Evan Reas
Economics graduate from Ohio Wesleyan University, currently pursuing MBA at Stanford, and working as Chief Entrepreneurial Officer at “The Rainmaker” Product Launch.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Location: | Stanford, CA |
| Groups: | BASES, Coaches-on-Call, SSE Ventures , Stanford C.S. and E.E Engineers Group, Stanford GSB Entrepreneur Club |
| Interested in: | Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | consumer internet, For-Profit Education, Healthcare, Innovative Ideas, mobile, tech, vice president "across the street" integration of stanford gsb e-club |
| Schools: | Ohio Wesleyan University, Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | “The Rainmaker” Product Launch, Palo Alto/Awassa, Ethiopia |
| Position: | Chief Entrepreneurial Officer |
| Time period: | February 2008 - Present |
| Description: | - Engaged in Needfinding through interviews in Ethiopia and developed business plan/strategy for product
- Worked with engineers/designers to develop and manufacture innovative agricultural manufacturing product which is currently being sold by our partner throughout Ethiopia (with expansion plans throughout Africa) |
| Employer: | Hasso Plattner Ventures of Africa (www.hp-ventures.co.za), Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| Position: | Associate |
| Time period: | June 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | - Worked with the Managing Directors in the management of South Africa’s largest Venture Capital Firm
- Directly assisted in the closing of the first two deals and built financial models for valuation - Sourced potential investments/partners and used creative interviewing/research techniques for due diligence |
| Employer: | Gomite LLC (www.gomite.com), San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | Vice President of Business Development |
| Time period: | May 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | - Created Executive Summary and began the Venture fundraising process, setting up meetings with Charles River Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures and Venrock for early discussions
- Sourced numerous potential partnerships and new market opportunities for a hardware device |
| Employer: | Think2build (www.think2build.com), San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | Entrepreneur Consultant |
| Time period: | May 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | - Worked with three startups in different stages of development in the fashion, security, and tech industries
- Created development plans and financial models, setup fundraising meetings and even helped name products |
| Employer: | Lentigen Corporation |
| Position: | Business Development |
| Time period: | April 2005 - September 2005 |
| Description: | - Worked directly with the CEO on a daily basis, from day one, to start an innovative biotechnology company
- Project Manager for the development of the website, assisted with hiring and human relations as well as overall marketing/PR strategy, helped increase the company from 2 to 11 employees within months and raise additional financing - Named one of 13 top biotechnology and health "technology pioneers" worldwide for 2007 by the World Economic Forum and named “Best Life Science Company” in Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Awards |
EDUCATION
| University: | Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Economics with Management Concentration, BA |
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2007 - Present |
| Degree: | MBA |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | - Richard W. Corn’s Entrepreneurial Scholar given to 5 students showing the highest leadership and entrepreneurial promise at Ohio Wesleyan University
- Co-Captain, leading Ultimate Frisbee team to its best finish in history: 7th place in Nation for D-III - 2006 Award of Distinction given to the top fraternity chapter (out of 1000’s) in North America - Author of Book about Ohio Wesleyan University sold at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble - 2nd Place in an International Camel Derby in Kenya - Featured in Press for appreciating investment portfolio by over 200% in 12 months with innovative process |
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Roshan Sumbaly
Stanford CS graduate student with interest in startups dealing with search, distributed computing and large scale data mining
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