Marilyn D. Katz-Pek
MARILYN (MICKEY) D. KATZ-PEK
(home) 2504 Geddes Ave. • Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(home) (734) 662-7718 • (cell) (734) 730-5144
July 2014 – Present - Board Chair, The Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan
June 2012 – April 2015 - President/CEO Accumed Systems, Inc.,
1996 – Present – Board member, Accumed Systems, Inc., Accumed Radial Systems, LLC, AccuTherm Systems, Inc.
November 2011 – May 2012 - Consultant, Accumed Systems, Inc.
February 2007 – Present - Board Member – NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI
April 2006Partner Emeritae – Biotechnology Business Consultants, LLC
1990 - 2006General Managing Partner •Biotechnology Business Consultants, LLC • Ann Arbor, MI (To date, June 2015, I remain on Advisory Board and am part-owner)
Provide consultation and training to industry, government, academia, small businesses and hopeful entrepreneurs on research grant opportunities, technology transfer, business development, and commercialization opportunities. Maintain interim management positions such as:
Chair, Board of Directors & Chief Operating Officer • ReceptorPro, Inc., medical diagnostics (sepsis research) St. Louis, MO and Toledo, OH • 2000 - 2004
Board Member (1996)President • Accumed Systems, Inc. • interventional cardiovascular devices • Ann Arbor, MI • 1996 – 2001.
Vice President 2002-2009; General Manager& Board Member, 1996-2009, Thromgen, Inc., selective anticoagulants • Ann Arbor, MI
1991 - 2008Board of Directors • Ann Arbor Commerce Bank • Ann Arbor, MI
1993-1995Director, Biotechnology and Life Sciences, MERRA (non-profit economic development organization supporting research institutions, government and industry • Ann Arbor, MI)
1985 - 1993Co-founder and President; Vice President for Finance and Administration; Board of Directors • BioQuant, Inc. (immunodiagnostics) – IPO, 1993 as Pacific BioMetrics, Inc. [NASDAQ].
1971 - 1988Administrative Management Positions • The University of Michigan Medical School • Ann Arbor, MI (Reproductive Sciences Program • Microbiology and Immunology • Michigan Diabetes Research & Training Center).
SAMPLE CONSULTANTSHIPS
2008 - 2009Michigan State University – Clinical Translational Research Institute – E. Lansing, MI
2004Wayne State University – Eye Institute Business Plan – Detroit, MI
2003Human Plasma Proteome Project – Ann Arbor, MI
2002 – 2004William Beaumont Hospital Research Institute – Assessment Planning - Royal Oak, MI
2002 – 2007Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse – Pittsburgh, PA
2001 - 2004Van Andel Research Institute – Grand Rapids, MI
1998 - 2001Wayne State University Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics • Detroit
1998 Cyberlink Health Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor
1997 - 1998University of Michigan (Center for Biorestoration of Oral Health • Center for Biomedical Engineering Research • Dental School • Reproductive Endocrinology Program • Center for Human Growth and Development)
1996Puresyn, Inc., Malvern, PA
1996Thomas J. Sergott, MD, Associates, San Diego, CA
1995 - 1996Difco Laboratories, Detroit, MI
1993 - 1996Metropolitan Center for High Technology, Detroit, MI
1993 Michigan Biotechnology Institute, Lansing, MI
1992 - 1993Grand River Technologies, Lansing, MI
1990 - 1995MERRA, Executive Business Counselor, Ann Arbor, MI
1991 - 1992BioPhotonics, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
1990BioQuant, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.
1990McCann Associations, Inc., Wayne, MI.
1990Process Analytical Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI.
1976Genex Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
2010 – 2012Fund Development Committee, Jean L. King Women’s Center of SE Michigan (TWC), Ann Arbor, MI
2010Co-Chair, Grassroots Committee, Turkish Cultural Association of Michigan (TACAM),
2010Chair, Turkish/Jewish Cultural Committee, TACAM
2006 – 2009Chair, TWC Annual Fundraiser, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 – 2001Co-founder and Chair, TWC, Ann Arbor, MI
1981 - 1993American Diabetes Association, National [Board of Directors; Nominating Committee; Task Force on Budgeting; Affiliate Associations; Chair, Subcommittee on Divisibility; Chair, North Central Region (10 states); Steering Committee, Budget and Finance; Task Force on Regional Implementation], State [Treasurer, Vice-Chairperson, Chairperson, Executive Committee, Board of Directors] and Local [Chapter co-founder and President].
