Michael Madon ’94 likes to say he grew up on an island: Manhattan Island. His path has taken him to Kyrgyzstan as a Peace Corps volunteer, over 20 years in the U.S. Army in Iraq and Kuwait, to the U.S. Treasury Department as a senior leader, and to founding a successful cybersecurity training business in the private sector Company acquired by Mimecast. At the beginning of 2022, he has climbed to the top of the proverbial ladder, but something is still getting away from him.
That was an opportunity to combine his Cornell English degree (passion for the human story), his Wharton MBA (business acumen), his military training (empirical identification and risk mitigation), and his technical expertise Combine to create something new. He said something came upon him like lightning.
He founded a startup that uses wearable technology to track people in recovery and connect them to a support network of caregivers and loved ones.
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