Experience

Voltela

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Jan 2021 - 3 years

  New York, New York, United States Voltela is on a mission to enable new industries in logistics, inspection, and mobility with guaranteed connection reliability. Our software delivers best-in-class connection performance and ensures safety for emerging aerial services.



Cornell Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Runway Postdoc

  • Sep 2020 - May 2022

  New York City Metropolitan Area I joined Runway at Cornell Tech to grow my startup. The Runway Startup Postdoc Program is part business school, part research institution, and part startup incubator. Based at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, Runway ushers PhDs in digital technology fields through a paradigm shift — from an academic mindset to an entrepreneurial outlook.



New York University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Smart Cities Postdoc

  • Sep 2019 - Aug 2020

  Brooklyn, NY The Smart Cities Postdoc is affiliated to both NYU WIRELESS and NYU CUSP. The Center for Urban Science And Progress is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to the application of science, technology and engineering in the service of urban communities across the globe.



KMC Research and Innovation

• United States
• Wireless Services

• Freelance Consultant

  • 2018 - 2020

  Brooklyn, NY I launched this business to advise business leaders on new research projects, business cases and competitive advantages in the wireless communications industry. This company evolved from my time with the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications and I continue to work closely with their executive team and head of department to strategize on new development opportunities. I work with the ITU Focus Group “Machine Learning for 5G” and am responsible for the final output document Use… Show more I launched this business to advise business leaders on new research projects, business cases and competitive advantages in the wireless communications industry. This company evolved from my time with the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications and I continue to work closely with their executive team and head of department to strategize on new development opportunities. I work with the ITU Focus Group “Machine Learning for 5G” and am responsible for the final output document Use cases, services and requirements, in accordance with a special service agreement I negotiated. I co-founded a Berlin-based startup, which holds a technology (patent pending) to enable reliable control of drones beyond visual line-of-sight via voice channels of the mobile network. I serve as an advisor for the NYU spin-off Pi-Radio. I also serve as a special advisor on V2X for the startup HyperMesh.net. I am the CFO for the 5G BERLIN executive board comprised of CEOs and senior industry leaders who conceptualize integration projects and new business strategies. My responsibilities include total oversight of the financial health of the organization and management of a €15M budget. Show less



Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI

• Germany
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• MEMBER OF THE BOARD / PROGRAM MANAGER

  • 2010 - 2018

  I promoted through multiple leadership roles with this organization, with my final contributions as an active ITU Board Member from 2017-2018 and the Program Manager from 2016-2018. I was the first Program Manager for the organization and responsible for establishment of 5G BERLIN, a major European initiative that promotes next generation mobile networks through integration of 5G research projects. My accomplishments included: • Played key role in ITU Focus Group “Machine… Show more I promoted through multiple leadership roles with this organization, with my final contributions as an active ITU Board Member from 2017-2018 and the Program Manager from 2016-2018. I was the first Program Manager for the organization and responsible for establishment of 5G BERLIN, a major European initiative that promotes next generation mobile networks through integration of 5G research projects. My accomplishments included: • Played key role in ITU Focus Group “Machine Learning for 5G” defined goals, approved decisions and solved problems and served as the primary advisor to the Chair Professor. Main contact person to ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau • Convinced industry and academia partners including Intel, Vodafone, Korea Telecom, to contribute to the focus group and ideate next generation technologies. Initiated liaisons with related standard development organization such as 3GPP SA2 • Utilized funds from public research grants, licensing models and research projects funded by the industry to glean new development ideas from university research and define new project with market growth potentials • Collaborated with major industry partners, senior executive directors and department heads to perform network designs and establish an innovation hub and real-world testing infrastructure with a budget of €15M • Wrote a research proposal negotiating with Berlin government for public funding of €7.5M including a business plan to collect remaining industry funding of €7.5M • Overcame silo mentality across research groups, departments and institutes through fear reduction and with authentic persuasion that inspired mutual gains for all participating parties • Established connections between institute and organizations that further commercialize technology inventions, such as Fraunhofer Venture, university chairs on innovation management

• PROJECT MANAGER, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, INVENTOR

  • 2010 - 2016

  Berlin Area, Germany I fulfilled multiple roles while simultaneously earning my MA in Leadership in Digital Communication degree and my doctoral in Electrical Engineering. The Institute is heavily involved in orchestrating research projects that are funded from both government and industry partners. I drove several important research projects, namely in the field of vehicular and drone communications. My accomplishments included: • Supervised, developed, mentored and provided career advancement… Show more I fulfilled multiple roles while simultaneously earning my MA in Leadership in Digital Communication degree and my doctoral in Electrical Engineering. The Institute is heavily involved in orchestrating research projects that are funded from both government and industry partners. I drove several important research projects, namely in the field of vehicular and drone communications. My accomplishments included: • Supervised, developed, mentored and provided career advancement opportunities for 18 student assistants, including six master’s theses and two bachelor’s theses • Authored / co-authored 15 IEEE conference papers, five IEEE journal papers, and one Springer book chapter on areas of expertise • Executed full development life cycle of five collaborative inventions including scope identification, research, planning, design, verification, analysis of results and optimization • Supervised three times the human resources as other department colleagues and recruited additional cross-departmental team members to contribute to special projects • Initiated, coordinated and wrote numerous research proposals, which generated an additional €10M for the institute • Developed marketing strategy to promote V2X research that included several interviews in major media • Developed the research field of drone communications to become the main field for future research projects within the department, as stated during the 2017 department announcement • Extracted unique research outcomes for the development of a commercial V2X plugin for Siemens PreScan software which led to major revenues and yearly royalties of more than 50k$ for institute and customers using it in China, Korea, Germany and USA • Simultaneously authored dissertation for doctoral program while upholding all responsibilities and deadlines with Fraunhofer • Introduced Design Thinking methods and applied to research context which led to a new innovation mentality and positive change throughout the organization