Experience

Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director of Operations

  • Apr 2006 - Present

  The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is Rice University’s internationally recognized initiative focused on the launch of technology startups and entrepreneurship education. Since inception in 2000, more than 1,500 tech startups have participated in Rice Alliance programs and raised more than $2.8 billion in funding. In 2013 and 2014, the Rice Alliance was ranked as the #1 university business incubator in the world by the first in-depth study of university incubators by UBI Index (based in Sweden). The Rice Alliance is a catalyst for building successful ventures through education, guidance and connections. Its mission is to support the creation of technology-based companies and the commercialization of new technologies in the Houston community and Southwest. In addition to running the world’s richest and largest business plan competition, the Rice Alliance hosts 3 flagship venture capital conferences each year for energy/clean tech, IT/software, and life sciences/biotech. In 2013 and 2014, the Rice graduate entrepreneurship program was ranked #4 in the United States by the Princeton Review, and is one of only 3 universities that have been ranked in the top ten for five consecutive years. The Rice Alliance was formed as a strategic alliance between the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business in collaboration with the Vice Provost and the Office of Research at Rice University. Show less



Baylor College of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Community Health Liaison

  • Jun 2002 - Mar 2006