Professor Michael Vitale
Professorial Fellow
Melbourne University School of Engineering
I am a practitioner and teacher of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Over my teaching career, I have taught at Harvard Business School, AGSM, Monash University, Melbourne Business School, Melbourne University, and the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship.
After completing my PhD in mathematics, I founded a software business that was acquired by a large US insurance company. My other start-ups in Australia include ventures in biotechnology, agricultural services, and learning aids for children with low vision.
I am an active angel investor with investments in TOP and two other companies I mentored through the Melbourne Accelerator Program. I also serve as chairman of two life sciences start-ups and advisor to two others. In my spare time, I train puppies for Seeing Eye Dogs Australia, preparing them for their full-time training program to assist clients with low or no vision.
