William Wright
A dual MBA and MPH degree candidate at UC Berkeley focused on problem-solving, health care, and leadership
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Skills: | Marketing |
| Groups: | 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, Global Social Venture Competition, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010, [INACTIVE] UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2008-2009 |
| Interested in: | Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Harvard University, University of California System - Berkeley |
FEATURED STARTUP
Maestro Market
Maestro Market
An online, innovative marketplace bringing people with talent and engagements together.
- Startup type: Competition Entry
- Status: Active
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Harvard admissions |
| Position: | Interviewer |
| Description: | Harvard admissions (4 years), Represented community on traffic in Los Angeles. |
| Employer: | McKinsey & Company |
| Position: | Summer Associate |
| Time period: | May 2008 - July 2008 |
| Description: | • Designed hypothesis-driven customer insight models in health care decision-making. The team of 3 FTEs defined research questions, obtained stakeholder buy-in, and launched in 3 weeks.
• Modeled strategic options for the CEO of a major European post-trade bank and defined competitive pressures on the players in the 90 billion Euro securities market. |
| Employer: | Vascular Management Associates, Incorporated |
| Position: | Director of Business Development |
| Time period: | December 2006 - November 2007 |
| Description: | A managed services company for outpatient vascular surgery centers.
• Led branding efforts at the company and first two client clinics. Developed new clients, adding 17 surgeons (more than 100% growth) to the company. • Disseminated a private placement memorandum to venture capitalists, providing extensive data on company and clinic operations. Due diligence resulted in three serious investor meetings. • Redefined business plan in conjunction with 10 person advisory board in response to missing pro forma targets. Effort resulted in a more competitive business model. |
| Employer: | Health Benchmarks, Incorporated |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2007 |
| Description: | A boutique consulting firm measuring risk-adjusted physician quality and cost.
• Managed a 10-person, Los Angeles and Beijing-based team through a new product launch. Built a $200,000 online physician comparison tool for 2,000 medical clinics in 3 months. • Developed, sold, and implemented state-of-the-art clinical cost measurement methods resulting in $500,000 additional revenue, 4 abstracts, 1 manuscript and a new business line. • Directed two top two finishes in new business “bake-offs” between 8+ competitors. |
| Employer: | Health Benchmarks, Incorporated |
| Position: | Associate Consultant |
| Time period: | December 2004 - December 2005 |
| Description: | • Built and refined five quality-based incentive programs, including a program to award $12
million to physicians in the southeastern US. • Developed new metrics of physician quality and overhauled existing portfolio of 90 measures. |
| Employer: | Brain Research Institute, UCLA |
| Position: | Staff Research Associate I |
| Time period: | December 2002 - November 2004 |
| Description: | • Studied Alzheimer’s disease modeled in Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly).
• Built new lab as the first employee and managed its growth from 2 to 8 members. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2009 |
| Degree: | Master of Business Administration & Master of Public Health |
| University: | Harvard University |
| Time period: | 2003 |
| Degree: | Biology, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Car fanatic. |
| Clubs: | Co-President, Redwoods@Haas (Haas outdoors club). |
| Memberships: | • Chief Tae Soo Do Instructor (2003-2007), 150-member West Coast Hwa Rang Do Academy.
• President (2002) and Instructor (2003), 50-member Harvard Tae Kwon Do team. |
William's Startups (1)
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Maestro Market
An online, innovative marketplace bringing people with talent and engagements together.
William's Contacts (11)
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Arvind Krishnamoorthy
Indian, 29, MBA09 Berkeley 7 years in online marketing and monetization with major Portal Idea: mobile based consumer service
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Chris Lavin
Computer Engineering & Computer Science graduate from University of Wisconsin Madison, MBA from UC Berkeley. Co-Founder of LFNetwork, LLC.
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