Carviz is an AI-powered mobile app that simplifies and automates car inspections and re-marketing for the automotive industry. In less than 5 minutes, a guided video inspection will scan their vehicle's license plate, body, wheels, interior, engine, and maintenance documents, to automatically and instantly develop a comprehensive report that includes, precise estimations of repair costs, comparisons to similar vehicles available in the market, the car's history, and much more. The technology can also listen to a car's engine to its mechanical status.

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Leading the development and launch of startup programing and innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem development in Japan.Working with government organizations, academic institutions, and corporations across Europe and Asia to assess and craft innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem development strategies based on country specific challenges and opportunities.Leading the implementation of SkyDeck Europe's acceleration program, and the professional development of all current cohort startups.Led the development and launch of SkyDeck Europe, Milano focused on sourcing global startups for growth and expansion in Europe. Coordinated the engagement with two other large organizations.Leading the development of SkyDeck Europe’s advisor and investor network; conducting interviews and developing networking strategies.Conducted interviews and assessments for all top candidates seeking entry into the program.

Developed an organizational growth and partnership strategy for collaborating with international government organizations, academic institutions, and corporations, contributing to the generation of $2.8M (projected) in FY 21 - 22.Conducted an innovation and entrepreneurship industry needs assessment for government organizations, academic institutions, and corporations to develop and implement operational and programmatic strategies to expand partnership opportunities.Designed, strategized, and led the launch of a satellite accelerator office in Europe through strategic collaborations and negotiations with local and national government organizations, multinational corporations, and academic institutions.Assisted in the development of a University-wide academic program - Accelerating Careers in Entrepreneurship (ACE) that combines advanced innovation and entrepreneurship workshops and an internship with international startups at SkyDeck. Launched a “Virtual Bridge” acceleration program connecting U.S. universities with Silicon Valley and UC Berkeley resources.Led a 5-month long solution ideation and implementation initiative to revamp a Global Innovation Program by outlining a plan for institutionalizing an internship program designed to affiliate otherwise non-affiliated startups with the University.Conducted regular pitch practice and deck design sessions for Berkeley SkyDeck startups across different industry verticals.

Developed a partnership assessment process to identify novel technology applications relevant to company goals.Designed a partnerships strategy to identify and evaluate partners for the adoption of technology in AI, IoT, and data analytics.Conducted an internal multi-divisional assessment of company technology adoption status in AI, IoT, and data analytics. Benchmarked current status against industry competition and developed a proposal to adopt new technology capabilities.Pitched and piloted new asset tracking technology to transform ≈ 22 million beer kegs into global data points. Resulting data analytics platform offered new insights into customer behavior, corporate expansion opportunities, and cost savings potential.

Developed a monetization strategy for ~ 200,000 cross industry patents and a partnerships model to facilitate the execution.Assessed future tech needs of the mobility industry and forecasted relevant disruptive technology to align company goals.

Launched "Introduction to Entrepreneurship", a for-credit course at Berkeley Haas.Launched "Bear Trap" - UC Berkeley's annual in-person pitch competition in collaboration with VC's, awarded cash prizes and introductions to interested investors.Co-Founded Ikanos Group Ltd.; an EdTech platform connecting renown business and engineering researchers with corporate executives to bridge disruptive technology and business innovation methodologies to the forefront of corporate developmentStartup mentor for projects on AI, IoT, energy, EdTech, and aerospace applications for Berkeley entrepreneurs

Led the expansion of the company from a manufacturing facility to an innovation and design consulting company with manufacturing and product development capabilities.Performed opportunity analysis, market sizing, and value chain mapping that led to the strategic transformation of a niche manufacturing facility with 12 employees, into NYC’s premier integrated design consultancy, product development, prototyping lab, and manufacturing company with 50+ employees and 30 clients.Led cross-functional teams of up to 50 employees to develop and implement go-to-market strategy for new product and service offerings through new partnerships development and business innovations driving a 300% revenue increase over four years.Increased product development performance by 30% by developing models to assess economic order quantity, flow rate, utilization, and capacity optimization strategies to eliminate redundancies that lowered order handling time.

Converted a multi-scale software framework used to predict changes in the structural integrity of materials into an analytical tool for simulating and conducting behavioral analysis by qualifying large data sets of environmental variables.Resulting product forecasted economic trends and life expectancy variations by correlating variables and confidence intervals.

Developed investment strategies, crafted industry equity market reports, and communicated portfolio performance to clients.Launched a crises management and communications program during Greece’s 2007 economic crises to mitigate client distress.