Founder Profiles

Artur Grabowski (CWR '07) is the founder of Extendify, a company focused on simplifying website creation within the WordPress ecosystem. He transitioned into the WordPress space after gaining valuable experience at Adobe and Automattic. Artur's entrepreneurial journey with Extendify has provided him...

Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Mark Gorski (JD ‘07), who is the co-founder and CEO of Sports Data Labs as well as an adjunct professor at the CWRU School of Law. Mark’s longstanding interest in sports and experiences as a college athlete led him to pursuing a path in sports after grad...

Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne (MD ‘11) is the CEO and founder of NasaClip, a consumer health products startup focused on treating nosebleeds. NasaClip’s flagship product, the NasaClip, uses a miniature clamp and 2 sponges that can be medicated for an effective and easy to use at-home nosebleed solution. ...

Prince Ghosh is the co-founder and CEO of Factored Quality, a digital quality control platform that helps over 100 consumer goods brands manage global supply chains. In this interview, Prince shares his journey from being an aerospace engineer at NASA to founding Factored Quality, discussing his exp...

Peter Galen (CIT ’76) is the CIO and co-founder of Hemex Health, an Oregon-based medical device company developing a more affordable and robust blood disease diagnostic platform. Their flagship product, Gazelle, is an affordable point-of-care diagnostic tool that uses electrophoresis to test for a v...

Mark Day, CEO of Case Western Reserve University spinout AlensiaXR, recently sat down with us to discuss his journey from Microsoft to leading a cutting-edge mixed reality startup. With over 18 years of experience at Microsoft and a background in entrepreneurship, Mark offers unique insights into le...

L to R: Robin Mansukhani (CWR ’05) and Ammar Kazi (CWR ‘22) In 2020, Robin Mansukhani (CWR ’05), CEO of Deciduous Therapeutics, was surprised when he received a cold call from Michael Goldberg, executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship at Case Western Reserve Universi...

L to R: Shardule Shah (CWR ’07) and Galen Shearn-Nance (MED ’25) After graduating from the University of California-Davis with a degree in pharmaceutical chemistry, Galen Shearn-Nance (MED ’25) wasted no time in launching a career in drug development. Over the next six years, he immers...

L to R: Artur Grabowski (CWR '07), Harry Grubman (CWR '22) The first seven years of Harry Grubman’s (CWR ‘22) life were firmly grounded in New York City where his mother was a journalist, and his father was in business. Life changed dramatically when the family moved to Chennai, India,...

L to R: Charu Ramanathan, PhD (GRS ‘04, biomedical engineering), Megan Nellis (CWR '22) Since early in her childhood, Megan Nellis (CWR ‘22) was an entrepreneur at heart—although she didn’t quite have a name for it. “I was always trying to create businesses so my family and friends wou...