Michael Potter is a co-founder of the Non-Profit Organization Geeks Without Frontiers. He was Co-Chair of Entrepreneurship faculty of the inaugural class of the Singularity University, is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute of Space Commerce and a member of the Advisory Board of the Lifeboat Foundation.
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Formerly, Michael was an international telecommunications analyst at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. His articles on high technology business and policy have been widely published.
Prior to his technology investment firm, Paradigm Ventures, Michael was Vice Chairman, co-founder and President of Esprit Telecom plc., a pan-European competitive telecommunications services provider. During his 8 years at Esprit, his team grew to 1,000 employees in over 9 European countries and a market capitalization of a billion US dollars.
Michael is the founder of the The Kalpana Chawla Scholarship for Innovation, Entrepreneurism & Space, and The Ilan Ramon Project for Innovation, Entrepreneurism & Space. He is a multi-award winning documentary filmmaker whose films focus on humanity's greatest challenges.
Michael received a Doctorate in Space Achievement from the International Space University, an MS degree from the London School of Economics and a BA from California State University at Sacramento.
