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Biography Tina Seelig, Ph.D. is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program where she is responsible for strategic planning, operations, and outreach efforts of STVP. In addition, Tina is the Director of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network and the co-Director of the Mayfield Fellows Program. Tina also teaches a course in the Department of Management Science & Engineering on Creativity and Innovation. Prior to joining STVP, Tina worked as an entrepreneur, management consultant, author, and scientist. Tina received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1985 where she studied Neuroscience. Her research focused on neurophysiology and neuropharmacology. While in school, Tina created and taught several new courses, including "The History and Philosophy of Brain Function".
After graduating, Tina worked as a Research Associate for the Technology Museum, as a technical and marketing consultant at several biotechnology companies and as a management consultant for Booz, Allen, and Hamilton. In addition, Tina has written several popular science books and has designed a series of educational games. Scientific American published her first book, The Epicurean Laboratory, on the science of cooking. Her second book, Incredible Edible Science, won many awards including the International Children's Choice Award. Tina's newest project is a series of educational card games, called Games for Your Brain. These games, published by Chronicle Books, have won several honors, including the Parents Guide to Children's Media Outstanding Achievement for 1999. After Tina's first book was published in 1991, she became interested in how books are marketed. This led her to start a company designed to help match books with buyers. The product was a multimedia system for bookstore customers, called BookBrowser. BookBrowser was a kiosk-based system that allowed customers to identify books of interest. With the help of a team of engineers and graphic designers, Tina built the business and sold the company After selling her business, Tina worked as a Multimedia Producer for Compaq Computer Corporation. In this position Tina led a team of engineers, artists, scriptwriters, and education specialists through the design and implementation of a series of multimedia titles. Tina's current position as Executive Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program takes advantage of her technical background, in addition to her experiences as a senior manager, entrepreneur, and educator.
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