PATHFINDER - David Giltner, Founder and CEO, TurningScience

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On this episode of Pathfinder we welcome David Giltner, the Founder and CEO of TurningScience a company dedicated to teach scientist how business works and how product development is done so that they can transition from their academic training into rewarding industry careers.
David is an internationally recognized lecturer and the author of three books on the vital role scientists play in industry.

After 20 years in the laser and photonics industry, he left his job and started TurningScience to help scientists work in the private sector as employees, entrepreneurs, or academic collaborators.

David has a BS and PhD in physics and holds seven patents. In his free time, he plays in the rock band Gravity Check and loves hiking and cycling in the mountains of Colorado (in the United States).

David's books are:

Turning Science into Things People Need: Voices of Scientists Working in Industry
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193...

It's a Game, Not a Formula: https://www.turningscience.com/its-a-...

Shaping the World, due out in October 2024: https://www.shapingtheworld.tech/