Robert Steven Kramarz - known as "Mr. Funding" - is Executive Director of Intelliversity, a 501(c)3 organization that accelerates funding and revenue growth for scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs and startups. He is also Cofounder of 22nd Century Ventures.

Robert is author of the books: "Born to Star - Latest Secrets for Startup Success," "The Road Less Traveled - The Story of Revenue Royalties," "Winning Conversations with Investors," and "So You're Thinking of a Startup Business." ^[4]

Robert has 30 years in IT executive management.

He participated in a corporate exit as employee #1 of venture-funded Cordata, one of the earliest IBM PC compatible computer system companies. He was then CEO/co-founder of 1776, Inc. system software company.

Robert is an accomplished software engineer.

He wrote the original papers on software RAID and co-designed the first server mirroring software with automatic fail-over.

He holds a degree in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz and spent 2 years studying Physics and Environmental Science at Cal tech. ^[4]

Robert currently lives in San Diego, California. ^[0]