David Bloom

David Bloom is the President of FoveOR, a startup developing wearable technology for the surgical setting.  In 1995, David founded the Factotem Constellation, a global team of senior business development professionals who provide hands-on engineering, marketing, and analyst/diligence services to entrepreneurs and investors. Prior to Factotem, David worked as a product developer, project manager, magazine writer, and editor. David is a founder and director of the a2geeks educational foundation; an organizer of the a2newtech meetup and Ann Arbor Ignite; and he chaired the Marketing Roundtable from 2011 to 2013. David won the Innovation Michigan award for Innovative Business Strategy, the GLITR Leader and Innovator Award, and he was Ann Arbor SPARK’s Mentor of the Year. David holds an MSE in Industrial & Operations Engineering, and a BSE in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Michigan. He currently mentors entrepreneurial students at the U-M Ross School of Business, the U-M Center for Entrepreneurship, the U-M Medical Innovation Center, and NSF’s I-Corps program. He judges companies for the American Technology Awards, the China Business Challenge, the Michigan Inventors Coalition, and Startup Weekend....