2x founder

Cody Pawlowski

Founder, FirstIgnite

Co-founder

FirstIgnite· Summer 2021🇺🇸 United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @Cody_Pawlowski

2026CPTO, FirstIgnite· Inteum

Founder · since 2016

Company

Inteum

Role

CPTO, FirstIgnite

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

—

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

Profile coverage5 of 7 · missing posts, contact

FirstIgnite

AI-Powered Business Development for Scientific Organizations

Summer 2021

Experience

Career

Inteum
CPTO, FirstIgnite · 2026 – Present
2026
FirstIgnite
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CTO · 2019 – Present
2019
Convey Software
Founder
Founder & CEO · Greater Chicago Area · 2016 – 2019
2016

Bio

Cody is the Co-Founder and CTO of FirstIgnite: the #1 tool for university-industry collaboration. While attending UIUC, he cofounded his first startup, Convey, and pursued the venture full-time. The social listening platform predicted major elections such as Brexit and netted partnerships from political campaigns to drive outreach. He's now focused on using AI to help research institutions partner with industry—getting more breakthroughs to market.