Mike Duca

Partner at Investment Group of Santa Barbara
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(386) 825-5501
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Santa Barbara, US
Languages
  • Italian -
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Experience

    • United States
    • Investment Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Partner
      • Jul 2020 - Present

    • Advisor
      • Jan 2011 - Jul 2020

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Board Member
      • Aug 2022 - Present

      At CrossnoKaye, we are revolutionizing heavy industrial facilities by dropping energy and labor costs, increasing throughput, safety, and resiliency, all while cutting emissions from the world’s most carbon-emitting sector. We do this with the ATLAS OS + Platform, the first operating system for heavy industries and apps for both facility-level and enterprise-level visibility, control, and fully automated optimization. We integrate physics-based machine learning and economic model… Show more At CrossnoKaye, we are revolutionizing heavy industrial facilities by dropping energy and labor costs, increasing throughput, safety, and resiliency, all while cutting emissions from the world’s most carbon-emitting sector. We do this with the ATLAS OS + Platform, the first operating system for heavy industries and apps for both facility-level and enterprise-level visibility, control, and fully automated optimization. We integrate physics-based machine learning and economic model predictive control into our products for the highest reliability, safety, performance, and control. Show less At CrossnoKaye, we are revolutionizing heavy industrial facilities by dropping energy and labor costs, increasing throughput, safety, and resiliency, all while cutting emissions from the world’s most carbon-emitting sector. We do this with the ATLAS OS + Platform, the first operating system for heavy industries and apps for both facility-level and enterprise-level visibility, control, and fully automated optimization. We integrate physics-based machine learning and economic model… Show more At CrossnoKaye, we are revolutionizing heavy industrial facilities by dropping energy and labor costs, increasing throughput, safety, and resiliency, all while cutting emissions from the world’s most carbon-emitting sector. We do this with the ATLAS OS + Platform, the first operating system for heavy industries and apps for both facility-level and enterprise-level visibility, control, and fully automated optimization. We integrate physics-based machine learning and economic model predictive control into our products for the highest reliability, safety, performance, and control. Show less

    • United States
    • Biotechnology Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Board Member
      • May 2021 - Present

      Acelot is a neurodegenerative disease small molecule startup founded by UCSB Professor Ambuj Singh. Acelot is an early-stage startup, but its machine learning platform has already produced multiple novel small molecule assets with positive in vitro functional and in vivo PK data. Acelot is a neurodegenerative disease small molecule startup founded by UCSB Professor Ambuj Singh. Acelot is an early-stage startup, but its machine learning platform has already produced multiple novel small molecule assets with positive in vitro functional and in vivo PK data.

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Advisor
      • Apr 2023 - Present

    • Founder & CEO
      • Mar 2011 - Apr 2023

      NeonMob is the world’s premiere social marketplace for digital trading cards/collectibles. Available on web and iOS, we make selling, collecting, trading, and enjoying digital creative works accessible to anyone. We work with a broader artist community to connect them to our enthusiastic digital collectors. Over 120 million prints from 130,000 unique artworks are owned by our collectors. I am involved closely with all aspects of product, marketing, and operations. At various points in… Show more NeonMob is the world’s premiere social marketplace for digital trading cards/collectibles. Available on web and iOS, we make selling, collecting, trading, and enjoying digital creative works accessible to anyone. We work with a broader artist community to connect them to our enthusiastic digital collectors. Over 120 million prints from 130,000 unique artworks are owned by our collectors. I am involved closely with all aspects of product, marketing, and operations. At various points in the past I have been responsible for: – Product vision, product management and product roadmap – Recruiting, hiring, and general management – Market research and user research/user interviews – Artist relations and artist outreach – Advisor and investor relations

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Product Manager
      • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

      Product manager for the video conference WebEx platform. Worked with engineering and UX teams, with an eye to the end-user experience, to deliver a cloud-based meetings solution that includes next-generation social enterprise functionality. (Summer internship) Product manager for the video conference WebEx platform. Worked with engineering and UX teams, with an eye to the end-user experience, to deliver a cloud-based meetings solution that includes next-generation social enterprise functionality. (Summer internship)

  • Sandbar Pictures
    • New York, NY
    • Producer and Project Manager
      • Oct 2004 - Dec 2008

      I created and led the production of Whiz Kids, a documentary on teenage science phenoms. Whiz Kids showed on PBS, screened over a dozen film festivals, and maintains an average of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes General Management • Led documentary from inception to completion, overseeing financing, logistics, relationships with partner organizations, and staff. Managed budget of $800K and staff of 20. • Build an advisory team of 12 pre-eminent American scientists, including two Nobel… Show more I created and led the production of Whiz Kids, a documentary on teenage science phenoms. Whiz Kids showed on PBS, screened over a dozen film festivals, and maintains an average of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes General Management • Led documentary from inception to completion, overseeing financing, logistics, relationships with partner organizations, and staff. Managed budget of $800K and staff of 20. • Build an advisory team of 12 pre-eminent American scientists, including two Nobel Prize winners • Managed marketing after completion of film, focusing on social media • Managed all aspects of hiring, interviewing and project management Business Development • Established and nurtured relationships with Intel Corporation, Society for Science & Public and gained media access for entire project • Led team of Emmy/Sundance award-winning filmmakers, contractors, and interns Creative • Conceived of documentary on young American teens participating in the Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest science competition for high school students • Supervised and contributed to ongoing creative vision Show less I created and led the production of Whiz Kids, a documentary on teenage science phenoms. Whiz Kids showed on PBS, screened over a dozen film festivals, and maintains an average of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes General Management • Led documentary from inception to completion, overseeing financing, logistics, relationships with partner organizations, and staff. Managed budget of $800K and staff of 20. • Build an advisory team of 12 pre-eminent American scientists, including two Nobel… Show more I created and led the production of Whiz Kids, a documentary on teenage science phenoms. Whiz Kids showed on PBS, screened over a dozen film festivals, and maintains an average of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes General Management • Led documentary from inception to completion, overseeing financing, logistics, relationships with partner organizations, and staff. Managed budget of $800K and staff of 20. • Build an advisory team of 12 pre-eminent American scientists, including two Nobel Prize winners • Managed marketing after completion of film, focusing on social media • Managed all aspects of hiring, interviewing and project management Business Development • Established and nurtured relationships with Intel Corporation, Society for Science & Public and gained media access for entire project • Led team of Emmy/Sundance award-winning filmmakers, contractors, and interns Creative • Conceived of documentary on young American teens participating in the Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest science competition for high school students • Supervised and contributed to ongoing creative vision Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Undergraduate Admissions
      • Sep 2004 - Mar 2005

Education

  • Stanford Graduate School of Business
    MBA, Business/Technology
    2009 - 2011
  • Stanford University
    M.A., Education
    2009 - 2011
  • Stanford University
    BA, Urban Studies
    2000 - 2004
  • Stanford University
    Master of Arts - MA, Sociology
    2003 - 2004

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