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.