About
Associate Partner who completed a PhD at Harvard's Microrobotics Lab developing manufacturing techniques for soft artificial muscles, and pursued postdoctoral studies on their medical and consumer electronics applications.
Experience
- Safar PartnersAssociate Partnercurrent2025 β presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Safar PartnersAnalyst2024 β 2025
- Harvard Microrobotics LabPostdoctoral Researcher2024 β 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Harvard Microrobotics LabPhD Student2018 β 2024Cambridge, Massachussetts
- Startup BostonEngineering Track Lead, Content Programming2019 β 2021Greater Boston
- Bioactivity Biomedical Design TeamPresident2014 β 2018Blacksburg, VA
- Victor Tango AutoDriveBusiness Team Lead, Controls Team Member2017 β 2018Blacksburg, Virginia
- Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) LaboratoryUndergraduate Researcher2015 β 2018Blacksburg, VA
- Southwest Research InstituteStudent Engineer2017San Antonio, Texas Area
Education
- Harvard UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering2018 β 2023
- Virginia TechBachelorβs Degree, Mechanical Engineering2014 β 2018
Skills & more
SolidWorks8Matlab9Autodesk Inventor8Computer Numerical Control (CNC)AutoCAD6Microsoft Office3Microsoft Excel4PowerPoint3Arduino2C++1Public Speaking1Leadership3
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3D PrintingLaser CuttingMachiningSolderingInvestment CastingDesign for ManufacturingResearchCADTechnical DocumentationROSRoboticsProject ManagementLanguages English Β· Spanish
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Also worked at Southwest Research Institute2
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Managing Partner at Safar Partners
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Senior Advisor at Safar Partners
Bob Millard
Senior Advisor, Chairman Emeritus of MIT Corporation at Safar Partners
Greg S. Feldman
Partner at Safar Partners
Hannah Jacobs
Analyst at Safar Partners
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Manager of Administration at Safar Partners
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