Hersh Tapadia
Pursuing MS in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, BS Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University (2009), 3 Phoenix, Inc. – Wake Forest, NC (2007-2009),COO and Director of Hardware Engineering, medCount (2008-2009).
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Financial, Food and Drink, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Mobile, Nanotech, Real Estate |
| Skills: | Business, C/C++, Editing, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, HTML / CSS, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Public speaking, Software Engineering, Web Development, Windows applications, Writing |
| Next step: | When I graduate in December 2010 I will be looking to join a start-up |
| Location: | Raleigh, NC |
| Groups: | NCSU eGames 2009 - ATHENA, Duke Start-Up Challenge - Spring 2011, Duke Start-Up Challenge 2009-2010 (old), NCSU 2010 eGames Athena, NCSU EI eGames 2010 |
| Visas: | India, USA |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Schools: | Duke University, North Carolina State University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | MedCount |
| Position: | COO, Director of Hardware Engineering |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • Co-founded a virtual medical device company to develop low-cost diagnostic solutions for deployment abroad
• Leading virtual employees in developing low-cost tuberculosis and malaria diagnostics. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Duke University |
| Time period: | 2009 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Biomedical Engineering, MSc |
| University: | North Carolina State University |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | Comedic Improvisation Alliance |
| Memberships: | Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) [2008 – Present]
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) [2007 – Present] Engineering World Health [2007 – Present] IEEE [2007 – Present] |
Hersh's Startups (2)
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CertiRx
CertiRx Corporation, an AuthentiForm Technologies, LLC company, (CertiRx) develops products that reduce the growing global risk of injury or death from counterfeit drugs by which the people of developing nations are affected disproportionately.
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Hersh's Contacts (15)
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NIKHILL BOHRA
Indian, 22, working as Strategic Planner for Desert Environmental Conservation Association, Jodhpur, Raj., India :)
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Daniel Jeck
Pursuing B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University, and working as eTeam Leader at NC State Engineering Entrepreneurs Program.
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .