Nikolai Spence is a highly experienced corporate finance and technical professional with over 20 years of experience in the high-tech and life sciences industries. He has a strong track record in fair valuation, strategy, business development, technology transfer, and investment research. Nikolai has a diverse background in mobile and embedded product design and manufacturing, pharmaceutical research and computational drug design. He has experience in venture and financial instrument valuation, FAS 157, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, investment research, technology research, life science research, semiconductors, pharmaceutical development, mobile and embedded technology, and modeling. He holds a Master's degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering from the University of Michigan, an MBA in Finance from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BSE in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Nikolai's professional experience spans across various roles in Intel Corporation, where he worked as a Senior Corporate Development Manager, Senior Product Manager Engineering Leadership Program for the Internet of Things Group, and Senior Product Manager for the Internet of Things Group. He was also the Director Business Development Data Center Group at Intel Corporation. Additionally, he has held positions as a Graduate Intern Engineer at Pfizer Global Research and Development, a Research Assistant at Mayo Clinic Johnson Research Center, Senior Circuit Design Engineer at Intel Corp, and a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Southern CA-Dept of Electrophysics.

Nikolai is also a skilled leader with a track record of success across technical and financial fields. He has a unique talent for creating and developing high-performance teams across multiple geographies, resulting in increased productivity and consistent on-time delivery.