Keith Modzelewski joins ESU as Director of the Business Accelerator and Entrepreneurship

Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on November 9, 2017, No Comments

The Economic Development and Entrepreneurship (EDE) division at East Stroudsburg University is proud to announce that Keith Modzelewski has joined the EDE team as the Director of the Business Accelerator and Entrepreneurship.

Modzelewski comes to ESU with over 10 years of entrepreneurial management experience. He most recently worked at the University of Delaware where he managed its VentureOn Program, a business incubator program that provided mentorship, coaching, and support to both students and faculty in developing and growing their businesses. Many of these businesses went on to receive funding from the National Science Foundation and Angel Investors totaling more than $1M. Additionally, through a fellowship with the Kauffman Foundation, Modzelewski worked with thought leaders in entrepreneurship from Harvard, MIT, and Stanford universities to learn an entrepreneurial process and mindset that he incorporated into his classes as an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware. An entrepreneur himself, Modzelewski co-founded Voltaic Coatings, which worked internationally to transition a newly patented technology to the consumer electronic market and raised $250,000 in public, private and government funding for the company. Additionally, in 2005, he co-founded Captured Concepts, a photography and design studio and has been on assignments around the world.

“Keith brings a genuine enthusiasm for innovation and entrepreneurship to ESU,” said Mary Frances Postupack, vice president of economic development and entrepreneurship. “His first-hand experience, as an entrepreneur and educator, creates a solid foundation for managing and growing the university’s Business Accelerator program and entrepreneurial ecosystem.”

Keith Modzelewski earned his Master of Business Administration in entrepreneurship and marketing and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Delaware. For more information on the ESU Business Accelerator Program, contact Keith Modzelewski at 570-422-7966 or kmodzelewski@esu.edu.