Alfred Chuang’s Startup Story

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Alfred Chuang is a general partner at Race Capital. Recognized by Andreessen Horowitz as the Silicon Valley CEO’s CEO, Alfred Chuang is an accomplished entrepreneur and venture investor. Known for being the co-founder and CEO of BEA Systems, Alfred led BEA Systems to its acquisition by Oracle for $8.5 billion. Alfred’s notable awards include CIO Magazine 20/20 Vision Award Honoree, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, among others.

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Sterling Anderson’s Startup Story

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Sterling Anderson is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Aurora, the self-driving technology company. Before Aurora, Sterling led the autopilot programs at Tesla, worked as an engagement manager at McKinsey, co-founded a selective autonomous driving system company, and conducted research on shared-adaptive or autonomous control of passenger vehicles.

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Nitin Gupta’s Startup Story

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Nitin Gupta is the VP of Enterprise at MasterClass. Additionally, Nitin Gupta was also the Founder & CEO of Fairy, a home management platform for hotel-like cleaning service for homes. His experience includes leading one of the top strategic verticals at Box through IPO, leading a strategic enterprise team at Postmates through acquisition to Uber to sign the largest exclusive accounts, and founding and leading two venture backed consumer / enterprise startups both through acquisitions.

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Agustina Sartori’s Startup Story

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Agustina Sartori Odizzio was the CEO and Founder of GlamST, an augmented reality (AR) technology company and Virtual Makeup Platform designed for beauty brands and retailers that allows women to try on makeup from anywhere, anytime. After GlamST’s acquisition by Ulta Beauty, Sartori now serves as the Director of AR Innovation at Ulta Beauty. In her role, she works to develop AR experiences, AI, and machine learning applications such as GlamLab with the in-house Digital Innovation team.

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Erika Hairston’s Startup Story

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Erika Hairston is the co-founder & CEO of Edlyft, a YC backed tech startup helping create the next million computer science grads. At 24,  her and her co-founder became 2 of the youngest Black women to raise  over $1M in venture funding. After raising from investors such as  Kleiner Perkins, Village Global, and Jeff Weiner, Erika was featured on the Forbes’ 30 under 30.

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The Student Startup Center at UC Davis inspires students to become entrepreneurs and supports them as they build their ventures.



Leadership


Aaron Anderson

Aaron Anderson

Director & Lecturer

Oversee operations of makerspace, events and plasma accelerator pro­gram for all undergraduates on cam­pus. Instruct core courses for entre­preneurship certificate.



