Karen Golmer is an innovative leader who facilitates industry and university collaboration to advance new technologies, identify technical challenges and find solutions to mitigate business risks. Karen is an Associate of Cyprus Seeds and a US National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Instructor. A chemist with an MBA and 35 years of corporate experience from lab professional to global program director with companies including GE, Ecolab, Calgon, Diversey and Kodak, she recently retired from MIT as the Innovation Manager at the Deshpande Center. Startup experience includes cofounding a new filtration membrane startup out of MIT: Via Separations.