Age: 51
Place of birth: Champagne, Ill.
Residence: Plymouth
Family: wife, Sally; sons, Jeff, Derek and Michael; daughter, Sarah
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., biochemical engineering; Duke University, bachelor's degree, biomedical engineering
Career: Piper Jaffray & Co., managing director and chief science adviser; Khosla Ventures, chief science officer; Cargill Inc., director of biotechnology; University of Wisconsin-Madison, professor of chemical engineering
Heroes: Leonardo Da Vinci, Louis Pasteur
![Attendees of Frostbike made their way through the convention Saturday at the Quality Bike Products campus in Minneapolis. ] (AARON LAVINSKY/STAR TRIBUNE) aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Frostbike 2016 was held at the Quality Bike Products Campus on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 in Bloomington, Minn.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/NH2BSHB74ND2V6GF2G2HI5X4MM.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
