Mr. Stephen Krak is a Program Manager and twenty-year veteran of Battelle, an international science and technology enterprise that explores emerging areas of science, develops and commercializes technology, and manages laboratories for customers. Steve’s career at Battelle began with an internship while completing his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering at The Ohio State University. His area of specialty is integrated optical circuits, including fiber optics, for sensing and communication applications. Throughout most of his career, Steve worked on and managed projects, Cleanroom laboratories, and the Optics and Microfabrication groups at Battelle. He served on the core business development team that opened Battelle offices in Japan and South Korea. Steve is a long-time volunteer in the classroom and for over three years has served as the Program Manager of the Ohio STEM Learning Network (OSLN), a public/private collaborate that endeavors to change the relationship between economic development, education and personal prosperity in Ohio. For more information, please visit www.olsn.org . In addition to Program Management for the OSLN, Steve managed the proposal process for Ohio’s winning Race to the Top submission, is Relationship Manager to New York in Battelle’s new Multi-state STEM Network program, and is assisting an Ohio team pursuing Community College Learn & Earn grant opportunities designed to prepare post-secondary students for STEM careers.