
Product Strategy & Venture Creation | Portfolio Operations & Startup Building | Deep Tech & Healthcare
I build and work at the intersection of product, venture, and science. With a background in physics (MIT) and graduate training in design and business (MDes + MBA, Illinois Tech | MA, Carnegie Mellon), I’ve helped early-stage ventures move from idea to execution. My experience spans: -Product strategy & design — user research, prototyping, and human factors testing (including FDA submissions). -Venture creation & portfolio ops — financial models, TAM/SAM/SOM analyses, pitch decks, data rooms, and investor outreach. -Deep tech & healthcare — operational leadership at a diagnostics startup, consulting for health tech and biotech ventures, and hands-on work with research groups and clinical partners. I’ve also dabbled outside healthcare, from space elevator concepts to coronal-discharge thrusters. Highlights include: -Scaling a solo design consultancy to $550k+ revenue in its first two years. -Leading FDA human-factors testing for Abbott’s connected diabetes platforms (LibreView & LibreLinkUp), supporting successful 510(k) clearance. -Driving fundraising and product strategy as COO of a seed-stage diagnostics company. -I'm a founding contributor at the Positive Sum Design Institute and have presented our work at universities like Brown and Yale. I thrive in early-stage environments where rigorous science meets customer-centered products—and where building the right structure and strategy can make the difference between a promising idea and a viable company. Always open to positive-sum collaborations in product, venture, and deep tech + healthcare.
sf-academy.com
goingvc.com
uchicagomedicine.org
sciencecommunicationlab.org
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Co-founder + COO
ILYTICA, LLC
• www.linkedin.com/company/ilytica-llc
Dec 2024 - Present
San Francisco + Remote
Venture Partner
GoingVC Partners
• www.linkedin.com/company/goingvc-partners
Oct 2025 - Present
Product & Venture Strategist, Portfolio Ops
Synergenics
• www.linkedin.com/company/synergenics
Sep 2024 - Present
San Francisco, California, United States
Founding Contributor
Positive Sum Design Institute
• www.linkedin.com/company/positive-sum-design-institute
Jan 2021 - Present
Remote
Design & Strategy Specialist - DRIVE (Design, Research, Innovation, Venture, Entrepreneurship)
Far Eastern Group
• www.linkedin.com/company/far-eastern-group
May 2023 - Jul 2023
Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan
Quality Improvement Design Strategist - Center for Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation
UChicago Medicine
• www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-chicago-medicine
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Independent Work & Early Roles
Freelance
Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
San Francisco Bay Area
Counselor
MIT Freshman Leadership Program
Mar 2013 - Mar 2016
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
President
MIT Logarhythms
May 2014 - Dec 2015
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Tour Manger
MIT Logarhythms
Sep 2013 - May 2014
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Business Manager
MIT Logarhythms
Dec 2012 - Aug 2013
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
EMT-Basic
MIT-EMS
Nov 2013 - Dec 2015
Financial Officer
MIT-EMS
May 2014 - May 2015
Undergraduate Researcher
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University
May 2013 - Mar 2015