Lunch & Learn Career Panel from PhDs to Entrepreneurs

Join us for the virtual career panel, featuring panelists from software, hardware, and bio/med tech startups. Learn how they transitioned from academia to entrepreneurship and gain valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities of startup careers.

 The session includes a moderated discussion, breakout group conversations with each panelist, and closing advice. 

This panel is co-sponsored by GT Commercialization and SGA. 

Participating Panelists:

  • Allyson McKinney, PhD CEO and co-founder of SoloPulse MS ’19 and PhD’24 in Electrical Engineering 
  • Kasie Collins, PhD Co-Founder & CEO, OZ-Link Technologies
  •  Rishi Gurnani, PhD Director of Software Engineering & Algorithms at Matmerize PhD Alumnus in Materials Science and Engineering