Mike is currently VP Product Management and Marketing at Zentera Systems, Inc. and most recently served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at The Angel’s Forum. He brings over 20 years’ experience working with startups and early stage companies. He has held senior leadership roles with several young companies including E-machines, Graphic Media, Spectron, Connectix, Netfish Technologies and inFreeDA..

Mr. Loftus mentors Australian companies through the ANZA Technology Network and Danish companies through Innovation Center Denmark where advises early stage companies on building leadership teams, defining product roadmaps, building market entry strategy and sourcing investment capital.. In 2012 Mike served as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Cogswell College in Sunnyvale. He has also mentored high school and college students through SAGE Global and the Haas School of Business.

Mr. Loftus has earned degrees in business and computer engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, completed the Executive MBA program at Stanford University and completed the Franklin Covey Leadership Program.

Mike is member of the St. Nicholas Parish of Los Altos and is involved in several ministries.

My focus is on lean operations, the revenue model and getting the product to MVP, refining each strategy in the light of real customer feedback.