Michael Zapata

Mr. Zapata joined Protochips in 2006 and became an investor and Executive Chairman. Michael was a faculty member and the founding Director of the Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Program at NC State University and the Associate Director of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science. He has served as the Executive Chairman of ArrayXpress, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at NC State University, member of the Export Council, has helped found more than a dozen tech companies, and has invested in dozens of startup companies throughout the world. He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, having served as a US Army enlisted soldier then a combat Aviation Officer. He holds a MSM, MBA, and BSLSE from NC State University.