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Cambridge, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Product definition for client facing and internal tools. Wire framing, prototyping dashboards for supply chains development and AI/ML operations.

ProductsforParents.com and AgeinPlace.io are a series of digital tools to facilitate aging in place and hospital to home transitions.

Guided the City of Elyria's Mayor, Building and IT departments, procurement team, and administrators to improve service and support for citizens and businesses. Through stakeholder interviews, guided workshops, and city engagement data analysis, I prioritized system modifications and created a strategic roadmap.

Developed nanowire-based multispectral imaging sensors and bio-sensors in both infrared and visible wavelengths. Designed, simulated, and fabricated semiconductor hardware. Conducted market research, applications research, and created go-to-market strategies.

Co-teaching Engineering Sciences 177 and 277 - Microfabrication Laboratory. Teaching fundamentals of microfabrication through a series of labs dedicated to fabricating devices such as, schottky diodes, photodiodes, LEDs, and MOSFETs.

Harvard i-Labs President's Innovation Challenge: Ingenuity Award Grand Prize 2020ForeSight: Empowering visually impaired people through a novel, wearable navigation device.

Created a commercialization strategy for a technology portfolio from the Naval Research Laboratory. I conducted customer discovery interviews, user research, and market research to determine if a feasible business model exists for a given technology. Created product development roadmaps and go-to-market strategies.

Led the development of innovative automation solutions for cell culture processes, integrating product strategy, stem cell biology, and engineering. Directed iPSC culture operations, designed and prototyped instruments, and managed cross-functional collaborations with biologists, engineers, and executives. Spearheaded business model development and competitive analysis for proprietary consumables while fostering partnerships to enhance product development.

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology - Developing novel cell lines from patient fibroblast and blood samples using various reprogramming method and gene editing tools (TALENS and CRISPR)Product Innovation - Developed automated imaging and analytics platforms with collaborators - Nikon and DrVision Technology - leading to multiple product releases.

Studied the expression constructs of two ponticulin related genes.

Investigated the regeneration of intervertebral disc tissue in vivo with mouse embryonic stem cells, and studied isolation and differentiation techniques using human umbilical cord blood stem cells.

Design Engineering

Harvard Innovation Labs Venture Program GSAS Mini-MBA HBS Healthcare Club HBS Tech Club Harvard Cycling Off-Road Team Captain Joint degree.

Cross Registrant

Activities and Societies: Coursework: Systems Dynamics Revolutionary Ventures Global Aging and the Built Environment

Masters In Design Engineering

Joint degree with Harvard Graduate School of Design

Master'S Degree, Bioengineering And Nanotechnology

Harvard University Extension - Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Dean’s Prize for Outstanding ALM Thesis Dean’s List Academic Achievement.

Bachelor'S Degree, Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Founder and President of the Backpacking Club of Oakland University