Mike S. Abbott

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About Mike S. Abbott

Mike Abbott is an investor, innovation strategist, and product development expert with over three decades of experience transforming ideas into growth revenue. As a consultant and engineer, Mike has collaborated with over 4,500 technology teams across the corporate spectrum, from Fortune 500 giants to startups, government agencies, and non-profits. Mike's passion lies in transforming corporate innovation culture through data-driven, repeatable processes that monetize objective market needs. His approach creates lower-risk, higher-yield business models that drive growth for both new ideas and core business alike. A serial entrepreneur, Mike has been an equity partner in more than 17 businesses and has guided more than 250 products across industries from consumer goods to defense, medtech, and heavy manufacturing. His expertise in translating market insights into actionable strategies has made him a sought-after executive consultant in innovation processes, corporate innovation culture, and growth revenue creation. Mike's engineering background includes both a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia. Specialties: innovation consulting and coaching, Data-driven product development and strategy, building objective innovation processes, user-centric product design, engineering development, customer discovery, systems engineering, innovative design, commercialization of products and services from R&D to manufacture, development of NPD programs, integration of NPD into ISO certified design and manufacturing systems, consumer products, electro-mech design, systems integration, human integration, ergonomics, and design.