Mitch Auran
Chief Operating Officer, Strategyn, Inc.
Locale: Boyton Beach, Florida
Biography: Mitch Auran has considerable executive and management experience, having worked for several medical companies and technology firms.
Before joining Strategyn, he served as vice president of Micrus Design Technology, a publicly traded medical device manufacturer. Prior to that, he was president and chief financial officer of VasCon, LLC, a medical device company; chief operating officer of Southern Specialties, Inc., a produce company; and principal of operations and finance for Cenetec Ventures, LLC, a technology commercialization company. He also served as president of APA Wireless Technologies, Inc., a broadband wireless technology company funded by Cenetec. He was also involved with the launch of two medical start-ups and a software start-up.
Mitch received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting and finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University.
Personal: Married with four children, ages 19, 16, and 5-year-old twins. I’m into fitness.
What People Don’t Know About Me: My dad was a big Korean War hero, so my patriotism runs pretty deep.
Quote: “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces people into thinking they can’t lose” – Bill Gates
Why Innovation is Important: It is the key to growth and success in every business entity.
Last Book I Read: Lone Survivor by Markus Lutrell.