ipsheeta furtado
B.Sc. in Engineering Physics from University of California, Materials Science Lab Research Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, founder of Nish, LLC, Operation Specialist at Island Trading ,Inc.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Engineering, Languages, Leadership, Management |
| Location: | California |
| Groups: | 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, BASES, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], ST@B: Startup @ Berkeley, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010, Women 2.0, [INACTIVE] UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2008-2009 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of California System - Berkeley |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Island Trading, Inc |
| Position: | Operations Specialist |
| Time period: | January 2009 - Present |
| Description: | • Administer and conduct accounting, marketing, and expansion efforts for out-source business structure
• Provide back-office processing and support for nearly 300 client trading accounts • Determine commission splits and tallies for in-house traders and partner brokerage firms • Manage soft dollar accounts for several hedge funds in the SF Bay Area |
| Employer: | Nish, LLC |
| Position: | Founder, Principal |
| Time period: | September 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • Create and present professional networking events for college student groups stressing the intricacies of communication styles and highlighting unique personal attributes
• Design coaching programs for entrepreneurially-minded individuals to enhance communication skills • Performed market research and produced a business plan for independent real estate investment venture |
| Employer: | Form Factor, Inc., Livermore, CA |
| Position: | MEMS R&D Process Development Intern |
| Time period: | June 2008 - September 2008 |
| Description: | • Automated clean room CVD growth for new probe card technology using programmable logic contro
• Assessed “design of experiment” parameters and procedures by measuring growth results via SEM |
| Employer: | Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Position: | Materials Science Lab Research Fellow |
| Time period: | March 2005 - May 2008 |
| Description: | • Conducted XRD and AFM experiments for characterization of ferroelectric thin films
• Designed and fabricated UHV pulsed laser deposition chamber and detailed its heating system • Trained in beamline usage for X-ray Scattering at ALS, SSRL, & NSLS synchrotron sources • Planned and executed preparation of liquid crystal-aerosil samples for phase transition studies • Presented numerous award-winning posters and science talks to mixed audiences |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Engineering Physics, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Society of Women Engineers.
Engineers’ Joint Council. Epsilon Pi, Engineering Physics Honors Society. |
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