Michael Madon ’94 likes to say he grew up on an island: the island of Manhattan. His path has led him to Kyrgyzstan as a Peace Corps volunteer, to Iraq and Kuwait for 20+ years of service with the United States Army, to the U.S. Treasury as a senior leader, to the private sector where he founded a successful cybersecurity training company that was acquired by Mimecast. By the start of 2022, he had reached the top of the proverbial ladder, but something still eluded him.
That something was the opportunity to combine his Cornell English degree (passion for the human story), with his Wharton MBA (business acumen), with his military training (experience identifying and mitigating risk), with his technical expertise-to create something new. He says that something came to him like a lightning bolt.
He created a startup that is using wearable tech to track people in recovery and connect them to a support network of caregivers and loved ones.
