San Jose BioCenter

Melinda Richter, Executive Director
Ms. Richter is the Founder and CEO of Prescience International, a firm dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship for innovation centers in technology and life sciences. Prior to Prescience International, Ms. Richter created and directed the Life Science Incubator and Program for the Women�s Technology Cluster. She also co-founded the UC Berkeley Global Bio Program. Prior to the WTC, Ms. Richter spent eight years at Nortel Networks throughout North America, the UK, Europe, Central and Latin America, and Asia. Ms. Richter worked in acquisitions, strategic planning, marketing, contract negotiations, engineering and manufacturing optimization, world trade market development, and general management of an IT business unit. Ms. Richter won several Nortel awards including the CEO Award for People / Emerging Market Development in China. Ms. Richter left Nortel to start eTreasurer, a European online financial and accounting hub for CFOs. Following, Ms. Richter led in Marketing and Business Development for high technology companies in Silicon Valley. Ms. Richter has a B.Comm from the University of Saskatchewan and an MBA from INSEAD.
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