Michael A. Blank

Michael Blank is VP Business Development for Mendeley, a start-up research collaboration platform and social network for academics, with over 2 million users worldwide. In this role, Mr. Blank directs growth strategy and drives partnerships with information services providers, publishers and professional associations. Prior to Mendeley, Mr. Blank was an Associate at Insight Partners, a conflict management consulting firm based in Boston. At Insight, Mr. Blank provided negotiation training and consulting services and executive coaching to senior finance professionals around the globe. Mr. Blank has also held positions as Faculty Associate at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, teaching courses on Mediation and Participatory Processes. Mr. Blank began his career as a financial analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group at Bear Stearns, & Co., Inc.