Dr. Roman Lubynsky has been a senior staff member at the MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) since 2002. He is also the director and principal investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site program at MIT as well as the executive director of the new NSF New England I-Corps program. His work with I-Corps is aimed at helping researchers successfully translate their discoveries and inventions into products and services that benefit society. In addition to leading the creation of many new programs and initiatives at VMS, he has worked with hundreds of faculty, students and alumni to help advance their ideas. Roman has over 30 years of experience in startups and with growing technology companies. He received his doctoral degree in management from the University of Maryland University College and his MS in management of technology from MIT. His current research focuses on science-based startups from university labs.