Speaker Bio

Mike Paulus directs the ORNL Partnerships Office, which includes Strategic Partnerships, Technology Transfer, Innovation Crossroads, and several support functions. He led the ORNL Technology Transfer Office from 2009 to 2023.

Prior to joining the ORNL, Paulus served as Vice President of Product Management with Siemens Molecular Imaging, where he and his team were responsible for defining the product portfolio for this world-wide market leader in clinical PET and SPECT diagnostic imaging. He also served as co-founder and CEO of ImTek, Inc, an ORNL spin-out and market leader in laboratory animal x-ray CT imaging before its acquisition by CTI, Inc, and Siemens. He has nineteen years of experience as a research and development engineer with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CTI, Georgia Tech and the United States Air Force, where he served as a commissioned officer. He has co-authored more than 100 peer reviewed publications, book chapters, and conference proceedings and holds 14 patents.

Paulus holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, a master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee.