Digital Technology Center (DTC)
402 Walter Library | Minneapolis Campus
We invite you to attend the 2008/2009 Career Exploration Panel. These industry leaders will talk about the journeys that made them successful. You’ll understand more about the paths they took and the lessons they learned. They’ll make you think about opportunities you never knew existed.
Undergraduate and graduate students of CBS and IT are welcome to attend.
SORRY, REGISTRATION IS CLOSED; ALL SEATS ARE FILLED.
The founder and CEO of AppTec Laboratory Services and “Entrepreneur of the Year, Minnesota and Dakotas” for 2007, Bonnie Baskin has forged a unique and successful path in the biotechnology industry. AppTec is a leading biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing firm with global reach.
Pat Gruber is CEO of Gevo, a venture funded renewable fuels startup based in Englewood, Colorado. Gevo recently moved to Colorado from California, where the firm started as a spinout of Caltech. The firm is venture backed by Vinod Khosla’s Khosla Ventures, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Green Fund, and Burrill & Company.
As director of collaborative innovation in the University of Minnesota’s Office of the Vice-President of Research, Gary Smaby works to encourage and support collaborative activities, opportunities and resources across the university.
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