Mike Schultz, Ph. D.

Helping technical teams navigate scale-up and commercialization.

Scale-up Insights

Practical lessons on scale-up, commercialization, pilot plants, manufacturing strategy, and decision-making.

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Featured Resource

Upcoming Webinar | Sept 24, 2026

Effective Scale-Up: Practical Lessons from Getting Processes Out of the Lab and Into the Field

Scale-up is often described as a series of stages. In practice, successful scale-up is a series of decisions.

This webinar explores how scale-up, commercialization, manufacturing strategy, and risk management are connected, and how technical teams can make better decisions throughout the scale-up process.

What I Do

I help organizations developing capital-intensive technologies navigate the challenges of scale-up, pilot plants, manufacturing strategy, and commercialization.

My experience spans industrial biotechnology, chemicals, renewable fuels, electrochemistry, and advanced manufacturing.

I work with founders and technical leaders to identify critical decisions, understand risk, and build practical paths from laboratory success to commercial deployment.

Let’s stay connected

Whether you're evaluating the move to a pilot plant, refining a manufacturing strategy, developing a commercialization roadmap, or simply want to discuss scale-up challenges, I'd be glad to connect.

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