Mike is an experienced entrepreneur with two prior startups under his belt, and he is driven to make the world safer and healthier through technology commercialization. Prior to joining Avkin, Mike served for five years as CEO of Graphene Frontiers, a nanotechnology materials and sensor development company. Mike is a technology geek at heart: He holds a degree in History of Science from Princeton University and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School, completed the NSF I-Corps program in Technology Commercialization at Stanford University with Steve Blank, and is a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst.

Amy Cowperthwait serves as CEO of Avkin. Amy has been a leader and advocate of simulation education since 2006 while working as clinical faculty at the University of Delaware. In 2009 she co-founded Healthcare Theatre with faculty from the Theatre Department as a pilot IPE between theatre, nursing and physical therapy. The team developed an undergraduate course that teaches enrolled students to become simulated patients (SPs) /family members/confederates for a variety of health care simulations across disciplines. This program offers a low-cost solution to SPs while providing an educational experience for all involved in the simulation experience. Healthcare Theatre has grown exponentially offering a magnitude of collaborative simulation experiences for both academia and clinical practice.