Melissa Talarico

Ms. Melissa Talarico is a Commercialization Officer at Cleveland Clinic Innovations.
She joined the firm in September 2008.
Most recently, Ms. Talarico was an Associate for Northwestern University’s Center for Women Entrepreneurs in Technology, where she assisted women-led businesses in finding and utilizing investment and other resources needed when launching start-up technology based businesses.
She was also in charge of planning and executing the Springboard: Midwest 2005 Venture Capital Forum, which is a national series of forums designed to assist high growth women-led businesses in obtaining Venture Capital and Angel financing.
Ms. Talarico was previously employed as Venture Director by Chicagoland Entrepreneurial from October 2005 to April 2008, Electrical Engineer by Herbst LaZar Bell, Inc. from June 2004 to March 2005, Design Engineer by Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc. from June 2001 to June 2004, and Test Engineer & Advanced Design Engineer by Delphi Corp.
from June 1998 to June 2001.
Ms. Talarico received her B.S in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in 1998, and an MBA part time at the Kellogg School of Management with major concentrations in Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Finance in 2006.