Provide leadership for the Center, advise students on startup projects, and teach graduate and undergraduate students. Courses taught include: WAVE Startup Practicum-a Lean Startup based course(MHR 738), Enterprise Development Seminar(MHR 739), Introduction to Entrepreneurship for non-Business Majors(MHR 322), Creative Destruction Lab (MHR 365/765), Mergers & Acquisitions(FIN 750), Entrepreneurial Finance(FIN 757), Applied Corporate Finance(FIN 850/851) & Fundamentals of Business for non-Business Majors(GEN BUS 311).Co-founded the Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp(MEB). A program designed to provide graduate UW students in STEM fields with skills and knowledge in entrepreneurship and innovation.

Board Member at First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:FBIZ)(since 2018) and First Business Bank, Inc.(since 2010). Serve on the Operational Risk(Chair 2021-present), Governance(2022-present) and Capital/Acquisitions committees. Director of First Business Capital Corp.(2011-2018).

Served on the Audit, Compensation, Strategic Planning(Chair) and Executive committees

MERLIN Mentors provides free mentoring to startup founders in WI.

Board President 2013-14Executive Board 2007-2016

Private Equity owned computer hardware reseller.Director and member of the compensation committee

International developer & distributor of compatible copier parts and supplies. Responsible for both Katun and Parts Now operations with revenue approaching $450 mil.

PNA Holding was the holding company created to acquire Parts Now! LLC(1999) and Katun, Inc.(2002). The primary private equity investors were Bank of America Capital Investors and Svoboda Collins.Served as Chair and on Compensation Committee

COO (1997-1999)CEO (1999-2003)

Business Analyst (1988-1990)Associate (1992-1994)Engagement Manager (1994-1997)

Awarded Nambu Foundation Fellowship. Identified potential insurance opportunities in Eastern Europe and formulated a market entry and product distribution plan.

Designed LISP based expert system to identify financially troubled banks.

Developed a C based compiler for econometric forecasting on a distributed Sun workstation network.

Worked in a PC Marketing Support Department.

Worked in a Semiconductor Design Department developing a program to test consistency of C.P.U. design logic.