Robert Mino, living in Palm Beach County, is a triple Gator, having a JD, MBA, and MS (Medical Sciences) from UF. He is a corporate and patent attorney with broad commercial and research experience beyond the practice of law, uniquely positioning him to help UF Innovate companies and entrepreneurs. Robert works as an economic developer focused on life sciences for Palm Beach County, maintains a private law practice, and serves on the board of a public healthcare company.
Mr. Mino began his career as a molecular biology and pharmacology laboratory researcher, including in the UF College of Medicine where his graduate committee included many of the pioneers of gene therapy from UF. During this time, he was also a partner in a startup biotech that raised over $2M. Upon graduation, Robert worked for Sigma-Aldrich, Roche Diagnostics, and Applied Biosystems (ABI) in commercial roles, culminating in a position as a strategic marketing manager for a $500M DNA sequencing product line in N. and S. America for ABI. He then switched gears to work with smaller companies, having been general counsel, general manager, and other roles at pharma and device companies, including Applied Food Technologies, once housed at Sid Martin. He also worked with UF Innovate as a patent fellow.
Robert is married to Samantha, also a triple Gator and a dermatologist, whom he met at UF. He works to build the local ecosystem in S. Florida by making connections for entrepreneurs, companies, and resources. S. Florida is becoming an entrepreneurial hotspot and Robert looks forward to helping UF spin-offs and technologies find a home in S. Florida. He also won an intramural softball championship at UF in each of the past three decades and might consider another run now that a new decade is upon us. Go Gators!