Laura comes to ORCID from Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), where she was VP of Operations. Previously she was Director of Advancing Innovation at the Kauffman Foundation,where she directed the efforts of the iBridge Network, an innovation catalyst for university collaboration and technology commercialization. She has also served in technical positions at Ford Motor Company, Avid Technology, and several start-up/gazelle companies. Laura has a track record of leading, launching and turning around high-profile initiatives, the most visible of which was for Ford Motor Company’s Board of Directors.
Laura earned her Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management, her Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Brown University, and her Bachelor of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.
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