Mike Chesne founded Tecton Research™ after a storied 25-year career in the United States Army Special Operations. At Tecton, as Chairman of the Board and Chief of Innovation, he maintains the corporate vision and mission while continuing to delve deeply into scientific exploration to create new and innovative ways to broaden the scope and breadth of Tecton’s product portfolio and intellectual property landscape.

At the outset of Tecton, he developed the biochemical makeup and design for the Tecton Ketone molecule. He then methodically worked the methods, processes, and procedures necessary to formulate and manufacture the molecule from the benchtop to large-scale manufacturing. This process was designed to make it the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly process possible beginning with organic byproducts and enzymes and finishing with no hazardous waste.

Mike founded an emergency medical supply company shortly before retiring from the army. This company developed trauma and emergncy medical kits for all branches of the United States Department of Defense as well as many of our NATO allied countries and some of these kits are still standard issue in the several different military forces to this day. Mike exited this business (Caromeds) and went into global healthcare consulting working with the Ministries of Health of Afghanistan, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, etc. During this period he developed the cirriculum for the first ever nursing school in Afghanistan, realigned the entire healthcare system and medical doctor training program in Afghanistan, assisted in the logistics and manning of the Faruq Medical Center in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq and helped the Algerian government design and develop their own version of the Food and Drug Administration.

His experience in the United States Army working with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) led him to develop a keen understanding of the scientific method and of cutting-edge science. In 2012 he read about an older DARPA project which involved the search for a nutritional supplement which would improve physical performance and cognition by thirty percent. This project started in 2004 and had been funded for nearly ten million dollars. It never met the full requirement so was ended. The end product of that research was an exogenous ketone developed by Oxford University and the National Institutes of Health. He ended his healthcare consulting, went to Oxford, and began working on ketones.

He is a motivational speaker who speaks at veterans’ events and fundraisers around the country as well as brain injury and brain health symposiums sponsored by the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration. He has received many awards and decorations while serving in the army and served in the most prestigious units in the army. He has served in combat throughout the globe and continues to serve veterans through his charity work.

Mike is passionate about helping others. He serves on the Board of Directors of multiple veteran non-profits and has served in many roles in these organizations including Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Co-Founder, etc. He will continue to serve these deserving people for as long as he is physically able. He splits time between Orlando, Florida with his wife, oldest son, three grandsons and daughter-in-law and Alexandria, Louisiana with his wife, youngest son, two granddaughters, and daughter-in-law.