September 2023
Guest Speaker / Master of Development Engineering (MDevEng)
University of California, Berkeley
Course C200: Design, Evaluate, and Scale Development Technologies
July 2023
Panelist / The Maker Launchpad, Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
University of California, Berkeley
Panel for students at UC Berkeley exploring different career paths in design.
May 2023
Panelist / Founders’ Panel at Berkeley Haas
University of California, Berkeley
Panel for visiting MBA students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) at Berkeley Haas.
July 2022
Guest Speaker & Panelist / Silicon Valley Innovation Camp
Schoolab, San Francisco / California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley
Program for up-and-coming entrepreneurs from France visiting California, that provides knowledge, coaching, networking, and support they need to bring their project to life.
June 2022
Guest Speaker / Helix Medical
University of California, Berkeley
Program for low-income high school students from the Bay Area exploring careers in healthcare and medicine.
January 2022
Guest Speaker / Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary
Rotary International, United States
Invited to speak about Prana Medical at the Veterans Memorial Building in Lafayette, California.
November 2021
Panelist / Design & Innovation Ecosystem in the Bay Area & UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Panel for visiting mid- and senior-level leaders enrolled in an MBA program at University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Aug 2021–May 2022
Graduate Student Instructor / Fung Fellowship – Honors Program
University of California, Berkeley
Instructed a class of 24 undergraduate students in a startup lab to help them design solutions for problems proposed by industry partners at the intersection of healthcare or environmental conservation, and technology. Led workshops and activities to help students explore, synthesize, and develop their ideas with the principles of human-centered design at their core. Partners included UCSF Health Innovation Ventures and Blue Goji.
September 2021
Guest Speaker / Initiate Programme
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Invited to talk to student entrepreneurs at Loughborough Enterprise Network about market research, customer discovery, and problem framing.
September 2021
Judge / Future Founders’ Club
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Invited by the Loughborough Enterprise Network to judge startup pitches for the pilot program of their Future Founders’ Club.
September 2021
Guest Speaker & Presenter / Kansas Respiratory Care Society (KRCS) Annual Conference
Kansas (Remote), United States
Invited to present Prana’s ventilator splitter concept to respiratory therapists from the KRCS at their annual conference.
Aug 2021–Nov 2021
Mentor / Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation
Harvard University, United States
Invited to mentor a Harvard class of working professionals as part of a semester-long course titled Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation to help teams define, design, and prototype an innovative solution within an existing publicly-listed company.
Jun 2021–Aug 2021
Mentor, Guest Speaker & Design Expert / Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Harvard University, United States
Invited to mentor student teams for Harvard University’s 7-week, hands-on Introduction to Entrepreneurship course. Gave a guest talk highlighting the importance of user feedback for customer validation. Led design workshops to teach students how to prototypes.
May 2021–Dec 2021
Guest Speaker & Startup Mentor / Evolve Programme
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Shared lessons from my startup journey with aspiring founders in Loughborough University’s Evolve program across both their Loughborough & London campuses. Hosted office hours for students.
November 2020
Panelist & Mentor / Social Storm Hackathon
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, Kenya, Belgium
Invited to mentor university students (undergrads and postgrads including PhDs) across Kenya, Belgium and the UK for a virtual healthcare and wellbeing hackathon. Featured on a panel on healthcare and wellbeing alongside professors of Psychology from the University of East Anglia.
September 2020
Roundtable Speaker / LU Incubator
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Invited by Loughborough Enterprise Network’s incubator to talk about testing and validating startup ideas to new founders on their induction day.