Yoriko Morita is an entrepreneur and consultant, having launched multiple companies including Patents Integrated, IP Fact Scout, and Glider.  She has worked with and within startup businesses, large enterprises, government entities, and nonprofits over her career, and is passionate about giving back to the community through her work with Boulder Startup Week, Boulder Small Business Development Center, and other local nonprofit organizations.

Yoriko holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optics emphasis), an M.B.A., and a B.A. in Physics, and has native fluency in both English and Japanese.  She is also an active professional cellist, performing with a variety of groups in the Front Range, and, on the weekends, is a minivan-driving soccer mom of two active teenagers.