Susan Strong is an Entrepreneur in Residence and Program Manager for the NSF I-Corps customer discovery programs at Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ÌýBoulder. She is Director for the mentoring group SAGE and an advisory board member at the San Jose State University Masters in BiotechnologyÌýprogram. She is the principal of The Strong Group, doing high tech consulting at the intersection of analytical chemical and biotech instrumentation.ÌýSusan worked in marketing and sales executive positions at public and private companies including Hewlett Packard, Agilent, Dionex, Dhamacon,ÌýGeneData and Genomica. Susan received a BS in Chemistry from Penn State and an MS in Analytical Chemistry from the University of NorthÌýCarolina at Chapel Hill.