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Elaine Chen

Investor

Advisor at Cybernetix Ventures

Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

About

Advisor and roboticist; director of the Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts University, Cummings Family Professor of the Practice in Entrepreneurship, and former EIR at MIT's Martin Trust Center.

Experience

  1. Tufts UniversityCummings Family Professor of the Practice in Entrepreneurshipcurrent2020 — presentMedford, Massachusetts, United States
  2. Derby Entrepreneurship Center at TuftsDirector, Derby Entrepreneurship Centercurrent2020 — presentMedford, Massachusetts, United States
  3. ConceptSpringFounder and Managing Directorcurrent2005 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts
  4. Cybernetix VenturesAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
  5. Center for Open ScienceBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentCharlottesville, Virginia, United States
  6. MIT Sloan School of ManagementSenior Lecturer2012 — 2020Cambridge, MA
  7. Martin Trust Center for MIT EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneur-In-Residence and other roles2011 — 2020Cambridge, MA
  8. MIT Enterprise Forum CambridgeBoard Member2015 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  9. LiveData, Inc.Interim VP Engineering and other roles2016 — 2020
  10. Rethink Robotics, Inc.VP Product Development2011 — 2013Boston, Massachusetts
  11. Zeo, Inc.VP Engineering and Product Development2009 — 2011
  12. Zeemote, Inc. (Acquired by Aplix)VP Product Management2005 — 2009
  13. SensAble Technologies, Inc. (Acquired by 3D Systems)VP Engineering and other roles1998 — 2005
  14. Continuum (Acquired by EPAM)Senior Systems Engineer1996 — 1998
  15. Exos Inc. (Acquired by Microsoft)Mechanical and Systems Engineer1993 — 1996

Skills & more

Board LevelEntrepreneurshipRoboticsProduct Management99Product Development99Strategy70Cross-functional Team LeadershipProduct Design44Product Marketing7Integration16Automation7Start-ups99
+12 moreProgram ManagementEngineering ManagementEngineeringSoftwareUser ExperienceElectronicsMobile DevicesTeam BuildingManagementLeadershipAnalyticsEmbedded Systems

Languages Cantonese · English

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Colleagues at Cybernetix Ventures

Amar Sawhney
Advisor at Cybernetix Ventures
Dennis Clarke
Advisor at Cybernetix Ventures
Fady Saad
General Partner at Cybernetix Ventures
Helen Greiner
Advisor at Cybernetix Ventures
Ira Hoffman
Advisor at Cybernetix Ventures
Jackson Saunders
Investor at Cybernetix Ventures
Lukas Ziegler
Venture Scout at Cybernetix Ventures
Margaux Sullivan
Marketing Director at Cybernetix Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Elaine Chen?
Advisor and roboticist; director of the Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts University, Cummings Family Professor of the Practice in Entrepreneurship, and former EIR at MIT's Martin Trust Center.
Where does Elaine Chen work?
Elaine Chen is Advisor at Cybernetix Ventures.
Where did Elaine Chen go to school?
Elaine Chen studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering).

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