Corporate Entrepreneurship

Sue Siegel has driven game-changing ideas and powered companies that advance industries and improve lives for more than three decades. With vast experience across industries, she is on the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and is helping companies identify and seize transformative digital opportunities. As GE’s Chief Innovation Officer and CEO of GE Ventures for seven years, Sue oversaw investment in startups, creating and scaling new companies, and commercializing GE’s intellectual property. She also led strategy planning and oversaw the global marketing function. Before joining GE, Sue was a VC general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, where she spearheaded investments in personalized medicine, digital health, and life sciences. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Sue led Affymetrix as president and a board member. She also held executive leadership roles at Bio-Rad, DuPont and Amersham after transitioning to a corporate career from early work in molecular biology and biochemistry. Valued for her business insights and science background, Sue has served as a board member for more than a dozen companies. She is currently a board member at Align Technologies (ALGN), Illumina (ILMN), MIT’s The Engine, and Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). Additionally, her advisory board appointments include Harvard Partners Healthcare Innovation< UC Innovation, and RAND Health Care. She co-chairs Stanford Medicine Board of Fellows. Sue has also served on numerous nonprofit boards, including Silicon Valley’s Tech Museum of Innovation and Stanford Hospital and Clinics. She was a founding member of the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and served on President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative Working Group. Sue has been recognized in Fortune’s “34 Leaders Who Are Changing Health Care” and is an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow. She is a featured “Multiplier” in the bestselling book: “Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.”

Susan Neal is the MTC Director of Operations & Business Management and an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Trust Center. She is an entrepreneur and senior executive with over 20 years of experience in eCommerce/digital, marketing, technology, and product development. In the role of CEO/co-founder, she led the launch, growth, and sale of ATACAMA, a revolutionary 3D microfluidics technology company with product applications in the apparel, healthcare, and CPG industries. Prior to that, she held positions with increasing responsibility in two publicly-traded companies. As the EVP of Marketing, eCommerce, and Information Technology at Tailored Brands, a $2.5+ billion specialty retailer of men’s apparel (includes the Men’s Wearhouse, Jos A Banks, and Moores), Susan was responsible for strategy and the rapid revenue growth of its eCommerce operations and digital transformation. Before Tailored Brands, she was at Gymboree, a US-based children’s apparel manufacturer and retailer, where she held a variety of senior level positions overseeing eCommerce and Digital Marketing, International, and Business Development. Susan grew Gymboree’s eCommerce business from inception to $150 million in revenue. An experienced leader, strategic thinker, and driver of digital growth and transformation, Susan holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and a BA in Economics from Harvard University. She has served on multiple boards, including Shop.org, the online retailing division of the U.S. National Retail Federation. Susan loves time with her family, including discovering great restaurants, running, and hiking – having summited Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2017! https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/profile/susan-neal/