1989 - 1990Member, MERRA Small Business Committee Task Force on University - Small Business Research and Development Collaborations
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2007-2008Chair, Board of Directors, Long-term Development Finance Authority, City of Ann Arbor, MI
2002 – 2008Member, Board of Directors, Long-term Development Finance Authority, (appointment by City Council, City of Ann Arbor, MI)
1997Chair, Washtenaw Development Council Entrepreneurial Task Force, Ann Arbor, MI.
1993 – 1996Co-Founder & Chair, Board of Directors, Michigan Biotechnology Association (now MichBio).
1995Chair, Board of Directors, Michigan Center for High Technology (MCHT) a high-technology wet-lab incubator, Detroit, MI
1993 - 1995Member, Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee, MCHT, Detroit, MI.
1993 - 1994Member, Board of Directors, New Enterprise Forum, Ann Arbor, MI
1992 - 1994Member, Client Review Committee; Strategic Planning Committee, MCHT
1992 - 1993Member, Board of Directors, Inventor’s Council of Michigan.
1992 - 1993Member, Board of Directors, American-Israel Chamber of Commerce of Michigan.
AWARDS
2001Fast Track Award • Washtenaw Development Council
2001Top 10 Michigan Business Women of the Year • National Association of Women Business Owners
1998 & 2003Crain’s Detroit Business “100 Women of Influence” Award
1988Co-Awardee, “New Enterprise Forum Entrepreneurial Presentation of the Year”.
SAMPLE INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2011BioArbor “Journey”
2003SBIR National Conference, Cleveland, OH, “Focus on Technologies”
2002Nat’l. Institute of Health National SBIR Conference, Wash., DC “Commercialization Plans”
2000Edison Biotech Center, Toledo, OH, “How to Win an SBIR/STTR Grant”
1998Edison Biotech Center, Toledo, OH, “You’ve Won Your First Grant Award - Now What!”
1996Licensing Executive Society, San Diego, CA, “How to Prepare Successful SBIR/STTR Grants to NIH”
1995 & 96Ben Franklin Partnership, Philadelphia, PA, “How to Prepare Successful SBIR/STTR Grants to NIH”
1992University of Michigan (Engineering). “Faculty Technology Transfer Seminar”.
1992-2003University of Michigan (Dept. of Computer Information and Library Sciences). “Alternative Sources of Funding a Start-Up Company” – annual lecture.
1991National SBIR Conference. “Women and Minorities in the Workplace”, Dearborn
1991Michigan State University “You’ve Got a Great Idea! So What?”
1990Chair, American Diabetes Association Regional Affiliate Assembly Meeting, Chicago
1990Midwest Clinical Ligand Assay Society Meeting, “FDA Approval of Diagnostic Devices”, Detroit, MI.
1990Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting, “University vs. Industrial Careers for the New Scientist”, Knoxville, TN.
1990Co-Chair, American Diabetes Association Regional Training Meeting, Los Angeles
1989SBIR Winner’s Conference. “Venture Capital for High Tech Business”, Ann Arbor
1989SBIR Conference. “Women in High Technology”, Novi, MI.
1989SBIR Conference. “A Look at a Successful Start-Up”, Novi, MI.
1989New Enterprise Forum. “BioQuant and the SalivaSac™”, Ann Arbor, MI.
1978University of Michigan Women’s Career Day
Marilyn (Mickey) Katz-Pek, Partner Emerita
Ms. Katz-Pek has worked with a substantial number of large public and private companies, entrepreneurial biomedical companies, academic, research, and government institutions since founding BBC in 1990. Previously, Ms. Katz-Pek spent 17 years as an administrator at the University of Michigan Medical School, where she was involved in technology transfer, departmental management and the establishment of multidisciplinary centers. In 1985, Ms. Katz-Pek became president of BioQuant (now Pacific BioMetrics), a medical diagnostics company. Ms. Katz-Pek also co-founded the Michigan Biotechnology Association (now MichBio), and was Director of Biotechnology and Life Sciences at MERRA, a nonprofit economic development organization for high technology in the state of Michigan. She has served as Chairperson of the Michigan Center for High Technology, the Local Development Finance Authority for the City of Ann Arbor, and The Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan.
Ms. Katz-Pek also served on the National Science Foundation’s advisory panel for review of commercialization plans for the SBIR program and has been an SBIR/STTR reviewer at the National Institutes of Health. She is currently a Board Member of NSF International Holdings. Until recently, she was a member of the Board of Directors of Ann Arbor Commerce Bank. Previously, she served on the National Board of Directors of the American Diabetes Association and was president of its Michigan affiliate.
Ms. Katz-Pek has been acknowledged as one of Michigan’s top 10 businesswomen from the National Association of Women Business Owners, Greater Detroit Chapter; and has twice been listed as one of Detroit’s Most Influential Women (1997 and 2002).
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