Mitch Lairmore

Mr. Lairmore worked at Eastman-Kodak from 1986 to 2007 in various capacities ranging from Business Analyst to Business Development Director. He them moved to Dawnbreaker where he provided commercialization assistance to more than 300 companies awarded Phase I and Phase II SBIR projects from these agencies; NSF, DoE, US Navy, DoT, DHS, EPA, NIH, US Army, US Air Force, MDA and DARPA. He is a Certified Global Business Professional – National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators; and a Certified Live Plan Expert Advisor. He has authored several publications on SBIR commercialization. He has a MBA from University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business Administration Rochester, New York and a BS in Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (1980).