Anil Rachakonda
Candidate for Masters in Management and Systems at MIT.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Industries: | Cleantech |
| Skills: | Business, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Management |
| Groups: | Ignite Clean Energy (ICE), MIT Clean Energy Prize 2010, MIT Venture Capital & Private Equity (VCPE) Club |
| Interested in: | Providing services to startups |
| Tags: | advising startups, consulting opportunities project finance, electronics, fund raising cleantech, hi-tech, semiconductors |
| Schools: | Arizona State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | General Catalyst Partners, Cambridge, MA |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | January 2009 - February 2009 |
| Description: | • Investigated energy policies and regulatory framework in India; presented report to Senior Partners
• Performed market research and developed a value chain for Solar Thermal market in India • Identified future opportunities and potential partners for construction of Solar Thermal power plant |
| Employer: | Industrial Performance Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA |
| Position: | Policy Researcher, Energy Innovation Project |
| Time period: | September 2008 - November 2008 |
| Description: | • Researched effectiveness of U.S. Renewable Energy Policies and Credits ; presented findings
• Conducted case study on New Jersey’s solar policies; published findings for future renewable policies |
| Employer: | Genasun (develops charge controllers for batteries), Cambridge, MA |
| Position: | Strategy Consultant/Advisor |
| Time period: | September 2008 - November 2008 |
| Description: | • Explored military applications including mobile solar back packs, pay stations
• Initiated relationships and identified lead customers at Sandia Labs and Natick Soldier Systems |
| Employer: | Lyric Semiconductors, Cambridge, MA |
| Position: | Strategy Consultant |
| Time period: | March 2008 - May 2008 |
| Description: | • Explored applications in Wireless 10Gb Ethernet, Backplane (XAUI), 700MHz band, 3G LTE and 4G markets that strongly fit Lyric’s value proposition of power/area/speed
• Suggested product roadmap and operations strategy resulted in cost savings of over $1 million |
| Employer: | Analog Devices, Wilmington, MA |
| Position: | Various positions |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2008 |
| Description: | Team Lead, Radio Frequency Group (2005-2008)
• Led low-power radio frequency (RF) detector product family, with collective revenue over $10 million/yr • Managed and reviewed seven-member team of Design and Test Engineers • Released and sampled eight wireless Integrated Circuit (IC) products used in power monitoring of radio links including base stations, WLAN, WiMAX, RADAR • Published articles on wireless transceiver protection techniques and RF simulation methodologies Design Engineer, Analog Linear Products (2002-2005) • Implemented novel method to linearize power amplifiers used in wireless transmitters such as EDGE, 3G • Submitted patent proposal for this linearization technique • Conducted feasibility study on various semiconductor technologies including SiGe, GaAs, CMOS |
| Employer: | Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore, India |
| Position: | Deputy Engineer |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2000 |
| Description: | • Led 12 engineers in Transistor Manufacturing Group
• Nominated for leadership award for improving profit margins of new transistor by 39% |
EDUCATION
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | Management and Engineering, MSc |
| University: | Arizona State University |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2002 |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering, MSc |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Managing Director - MIT Energy Night; Lead Venture Capital Competition; Co-Lead MIT Ventureships
Team Lead International Medical Equipment Corporation. Refurbished old anesthesia equipment (savings of over $200K per unit) and donated to third world nations |
