Mike Carusi , MBA

General Partner
Advanced Technology Ventures
Palo Alto

Michael Carusi, General Partner, joined Advanced Technology Ventures in 1998. He provides strategic leadership and insight for emerging companies in the life sciences and medical device sectors. ATV?s healthcare portfolio benefits from Mike?s significant domain expertise and strong industry relationships, a result of his ten years of experience in operations and management consulting. Mike currently serves on the Boards of several ATV portfolio companies including Acceleron Pharma, GI Dynamics, Emphasys Medical, MicroVention, Plexxikon, TranS1, and Xtent. Prior to joining ATV, Mike served as the Director of Business Development for Inhale Therapeutic Systems (now Nektar Therapeutics), a venture-backed pulmonary drug delivery company that went public in 1994. Mike was also a Principal at The Wilkerson Group, a strategic ATV partner and leading management consulting firm focused exclusively on health care. Mike earned an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University.