Michael Panesis

Michael Panesis is Executive Director of the Steven Dorfman Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at California Lutheran University. He teaches innovation and entrepreneurship across undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA programs and organizes Cal Lutheran's New Venture Competition. As a startup community leader in Conejo Valley and Ventura County, he operates Hub101 coworking space and advises startups on funding and business strategies.

Panesis serves as Chairman Emeritus of Tech Coast Angels and was a founding member of the Santa Barbara Angel Alliance. His board memberships include Elite Robotics, Sensor Industries, and Kingsmen Shakespeare Company.