Mark DeGuzman is the Rutgers-based Program Manager of the Northeast I-Corps Hub and Manager of New Ventures in Rutgers Office for Research connecting researchers and startup founders to resources and funding opportunities needed to accelerate the translation of their innovation from lab to market. Mark runs the Innovating Together & Entrepreneurship Essentials virtual event series to deliver educational content to the growing Hub community to provide an inclusive, easily accessible innovation ecosystem in the region that leads to various I-Corps opportunities. 

Since 2018, Mark managed the Rutgers I-Corps Site Program, and was involved in all aspects of program including curriculum, recruiting, interviewing, training & mentoring teams, inviting speakers, financial management, program evaluation, and fostering program collaborations. His instructional focus is on Customer Discovery activities, experiential learning, & skills-based training. 

Mark served as Entrepreneurial Lead for a National I-Corps Teams Program under Dr. Murnick in the development of a Laser-based Radiocarbon Analyzer for Pharmaceutical & Environmental Monitoring applications. He is a patented inventor during his work on the technology from the Physics Dept. in Rutgers-Newark. Mark completed his MBA at Rutgers Business School and has a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Rutgers School of Engineering. 

Mark’s I-Corps experience sparked his passion to support and develop the Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) Ecosystem at Rutgers and the Northeast Region. As co-founder of the NSF I-Corps Fellowship program, he is actively working to expand Fellowship Program to all Hub Partners and Hispanic/Minority Serving Institutions in the Northeast Region to broaden participation and support innovation minded-students and postdocs from underrepresented backgrounds that might not otherwise have access to innovation experiences, entrepreneurial training, and professional development.