Steve McPhilliamy serves as Partner & Executive Director at Insight Accelerator Labs. He is also an Angel Investor. With more than 20 years of design experience, Steve established the first accelerator program in the Midwest to advance meaningful technology toward commercialization, grow the Chicago innovation ecosystem, and improve lives. Through his initiatives with IAL, startup member companies are provided with the full range of resources necessary to translate their technology into commercial success - from front-end innovation to technology development and scaling. Steve has been featured in various consumer and medical trade publications including the Chicago Tribune, Inc. Magazine, and Medical Design Technology, among others. He holds a baccalaureate in industrial design from the University of Kansas.