Mildred Hastbacka, Ph.D., is Founder and Managing Member of Prakteka LLC, a business-focused technology consulting company. She has more than 30 years of industrial experience in business management, marketing, commercial development, manufacturing technical support, and product and process research and development at Corporate and Divisional levels. In addition to her expertise in project planning and management, she is also a recognized expert in technology assessment, technology commercialization and technology valuation.