Meet Daybreak Labs Advisor and Capital Factory Senior Venture Associate, Luis Martinez, PhD
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, Executive Director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, sits down with Luis Martinez, PhD, Senior Venture Associate with Capital Factory and Daybreak Labs advisor. In this inspiring conversation, Luis shares his remarkable 25-year journey from a synthetic organic chemist at Harvard to a management consultant, university professor, ecosystem builder, and now venture capitalist. Luis offers invaluable insights for...
28 Okt 1h 19min
Meet Daybreak Labs Commercial Real Estate Advisor: Brian Wilson, Vice President, Colliers
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, Executive Director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, sits down with Brian Wilson, Vice President of Office R&D and Clean Facilities for Colliers International and Commercial Real Estate Advisor for Daybreak Labs. In this compelling conversation, Brian shares his unique journey from practicing real estate and construction law in Silicon Valley to becoming a key architect of the Tri-Valley's hard tech and l...
9 Sep 50min
Meet Daybreak Labs Operations Advisor: Janelle Muranaka, COO and Co-Founder, EazeBio
In this episode of the Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, hosts Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative. This episode features an in-depth conversation with Janelle Muranaka, COO and Co-founder of EazeBio and Operations Advisor for Daybreak Labs. It focuses on Muranaka's journey into the startup world, her passion for the Tri-Valley life sciences ecosystem, and the unique role of operations executive. Tune in...
5 Aug 1h 1min
Industrializing Biology: Meet LifeFoundry COO and Co-Founder, Sam Rad
In this episode of the Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, hosts Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, and Lisa Adamos, Economic Development Manager for the City of Pleasanton, sit down with Sam Rad, Co-Founder and COO of LifeFoundry, Inc. Sam, a chemical and biomolecular engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, shares his vision for transforming chemical productio...
17 Juni 40min
How AI Can Humanize Health Care: Meet "IC" Chiranjeevi Praveen Ikkurthy, CHCIO, Stanford Health Care
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, and guest co-host Hazel Wetherford, Deputy City Manager for the City of Dublin, talk with Chiranjeevi Praveen Ikkurthy, CHCIO, Interim IT Administrative Director for Stanford Health Care - Valley Health Care. IC was a panelist in our 2024 Tri-Valley AI Summit, and we are thrilled to welcome him to the pod! Chiranjeevi Ikkurthy (“IC”) is a seasoned IT leader with a proven track reco...
20 Maj 40min
Feed Your Good Genes: A Conversation with Author Reem Mahrat
In this episode of the Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, hosts Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, and Lisa Adamos, Economic Development Manager for the City of Pleasanton, sit down with Reem Mahrat, a serial entrepreneur and founder of EazeBio. Reem shares her personal journey of battling autoimmune disease and how it inspired her to write the book "Feed Your Good Genes: Avoid Autoimmune Disease....
1 Maj 9min
Empowering Women's Health: A Conversation with EazeBio Founder and CEO Reem Mahrat
In this episode of the Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, hosts Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, and Lisa Adamos, Economic Development Manager for the City of Pleasanton, sit down with Reem Mahrat, a serial entrepreneur and founder of EazeBio. Reem shares her inspiring journey from a chemical engineer to a leader in the biotech industry, focusing on women's health. She discusses the innovative w...
1 Apr 37min
Where AI Meets the Edge: A Conversation with Dr. Brian Spears, Director of the AI3 Incubator at LLNL
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, home of the Startup Tri-Valley (STV) Initiative, talks with Brian Spears, PhD, director of AI3, the AI Innovation Incubator at Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL), and one of our 2024 Tri-Valley AI Summit panelists. Brian is passionate about developing deep learning for applied science, especially inertial confinement fusion. A proud Tri-Valley resident, as director of AI3, he foc...
11 Mars 1h 8min
