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January 14, 2023 16 mins

For this week's segment of Invent America, "Cold Weather Inventions," Michael King and the Inventor Lady, Rita Crompton welcome innovation consultant Michael Miller. As an innovation consultant, Michael Miller provides services to inventors and companies who want to have leading edge innovative products. He is a recognized leader in license agreements and bringing new innovative products to market, and most recently was the featured speaker at the 2022 Licensing Expo. Michael is a past a board member and Vice President of the United Inventors Association (UIA), and a past board member for Plumbing Manufactures International (PMI). Michael was the Director of Product Partnerships for NCH Corporation for 15 years and led the innovation programs for Danco, LSP, and Hero Pet Brands. He served in the U.S. Submarine Service for 20 years as a Chief Petty Officer.

As an innovation consultant, Michael Miller provides services to Inventors and Companies who want to have leading edge innovative products. Michael is a past a Board member and Vice President (11 years) of the United Inventors Association (UIA) The largest Nonprofit Inventers group in the World. He is also a past board member (two terms) for Plumbing Manufactures International (PMI) The trade association for the largest plumbing companies in the world. Michael has been a featured speaker at the National Hardware show the International Housewares show and most recently was the featured speaker at the 2022 Licensing Expo as well as other innovation and inventor events. He is a recognized leader in license agreements and bringing new innovative products to market. Major Customers include: Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, True Value, Menards, KB Homes, ACE, Bed Bath and Beyond, QVC, Amazon, Petco and Petsmart to name a few. Michael was the Director of Product Partnerships for NCH Corporation for 15 years and led the innovation programs for Danco, LSP and Hero Pet Brands prior to NCH he was the head of Research and Development at Andover Healthcare where he led the development of the world's first cohesive elastic bandage with silver antimicrobial foam and other innovative bandages and was the Field Service and Training Manager for FEI Company, the leader in Focused Ion beam technology. He served in the U.S. Submarine Service for 20 years as a Chief Petty Officer, where he served on nuclear powered submarines. He completed his service as the Research and Development Chief at Submarine Development Squadron 12 where he led R/D projects and training on 15 different US Submarines and one submarine from the Royal Netherlands Navy. Michael holds a BA in Business Administration from Hesser College

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