Student Managers


Dung Hoang

Dung Hoang

Community Manager

Managerial Economics and Statistics

Elijah Yeboah

Elijah Yeboah

DE&I Development Manager

Cognitive Science

Shruti Kakar

Shruti Kakar

Tech Outreach Manager

Computer Science and Economics

Jeremy Randall

Jeremy Randall

Marketing Manager

Design

Olivia Bates

Olivia Bates

Outreach Manager

Managerial Economics and Technology Management Minor

Miles Barry

Miles Barry

Audio Visual Manager

Statistics

Victoria Kerslake

Victoria Kerslake

Design Manager

Design

Lucas Fedronic

Lucas Fedronic

Venture Development Manager

Computer Science and Engineering

Ocean Chee

Ocean Chee

Audio Visual Manager

Computer Science

Simran Lallian

Simran Lallian

Venture Development Manager
Atmaja Patil

Atmaja Patil

Venture Development Manager

BioSystems Engineering

Leslie Valdez

Leslie Valdez

DE&I Development Manager

Design, Education & Linguistics Minors

Ridhima Bellam

Ridhima Bellam

PLASMA Manager

Cognitive Science & Computer Science

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Advisory Board


Paul Ambrose

Paul Ambrose

Kim Emerson

Kim Emerson

Nitin Gupta

Nitin Gupta

Tami Hutchinson

Tami Hutchinson

Juanita Lott

Juanita Lott

Matt Kaufman

Matt Kaufman

Darryl Goss

Darryl Goss

Sam King

Sam King

Alyssa Panitch

Alyssa Panitch

Agustina Sartori

Agustina Sartori

Yatish Mishra

Yatish Mishra

Cathy Rodriguez

Cathy Rodriguez

Raf Peeters

Raf Peeters

Yang Ni

Yang Ni

Dave De Simone

Dave De Simone

Don Tran

Don Tran


Previous Student Managers

UC Davis Alumni


Dawn McGee

Dawn McGee

Administrator & Lecturer
Chris Andrade

Chris Andrade

Prototype Manager

Master of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Kelly Berndt

Kelly Berndt

Outreach Manager

Biomedical Engineering

Zev Barasch

Zev Barasch

Graphic Design Manager

Design

Martha Flores

Martha Flores

Web, Video Audio, Content Manager

Cinema and Digital Media
Computer Science

Yamini Sharma

Yamini Sharma

Business Development Manager

Statistics

Sania Heydafardai

Sania Heydafardai

PLASMA Director

Design

Mariela Padilla

Mariela Padilla

Social Media Manager

Design
Communications

Ankita Bhat

Ankita Bhat

PLASMA Director

Statistics and Economics

Chance Mathisen

Chance Mathisen

Business Development Manager

Managerial Economics, Accounting & Technology Management Minors

Amanda Huang

Amanda Huang

Prototype Manager

Mechanical Engineering

Megan Tom

Megan Tom

Web, Video, Audio Content Manager

Cognitive Science, Technology Management Minor

Kimmiko James

Kimmiko James

Business Development Manager

Cognitive Science

Ricardo Acosta

Ricardo Acosta

Videographer

Computer Science

Azeba Bajwa

Azeba Bajwa

Lead Program Manager

Biomedical Engineering

Sumit Basra

Sumit Basra

Lead Technical Manager

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Megan Brown

Megan Brown

Visual Thinking Lab Manager

Computer Science & Engineering

Ravi Chopra

Ravi Chopra

UC PLASMA Director

Business & Technology Management

Dorian Crutcher

Dorian Crutcher

Makerspace Manager

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Jon Gordon

Jon Gordon

Student Manager

Civil and Enviornmental Engineering

Tanvir Kaur

Tanvir Kaur

Lead Program Manager

Chemical Engineering, CS Minor

Harshita Kaushal

Harshita Kaushal

Makerspace Manager

Computer Science & Engineering

Jonas Langlois

Jonas Langlois

Makerspace Manager

Mechanical Engineering

Mat Magno

Mat Magno

UC PLASMA Director

Computer Science

Bruno Matsui

Bruno Matsui

Lead Makerspace Manager

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineeringical Engineering

Hemali Patel

Hemali Patel

Creator Challenge Series Lead Project Manger

Managerial Economics

Dominic Phillips

Dominic Phillips

Makerspace Manager

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Michaela Poblete

Michaela Poblete

Workshop Manager

Computer Science

Mahima Rupakula

Mahima Rupakula

Social Media Manager

Chemical Engineering

Liz Tang

Liz Tang

Director

Student Startup Center

Anthony Thai

Anthony Thai

Student Manager

Mechanical Engineering

Ashley Torres

Ashley Torres

Visual Thinking Lab Manager

Computer Engineering

Jazmin Torres

Jazmin Torres

Social Media Marketing Manager

Communication, Economics & Music Minors

Ashley Bilbrey

Ashley Bilbrey

Technology Manager
Gabby Tirsell

Gabby Tirsell

Venture Development Manager
Brianna Todaro

Brianna Todaro

Outreach Manager

Juanita Lott’s Startup Story

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Juanita Lott is the founder and former chair and CEO of Bridgestream Software, an enterprise software company that was sold to Oracle in 2007. Gartner recognized Bridgestream as one of the ‘cool vendors in security and privacy’, and Burton Group recognized Ms. Lott as ‘a pioneer’ in role based access management solutions.

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The center offers opportunities to build and lead founding teams, participate in competitions against fellow UC Davis student entrepreneurs, and gain insights from industry experts. A key feature of the center’s programming includes sessions with highly successful guest speakers, including self-made billionaires, who share their experiences and strategies for building influential businesses.


Co-founder of Pensando Systems. He built on the same technology that the hyperscalers use, the heart of the AMD Pensando™ platform is a fully programmable P4 data processing unit (DPU). It’s optimized to execute a software stack delivering cloud, compute, network, storage, and security services at cloud scale – with minimal latency, jitter, and power requirements.

Shweta, a seasoned executive with experience in education and technology, has an impressive track record in leading teams and launching impactful initiatives. From spearheading a global tech platform at AT&T to founding her own AI startup focused on making education data actionable, Shweta is dedicated to creating equitable access to quality education.

She is an innovator, strategist, and visionary with extensive experience in developing technologies that extend market share and drive business goals. With a hands-on technical background, Kati is passionate about the future of the Digital Data Economy and Digital Democracy, holding over 120 international patents.

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