Mike Freeman

MIKE FREEMAN is the Chief Executive Officer for the Rocky Mountain Innosphere. The Innosphere is a 501c3 Technology Incubator that serves more than 40 start-up companies annually which employ around 300 people. Mr. Freeman is responsible for all Innosphere operations, finances, strategy and execution. Innosphere exists to support high growth potential startup companies in Colorado. Innosphere maintains Colorado’s longest standing and most successful cleantech program and have earned the distinction of being the technology incubator for Colorado State University, CU-Boulder, CO Schools of Mines and NREL. Innosphere has operations in the three most significant technology centers in Colorado’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem. Previously, Mr. Freeman served as the Chief Financial Officer for the City of Fort Collins, CO. Fort Collins has a population of 140,000 and a total budget of nearly $500 million. Fort Collins is a full-service City including a municipal electric utility. Responsibilities include overall management of the City’s finances, budgeting, strategic planning as well as economic development. Mr. Freeman represented the City on the Innosphere Board of Directors where he and others drove significant growth in the capability to serve technology startups. Prior to joining the City of Fort Collins, Mr. Freeman led several management consulting ventures. He managed the Local government Solutions Group, was the Regional Director of HDR’s Management Consulting Group responsible for the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Prior to consulting, Mr. Freeman was City Manager of Ashland OR, a community with a municipal electric and telecommunications utility and held numerous positions with the City of Thornton, CO. Mr. Freeman also does periodic consulting working with top public and private officials and their staff on a variety of projects and programs that enhance a community’s competitive position, operations, and management structures.