Experience

Dorm Room Fund

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Partner

  • Oct 2023 - Present

  Investing in the best student founders. Let’s chat! catalina@dormroomfund.com



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Design Engineer + Product Strategy - Tadesse Lab

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  • Developing the mechanical design of an automated, rapid disease diagnostic device • Spearheading the product business strategy



Dorm Room Fund

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Blueprint Investor Track Fellow (BIT)

  • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

• Female Investor Track Fellow (FIT)

  • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023



Tesla

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Jan 2023 - Feb 2023

  Palo Alto, California, United States • Autopilot and Electronics Hardware Product Design Team • Tesla robot hand development



Apple

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Design Engineer

  • Jun 2022 - Sep 2022

  Cupertino, California, United States • Packaging PD Team • iPhone REL validation • iMac ano-layer material characterization on enclosure surfaces • Failure mode analysis and DOE



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Marketing Manager | ACE Rotational Program

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Go-to-market strategy • Spearheaded interviewers with stakeholders worldwide to understand their perspective, needs, and expectations in order to build and design the best set of product demos • Prioritized insights into recommendations to create a wireframe prototype



MIT Media Lab

• United States
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Product Designer for We Who Engage (The Move MIT)

  • Feb 2020 - May 2021

  • Proficient in Figma and Adobe Suite to create innovative web-based tools and visuals for our mission



USG

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Performance Materials Lab Intern in New Product Development/Manufacturing

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Corporate Innovation Center • Conducted rheological and mechanical experiments + created predictive models of various formulations for the product development of lightweight structural panels • Completed a multivariat-full factorial DOE for panel material composition • Minitab and Excel data analysis • Developed a new QC test method for the current operating manufacturing plant • Successfully lowered the weight of product without compromising its strength • Presented final work to entire CIC faculty and… Show more • Conducted rheological and mechanical experiments + created predictive models of various formulations for the product development of lightweight structural panels • Completed a multivariat-full factorial DOE for panel material composition • Minitab and Excel data analysis • Developed a new QC test method for the current operating manufacturing plant • Successfully lowered the weight of product without compromising its strength • Presented final work to entire CIC faculty and wrote a final report published within the company database on my findings Show less



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Human Systems Laboratory Researcher

  • Jan 2019 - Feb 2019

  Human Systems Laboratory • Analyzed how distribution loads along the spine affect the spine’s response to weight and different movements using OpenSim • Developed MATLAB program to analyze data