At Mikrosam, Vele Samak is helping automate the manufacturing of advanced composites. Before joining, Samak served in various roles with extensive international experience, including creating foreign investment jobs in Macedonia, marketing business intelligence and server software at Microsoft and developing quantitative investment strategies for pension funds at Citigroup. Samak holds degrees from The Wharton School and the University of Chicago. He is a U.S. citizen and native of Macedonia.