GRD 7 - Meet the Speaker Square

7th

Meet the Speakers

25 - 26 APRIL 2023

Founder & CEO MaPay Michael Dershem

Michael Dershem, aka Dersh, is a seasoned business development entrepreneur who has assisted multiple ventures and attracted millions of dollars of capital. He has an outstanding track record in strategic business planning and development, capital and financial sourcing, multi-disciplinary problem solving, and technology development. He also has a strong technology-transfer background covering from government and university research to and private sector commercialization. Michael began his ‘serial entrepreneur’ career over twenty years ago. His first foray was as co- owner of RX Returns, which grew to become the largest pharmaceutical returns company in the nation USA. He later helped to form a niche banking company, which became one of the fastest growing private companies in New Jersey. Serving as founding CEO of Pharmasset, an Emory University start-up company, he successfully raised over $25 million in private equity funding and executed a $30 million research and development agreement with DuPont. The company has subsequently gone public and was acquired by Gilead Sciences for $11 bBillion. Michael graduated with a BA in Economics from Dickinson College and holds an MBA as well.

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