Dr Michelle Perugini

Head of Commercialisation and CEO of UniSA Ventures, University of South Australia

Michelle is an entrepreneur, AI expert, and former academic. After a successful scientific career, she has founded two global tech companies, the first in 2015 which was acquired by EY and the second, healthcare company Presagen that developed AI IVF tool, Life Whisperer, which was recently acquired by global medical equipment manufacturer, Astec. Recognised for her commitment to healthcare and an avid supporter of AI Michelle has “a deep appreciation” for the complexity of university research commercialisation and will use her proven strengths in research translation in her new role at UniSA.