Ketaki Desai, Phd Email & Phone Number

Santa Fe, Nm, Us

Childhood obesity, anxiety, and depression are on the rise as children spend over 7 hours a day on screens. Parents are desperate for solutions. The DashStrom Program mitigates the effects of screen use and teaches children confidence, grit, and a growth mindset through fun, active games. Having empowered over 11,000 children across the U.S., we are ready to scale. With over 50% of Americans seeking additional income, DashStrom provides a unique opportunity to start a local children's fitness business teaching our proven program. Our platform provides the training and the tools to run a business, including payment processing, registrations, marketing, etc. We take care of the business so our coaches can focus on the kids.

Consulting/advising startups, SMEs, and non-profit organizations on developing strategic plans, operational strategy, process management, leadership facilitation, team efficiency, and change management- AI-Learners- GOBLAQ- TeeRead- Tracer- Outside Angle

There is no easy way to track the developmental progress of over 15 million children in North America with learning disabilities. Caregivers are given paper-based forms lacking the tech to make informed decisions. Journee is the only comprehensive platform that allows parents to securely track, analyze, and share information with healthcare and education professionals to make informed decisions.

While women make up 50% of the population in Canada, they continue to struggle with challenges when starting, growing and scaling businesses, especially in sectors focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The FireHood brings together women who are working together to invest in and remove barriers for women in technology.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Brainstage, Inc. develops, acquires, enhances, aggregates and packages technologies for healthcare diagnostics and drug development. Its technologies are used in the fields of personalized medicine, cancer diagnosis, healthcare IT, and data curation.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

OCI supports the commercialization of academic intellectual property (IP), industry-academic collaborations and the development and adoption of emerging technologies. This includes overseeing the execution of advanced technology platforms that will equip Ontario companies to compete in a competitive global digital economy.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

A $1billion life sciences fund to develop new drugs, diagnostics, and devices. The Translational Sciences team combines scientific, clinical, and investment expertise to commercialize cutting-edge research by launching early-stage companies and investing in external companies at all stages.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Innovation & Commercialization (MBA) - This course focuses on how to successfully commercialize an innovation. Understanding commercialization activities such as pre-product launch planning, market testing, actual product launch, and post-launch follow-up is a major part of the course. The course provides a run-through of the complete cycle from idea to market entry.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

The Innovation Institute provides a comprehensive suite of services for Pitt Innovators, from protecting intellectual property to the commercialization of new discoveries through licensing and/or new enterprise development. The Institute also provides a wealth of educational programming, mentoring and networking for Pitt faculty, students and partners.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

The Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE), part of the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, has served businesses throughout Western Pennsylvania for over 25 years. The IEE educates and serves entrepreneurs through personalized support at every step of the business life cycle. Offering a dynamic mix of consulting services, education, and networking opportunities, the IEE strives to be an innovative leader in economic development in the region.

Hermitage, Pa, Us

A business incubator with the vision of promoting innovation, improving economic development and quality of life, and creating jobs in the Ohio-Pennsylvania region. This included the Entrepreneurship Academy, a program that provides high school seniors with a unique, yearlong, immersive experience to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills as well as the confidence to be successful in an ever-changing, global economy.

New York, Ny, Us

• Responsible for executive management decisions including business development, client engagement, communications strategy, sales and marketing, hiring, conflict resolution and mentoring.• Led the K-12 edtech software development team - - Product management for $1B pilot project developing a dynamic education model based onCommon Core. - Developed novel ways to incorporate pedagogical shifts in Common Core teaching methods. - Collaborated with client’s strategic leadership team for formulating best practices and driving innovation.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Program Manager for $60M DoD funded gynecologic research project, which included several leading research hospitals in the country.• Identified new funding opportunities and actively contributed to grant proposal development efforts.• Forged strategic relationships with partner institutions and led the development of new collaborations. • Led teams in the design and implementation of tools for health-care research studies; including clinical research management systems, data surveys and patient level data management.• Led the data coordination, curation and product development for - $6M - NIH funded craniofacial research project, FaceBase - $300K – USAMRMC funded TATRC project - $2.5M – NIH funded Common Data Elements (CDE) for melanoma staging project• Won the "Best e-poster award" in Data Management Informatics - Pathology Informatics, Boston 2010

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

• Research focused on - a. Effect of smoking on pregnancy b. Pre-eclampsia c. Effect of superoxides on pregnancy d. Biomechanical changes in pregnancy• Introduced novel techniques to analyze pregnancy related disorders.• Supervised laboratory technicians and undergraduate students.• Created administrative and HR policies as elected member of the MWRI Staff Council and Research Activity Council. • Published a peer-reviewed paper on the Effects of smoking on pregnancy.

Ms, Public Management

Phd, Biomedical Sciences

Be, Mechanical Engineering