Tom Tyrrell

About Tom Tyrrell

Rainmaker and serial entrepreneur: advocate, advisor, mentor for non-profit collaborations, K-12 STEM education for girls, nature inspired innovation, women in business, and volunteerism, as well as board member for numerous environmental, educational and economic development enterprises, impacting the social determinants of health, primarily within NEO\'s underrepresented and underserved communities.

Experience

1. Founder and Chairman Emeritus Great Lakes Biomimicry (Subsidiary of Oai)

   Ohio Aerospace Institute

   Jul 2010 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

   Great Lakes Biomimicry (GLBio is a 501(c)(3) entrepreneurial organization that helps organizations learn from nature to accelerate innovation. Since its inception in 2010, GLBio has created a biomimicry ecosystem that connects businesses, universities, research, startups, and informal and formal educational institutions. GLBio presents to companies biomimicry thinking as a new innovation tool through professional development, Innovation Services consulting, and the Biomimicry PhD Fellowship Program, with partner The University of Akron, as well as the world’s only biomimicry Corporate Innovation Council (CIC). On August 19, 2021, GLBio became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), also a 501(c)(3) organization, which will permit both a broader reach for our corporate clients as well as a re-entry into the world of K-12 formal and informal STEM education.

Education

• Elmhurst University

  B.A., Liberal Arts - Business & English

• Baldwin Wallace University

  Honorary Doctor of Laws

  1994