Girish Balakrishnan
Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate from The Ohio State University, currently pursuing MSc at University of Southern California.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | C/C++, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, HTML / CSS, Industrial Engineering, Languages and Platforms, Software Engineering, SQL, Web Development |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Ohio State University System - Columbus, University of Southern California |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Academic Projects |
| Position: | Work Experience |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Engineering Project Management (January 2009 – Present)
Managing a team of engineers to design and develop a project plan to implement a wind farm in Catalina Islands; The project involves working on Work Breakdown Structure, Statement Of Work, Charter Lean Operations (January 2009 – Present) Evaluating the queuing system at the university cafeteria using lean principles such as Value Stream Map, Stastical Process Control, Process map Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Project (September 2008 – December 2008) • Headed a team from evaluation of a technology idea to possible commercialization of the product • Collaborated with venture capitalists as mentors to help with our decisions Senior design project (January 2008 – July 2008) • Designed an inventory/grocery detection system that wirelessly updates/alerts the user about the quantity of the grocery left; Participant in the TI Design Competition, Texas in May 2008 Independent study (January 2008 – June 2008) • Researched on Value at risk associated with financial modeling and simulations and the strength and weaknesses of the model based and the Monte Carlo approaches |
| Employer: | Rimrock Corp. |
| Position: | Robotics Engineering Intern |
| Time period: | May 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | • Designed the electrical layout for industrial robots on AutoCAD Electrical
• Enriched the GUI on ABB robots using RAPID application development tool and C# (Visual Studio) |
| Employer: | Cardinal Health, Inc. |
| Position: | Enterprise IT Intern, Business Technology Analyst |
| Time period: | May 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | • Communicated between the business partner and the technical group as a liaison
• Designed/developed the database using SQL and BusinessObjects • Collaborated on smaller projects in Excel and SAP for other teams • Experience with SDLC processes in documentation, requirement analysis, integration, testing and implementation |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Southern California |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering (Planning to switch to Industrial Engineering), MSc |
| University: | Ohio State University System - Columbus |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Electrical and Computer Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | • Team Leader, Engineering Project Management project (January 2009 – Present)
• Team Leader, Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization project (September 2008 - December 2008) • Co-President, IEEE OSU-Student Chapter (September 2007 – June 2008) • Vice-President and Webmaster, IEEE OSU-Student Chapter (September 2006 – June 2007) |
| Awards: | Deans List 2 Quarters; IEEE Award, May 2008; awarded for service to student chapter at Ohio State |
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Opinno, Open Innovation
Opinno is a business accelerator based in Madrid, Boston and San Francisco. We bridge technologies from seed to series A funding, providing the following services: Business plan definition, IP protection, CEO sourcing, and VC roadshows
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Mena Arsalai
22, graduate of UC Davis in Economics, working as a contracted compliance manager at Genentech