Deverraux Jones
MIT grad with passion for healthcare, expanding energy access, and using web technologies to change the way people buy certain high-cost goods
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Health, Retail |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, Law, Management |
| Next step: | Looking for a smart, & driven partner, confident in their ability to change the world. The ideal starting co-founder would be an entrepreneurial spirit that just happened to be an awesome system architect and developer.
I'd want to design build a prototype site for 1-2 of the web-related projects first. If we can prove customers are willing to pay for the services provided, and the business model is scalable the hard part will have been done. |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
FULL BIO
Passionate about building businesses that have measurable impact on people's lives. My interests don't neatly fit into a distinct bucket as I'm interested in a wide range of problems including:
- increasing efficiency of US healthcare (huge problem, hugely transformative if done right)
- transforming troves of data into usable information (I think we've barely scratched the surface of what to do with available data)
- using web tech to transform how people purchase (few miscellaneous ideas here)
- Building up infrastructure in developing countries (what I'm doing now)
I graduated from MIT where I studied Biology and Chemical Engineering.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Caspian Holdings |
| Position: | Partner |
| Time period: | July 2008 - April 2010 |
| Description: | Took leave from biotech consulting in Boston to create company focused on rebuilding war-torn country in West Africa -- Liberia.
In the span of a few months, we rolled out one of the largest waste management firm in the country. We're also currently working to build the water delivery infrastructure. Currently exploring additional renewable energy projects that could grow local economy, create jobs, while maintaining profitability/sustainability. |
| Employer: | Advisor to Biotech/Pharma/Medical Device Companies |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2008 |
| Description: | Provided technical assessment of intellectual property to several cardiac/neural implanted medical device companies. Recommendations used to guide acquisitions and long-term product development path.
Provided advice on sales-force deployment to pharma companies. Also assisted in clinical trial design for parkinson's and other CNS drugs. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2003 |
| Degree: | Chemical Engineering/Biology, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | It's been a long time since I've done an end-zone dance. I need to get back to it! |
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g-Nostics
Using a simple finger-prick test, g-Nostics identifies each person's unique molecular profile and uses the information to predict individual response to drug therapy.
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RenewableEnergyJobs.com
Aiming to be the number one job site and portal for the renewable energy industry globally. Currently free for recruiters to post jobs and free for jobseekers.
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CSRware, Inc.
CSRware "Energy & Sustainability Software" and "Sustainable Supply Chain Software" is an enterprise sustainability management platform (SaaS) using state-of-the art technology to measure, report and take action on reducing costs and emissions.
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buildaroo: making green EASY
We're passionate about helping people choose healthy and efficient building products for their homes and offices by connecting them with manufacturers and professionals.
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Jean Leow
MBA in Strategy, Finance from Hult International Business School (07), Masters in Clinical Pharmacy (08) & BSc (1998) from National University Of Singapore, Associate at TSG-Partners since 2008, Regional Clinical Research at Sanofi-Aventis (2003-05).
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Jon Nordmark
Founded eBags.com in 1997-8. CEO from start-up to mid-2008. Started Wambo which invested in UsingMiles.com. Became CEO of UsingMiles in January 2011.