020, Cecily was honored with a Civilian Service Achievement Medal for exceptional work as Principal Investigator on a research effort in emerging and affordable extended-reality technologies for the Chief of Naval Air Training\u2019s undergraduate pilot training program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Her entrepreneurial roots trace back to her graduate years at UCF when she participated in many of the commercialization support programs from Venture Lab and competitions at the university, including The Joust and MegaWatt Ventures. As a co-founder of Talawah Technologies, Cecily participated as a finalist in Techstars\u2019 Rising Stars bootcamp. This experience fueled a passion for guiding UCF\u2019s innovators a decade later. Today, she empowers UCF\u2019s boldest thinkers\u2014faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students alike\u2014to ignite their ideas, amplify their impact, and shape the future of technology and society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Assistant Director of Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship Cecily is a catalyst for transitioning research ingenuity to business impact at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where she serves as Assistant Director of Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship and serves as the Program Manager for the university\u2019s National Science Foundation (NSF) Accelerating Research Translation (ART) grant. 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