WoundCare Anywhere | Team Lead, Researcher, and Inventor

• Sep 2021 - Present

Within this effort, I have taken on multiple roles, including inventor of a patent-pending medical device, team leader for an interdisciplinary team of 6 students, and researcher in computer vision and machine learning techniques to develop the device. As part of my efforts to eventually spin off the research into a startup, I have gained valuable experience in leading business and engineering operations. I have conducted customer discovery interviews with over 90 continence, wound, and ostomy nurses, ostomy patients, and medical industry professionals to gain insights into the pain points and needs in wound and ostomy care. Furthermore, I have conducted literature, patent, and competitor reviews to ensure the device is both innovative and competitive. Research Efforts: - Presenting research at the UW ECE Research Showcase in 2023. - Published research at the Signal Processing: Algorithms, Architectures, Arrangements, and Applications conference in 2022. Startup & Fundraising Efforts: - Served as the Entrepreneurial Lead during the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program in 2022, which provided valuable training in entrepreneurship and commercialization. We conducted 120 customer discovery interviews to determine the pathway to commercialize our innovation. Our team was recognized with the Spirit of I-Corps award and received $50k to continue customer discovery. - Placed in the top 16 out of 83 and received the Best Health & Wellness Impact Idea Award at the Dempsey Startup Competition in 2022. - Received third place at the GIX Innovation Competition hosted by Global Innovation Exchange in 2021. - Participated in UW’s NSF Site I-Corps program in 2021. We conducted over 40 customer discovery interviews and received $2.5k to continue customer discovery. Show less

Application-Specific Integrated Circuit Physical Design Intern

• Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

As a returning ASIC PD intern at NVIDIA, I was given an open-ended internship. I was responsible for exploring and implementing power-saving techniques for NVIDIA’s GPU chips. I conducted a thorough literature review and developed novel methods to obtain insights into a chip’s power consumption to assess the effectiveness of various techniques. These methods opened up new possibilities for exploration and improvement that was not previously possible. I presented these findings internally at NVIDIA, including at interdisciplinary team meetings and an intern poster presentation competition, to share my work and gather feedback. In addition, I also presented my previous internship work at NVIDIA’s NTECH conference, which is a highly competitive internal conference with an acceptance rate of less than 20%. Show less

Osto-Mate | Team Lead and Researcher

• Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

Grader (EE 475, Embedded Systems Capstone)

• Mar 2021 - Jun 2021

Information Technology

• Sep 2015 - Sep 2017

• Sole IT for the non-profit organization • Occasionally resolved issues on the Windows R2 Server 2008 • Maintained and improved the technological infrastructure in areas from desktop support to system administration, which included 30+ endpoints. Measures for maintenance included Symantec Endpoint Protection and Faronics Deep Freeze. • Researched and consulted with volunteer industry consultants to improve technological infrastructure • Sole IT for the non-profit organization • Occasionally resolved issues on the Windows R2 Server 2008 • Maintained and improved the technological infrastructure in areas from desktop support to system administration, which included 30+ endpoints. Measures for maintenance included Symantec Endpoint Protection and Faronics Deep Freeze. • Researched and consulted with volunteer industry consultants to improve technological infrastructure