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Senior manager at a growing management consulting firm focused on business strategy and operational improvement. Client projects have included managing over $20mm in operational and financial initiatives and developing growth strategies (e.g., go-to-market, supply chain strategy) for rapidly expanding companies.

Jessica Tsoong is a technology entrepreneur and angel investor based in Palo Alto, CA. Jessica was the Cofounder of WiFiSLAM, a Silicon Valley startup that developed positioning technologies for indoor location-based services designed to revolutionize the way people interact with their environments.

VP of Engineering at Wonolo. Co-founder/CTO at three startups, Advisor/Investor to a few more.

Debbie Lai comes from a background in technology business and policy, and she is currently the CEO of Act Now Coalition, a non-profit tech startup that builds data-driven products to tackle today’s urgent problems, ranging from COVID to climate change. She was previously at Google and YouTube, where she worked on the Business Development and Global Policy teams. She received a degree in Economics and East Asian Studies from Brown University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and has also studied screenwriting at the UCLA school for Theater, Film and Television. In her spare time, she enjoys independent art, running, swimming, cycling, cool forests, and hot tea.

Divya Nag is a healthcare technology enthusiast, Director of Health at Apple, and the co-founder of StartX Med and Stem Cell Theranostics. She has been showcased in Forbes 30 under 30, Fortune 40 under 40, Times’ 50 People Transforming Healthcare, and ranked #2 in Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business for her accomplishments in the medical field.

Growing up, my parents would ask what I wanted to do with my life. By the age of 10, my default answer had become “something that hasn’t been invented yet,” but it wasn’t until recently when I found meaning in that answer.

At McGill, I stumbled across a group of adventurers. Together, at a UN base in Port-au-Prince, we founded a non-profit media group called Developing Pictures. Teetering out of WFP helicopters and filming food drops from sunbaked flatbeds, we produced videos for clients including the UN, International Medical Corps, and a portfolio of local NGOs. I helped produce pieces that ended up on Haitian TV and that were utilized by the UN for damage assessment following the 2011 earthquake.

Next, I co-founded and led an e-commerce startup called Moral Fibers. Our team attempted to leverage social good into the bottom line of a for profit company. To accomplish this, we employed over a dozen artists in the developing world and crafted their artwork into enchanting web experiences meant to connect the consumer directly to the artist. After 24 months, 5 FT employees, $150k raised, and 17 artist graduates from our program, my co-founder and I decided to dissolve the company and return to McGill.

At Mirametrix, I work with a remarkable team on true technology innovation. I wear hats in business development and own our product. Together, we denature novel technologies into simple, crisp, and effective experiences for world class consumer electronics brands worldwide. Expect our submarine to surface in 2016.

Other accomplishments include:

•I have raised or helped raise over $4M from private angel investors;
•I gave a TEDx talk and was the keynote speaker for the inaugural Red Ideas Festival at Cornell;
•I led or was part of teams that won Quebec’s Forces Avenir grant, the McGill University Dobson Cup, and the BDC Innovation Award.

Specialties: Product Vision and Development, Strategy, User Experience.

Competitive endurance athlete. Formerly ranked top 1% globally for Ironman 70.3. Sub-3 marathoner.

Making things happen and solving painful problems. Successful track record in building startups and bringing product to market- profitably. I love this stuff.

Focused on bringing new healthcare technologies into the hands of patients and providers with an interest in innovation practice and instruction.