Moving to the West Coast from the East Coast can come with many changes and questions, but it can also come with a wealth of opportunities! Hear about our vibrant West Coast community and learn from recent alumni about their two years at HBS and how it helped them develop both personally and professionally in fields like tech, entrepreneurship, and crypto! Below are the alumni who you will hear from, we hope you can attend!
Rocio Wu is a Principal at F-Prime Capital leading investments in FinTech and Enterprise software. Previously, she was an investor at Liquid 2 Ventures (founded by NFL hall of fame quarterback Joe Montana) where she invested in companies like Chipper Cash (an African cross-border payments company) and Overjet (artificial intelligence for oral healthcare). She was also a Sequoia Scout and an angel investor in Inworld.ai (developer platform for creating AI-powered virtual characters) and others still in stealth. Before investing career, she worked at Google and Amazon in a variety of operating roles such as CorpDev, GTM Strategy, Marketing across the U.S., Japan, Spain and China.
Rocio is a community builder and is involved in multiple groups that support the involvement of women and minorities in technology, including Xooglers, HBS Circles, and LatAm entrepreneurs. She’s physically based in the Bay Area, but you can often find her traveling to LatAm and other parts of the world learning about different cultures and ideas. Rocio holds a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Shanghai International Studies University (joint program with Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Spain).
Dave Anderson is an engineer, entrepreneur, and investor passionate about technology. Dave is currently on the investment team at Toyota AI Ventures where he invests in Seed to Series A companies in AI and robotics.
Previously, Dave founded Seasoned, an online platform to connect retirees to part-time work and Bamboo Detroit, Detroit's first co-working space for entrepreneurs. Dave has also mentored early-stage startups and managed NextEnergy’s participation in the DOE-funded National Incubator Initiative for Clean Energy (NIICE), a national network of leading cleantech incubators across the country.
Anderson is an electrical engineer with experience in advanced battery systems with Fortune 500 companies Bosch Battery Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems. In addition, he has earned several notable achievements including being named as one of Crain’s Detroit Business 20 in their 20s in 2015; recognized as one of 11 black millennials reviving Detroit by the Huffington Post; featured on the cover of Blac Detroit Magazine alongside his wife, Michelle Anderson, as one of Detroit’s premier power couples, and featured in ABC’s 20/20 for his work with youth entrepreneur Asia Newson.
Anderson holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he served as the student body Chief Entrepreneurship Officer and helped launch HBS Accelerate, an educational website for entrepreneurs.
Akash is a technology and business professional passionate about creating products and bringing them to market. He has experience researching and developing innovative technologies in the consumer electronics, aerospace, and aviation fields. His innovative solutions have helped advance and bring to market include Microsoft Surface Laptop, Rockwell Collins' Synthetic Vision System, and Airbus A320 engine assemblies.
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