Category: Behind the Scenes at MTI
Meet Abby Osei: Supporting Maine’s Innovators at Every Stage
As an Investment Officer at Maine Technology Institute (MTI), Abby Osei works closely with founders across Maine as they navigate some of the earliest and most uncertain stages of building a company. Her role combines application review, strategic guidance, and long-term relationship-building as companies work toward meaningful growth. With a strategic mindset and a strong…
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Meet Emily Braley: Bringing Data and Heart to Maine’s Innovation Economy
When you ask Emily Braley, MTI’s MERC Program Coordinator, what drives her work, she doesn’t hesitate: supporting people who are working hard to build something meaningful in Maine. Whether she’s refining impact surveys or helping entrepreneurs navigate the MERC program, her focus is always on how MTI can better champion innovation across the state. Finding…
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Meet John Karp: Helping Maine’s innovators reach new heights
From nuclear submarines to America’s Cup yachts to handcrafted guitars, John Karp’s career has spanned industries, continents, and technologies. Today, as Executive in Residence at the Maine Technology Institute (MTI), and Interim Executive Director of the Maine Space Corporation, Karp brings that same inventive spirit to helping entrepreneurs turn bright ideas into thriving Maine businesses….
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Meet Sarah Delmar: Building Maine’s Life Sciences Future
From Global Innovation Hubs to Maine’s Startup Community When Sarah Delmar returned to Maine after more than a decade shaping innovation economies around the world, she wasn’t just coming home. She was bringing with her a vision for how Maine’s entrepreneurs could thrive. Now serving as Founding Director of the Maine Life Sciences Center at…
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