Mike Fuerstman is a Principal at Rhapsody Venture Partners, where he manages Rhapsody's relationships with industrial partners and technology transfer offices at various universities across the country. Prior to joining Rhapsody, Mike was VP of Business Development at Nano Terra, a Harvard University materials science and chemistry spin-out, where he led efforts to create commercial partnerships with industry leaders like 3M, Boeing, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, and many others. He previously was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and, prior to that, received his PhD in Chemical Physics from Harvard University in the lab of Professor George Whitesides. Mike might be the only person you encounter at this conference who regularly participates in the sport of curling.