Ken Malone is the co-founder of Early Charm Ventures. For a dozen years Early Charm has been creating, owning and operating ventures that convert university inventions into commercial products. Early Charm has developed a unique business model on the tenet is that there is no Valley of Death and that venture capital is a distraction for the majority of research institution inventions. Prior to co-founding Early Charm, he served 7 years in concurrent.
oles at the University of Southern Mississippi including Chief Operating Officer, founding Director of the Trent Lott National Center for Economic Development & Entrepreneurship, Chair of the Department of Economic & Workforce Development while also co-founding several biotech companies. His early career included 10 years in the heavy chemicals and plastics industry in roles including manufacturing, marketing, product development, business management and mergers & acquisitions. He has a PhD in Polymer Science and a BS in Biochemistry.