Consulting: Entrepreneurship & business leadership
During graduate school, I was on a startup team at the very earliest stages of commercializing a research prototype low-dose radiation, small-footprint CAT scanner. Our team participated in Joshua Coval’s course “Idea to IPO in 14 weeks” at the University of Michigan business school, building a business plan and pitching VCs. Ultimately, the startup team received an SBIR grant for close to $2M in two phases and evolved into a thriving venture. Xoran
I’ve also acquired and founded non-technical brick & mortar businesses, generally leading those teams alongside my primary career in technology and science. Over the course of a decade as CEO, I gained significant operations and strategy experience — including successfully leading a growing retail and wholesale operation through the challenges of the 2008 financial crisis.