Joe Migliaccio

Joe joined MTI in 2000 and is the manager of the business innovation team, which covers the seed grant, development award, accelerated commercialization fund and Phase 0 programs.

Involved with the small business "family" throughout his life, he has also worked in commercial shellfish harvesting and testing while earning his undergraduate degree. He has formal and practical training in immunology and bioassay development. During 10 years at IDEXX Laboratories in Westbrook, Maine, he worked as an assay project development leader in veterinary R&D, a supervisor of global technical product support and product manager of a multi-million dollar product line of tests with primary responsibility for product-line strategy, customer satisfaction and achievement of revenue goals.

Joe attended the University of Maine and the University of Southern Maine and holds a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in business administration from Southern New Hampshire University. He, his wife and two daughters live in Freeport, where they own a small business and he serves on the town council.