Current Students
KIRKLAND 2023
Cohort 4
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"As a student dedicated to public service, I hope to learn more about how technology and entrepreneurship can be harnessed to address complex societal problems and create positive social change. As a Tech Innovation Fellow, I am excited to take classes at HBS, participate in the Startup bootcamp, and learn from the other incredible peers in my cohort."
Tech areas of interest:
Tech for social good, civic technology, product management, human-centered design
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
As a Project Manager for Harvard Tech for Social Good last spring, I led a team of engineers and designers that worked with an experienced civic technologist to create a web app comparing the effectiveness of child welfare policies in all 50 states. This web app used both data visualization and human-centered design to help foster care officials learn about promising practices in child welfare from other states. This experience at the intersection of technology and government showed me how technology can help solve real-world problems - and piqued my curiosity in both for-profit and non-profit organizations in the social impact tech space.
Professional goals:
I know that I want to dedicate my life to empowering the most marginalized populations in our society. I also know that I love starting new initiatives, problem-solving, and working with mission-driven people to turn innovative ideas into a reality. My professional goals are to find a way to bring those two things together. Right now, I'm most interested in launching my own venture at the intersection of technology and housing justice.
Find Monica on LinkedIn.
ADAMS 2024
Cohort 5
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“As biotechnology and AI expand the horizons of our future, I’m excited to contribute to this revolution with my brilliant peers at Harvard and beyond. I know the Tech Fellow community will be leaders in advancing this future, and through this program, I hope to learn from and empower each other to move the world forward.”
Tech areas of interest:
Synthetic biology, AI/ML, genetic engineering, space exploration, social impact tech
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
1. I worked on a biotech startup creating advanced gene therapies, which showed me the potential of the biotech industry in translating scientific breakthroughs to directly impact people.
2. Founding Harvard OpenBio, our student-run biomakerspace, helped me appreciate how VC/industry can enable scientific discovery and foster communities to create change.
3. Reading “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang! Fascinating sci-fi stories that changed the way I viewed technology — feel free to reach out and I’ll lend you my copy.
Find Benjamin on LinkedIn.
MATHER 2023
Cohort 4
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"The best innovations come when new technology meets a fundamental human need. The chance to work on these sorts of innovations with those in the Tech Fellow community is beyond exciting."
Tech areas of interest:
Financial Services, Ed-Tech, Sustainability, Digital Health
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
Having co-founded a healthcare startup that was funded by some of the most prominent people in Silicon Valley, I've realized the power of technology to solve problems at a very large scale. The ability to impact hundreds of lives, at an early age, in a field I knew relatively little about, was so empowering, and I hope to achieve that sort of impact with my next endeavor. Further, the types of people working at the intersection of tech and business are exactly the people I want to surround myself with from both a professional and personal perspective.
Professional goals:
I want to be working at a company (either my own or another person's!) that is at the forefront of solving one of the most pressing problems of our generation, with people who challenge my assumptions constantly and encourage constant learning.
Find Michael on LinkedIn, Twitter, and his personal website.
ADAMS 2023
Cohort 5
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“Technology, designed creatively and thoughtfully, makes the world a better place. As a Tech Fellow, I am excited to learn from creative and thoughtful mentors and peers and innovate solutions to societal needs together. ”
Tech areas of interest:
AI/ML, civic tech, education tech, algorithmic fairness and justice
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
In Spring 2022, I designed and taught CS 96, Machine Learning for Social Good, a new course for students to work on impactful projects with nonprofits and government agencies. Through this course, Harvard Tech for Social Good, and my internships, I've had the opportunity to work with several public interest tech organizations. They've taught me that no matter how innovative your technology is, you must understand your users, funders, policies, and affected communities to make a positive impact.
Find April on LinkedIn.
ADAMS 2024
Cohort 5
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“The productization of a technological innovation is dependent on so many factors such as the culture and governance of a society; this unfortunately causes some promising innovations to die in the process before it benefits society. I believe the best technologies aren't just those developed in high-tech labs, but those that are made accessible and beneficial to society. I am excited to join the Harvard Tech Fellow program to discuss with my peers to bring more promising ideas and technologies, especially healthcare technologies, to the most underprivileged and underrepresented communities. ”
Tech areas of interest:
Artificial intelligence in Healthcare and Education Healthcare equity, Education equity, Women in STEM from developing countries
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
Back in Malaysia, I founded two non-profit organizations, Project BAWE and BASE initiative, that target the alleviation of education inequality. Project BAWE is a non-profit organization that provides personalized STEM-focused tutorials to underprivileged children in Malaysia, while BASE initiative (https://baseinitiativemy.com/) organizes annual scholarship workshops to improve financial aid accessibility for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Being involved in non-profits made me understand what the problems that need to be addressed with innovation in our society are and the importance of good business and technology when it comes to improving our society.
Professional goals:
I am passionate about technologies that improve accessibility and affordability in education and healthcare, and would love to continue to research, build, and distribute cool accessible and affordable health-tech and Edtech, especially with machine learning and AI, to Malaysia and the world.
Find Zad on LinkedIn or her personal website.
LEVERETT 2023
Cohort 4
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"The fellowship will provide me with the unique opportunity to explore new ways in which the technology and nonprofit fields can intersect. I am excited to be surrounded by faculty and students that are passionate about reimagining how we can approach challenges and enact change at scale."
Tech areas of interest:
Fintech, edtech, legal tech
DUNSTER 2024
Cohort 5
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“Innovation is produced by a deep and abiding curiosity about the world, and an eagerness to share that with others. I'm very excited to be a part of the Tech Fellows community, and look forward to learning from and with people who are equally dedicated to developing and applying tech solutions to change the world.”
Tech areas of interest:
Biotechnology, Data Science
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
I have previously interned at an early-stage venture firm in China/Korea as well as a hedge fund in Boston, and have spent a good deal of time conducting biostatistics research at MGH on novel cancer therapeutics, and bioinformatics research with HMS & the Undiagnosed Disease Network. The sum of my experiences thus far have informed my understanding of interactions between business and academia/the origins of tech, and I have come to realize that impact and scale is best achieved when both worlds are seamlessly integrated.
Professional goals:
Data science has such a powerful role to play in making the delivery of healthcare more equitable and efficient. I want to join or start a team that empowers people whose needs are underserved by current systems of care, whether that's patients with orphan diseases, those diagnosed with costly chronic conditions, or individuals in rural communities. I hope that effective, personalized medicine can become an accessible reality to all, and would like to pursue a career that allows me to dedicate time and energy to that vision.
Find Beverly on LinkedIn.
LEVERETT 2023
Cohort 4
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"I'm excited to be surrounded by a group of entrepreneurial problem-solvers who can challenge my ideas and help each other build sophisticated solutions that match the complexity of the real world."
Tech areas of interest:
Digital health, AI & ML, cloud video streaming and online video in general.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
From serving in a combat technology unit to working at a healthcare VC and then in software at Microsoft, I've experienced technology being integrated into a wide array of disciplines. What I've found is that it is often too easy to fall in love with the technology itself and not with the value added to the end-user. Technology and business meet where technology is fully leveraged in order to provide real value to the users - that's where technology matters.
Professional goals:
My long-term goal is to build and scale technology products that enable people to live healthier lives in a sustainable world. I think the way to get there is by learning from and collaborating with people who can challenge each other to think deeper and work harder.
Find Ty on LinkedIn.
KIRKLAND 2023
Cohort 5
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“The world’s most pressing problems cannot be solved by a single individual. As a Tech Fellow, I am excited to strive towards improving our world by learning with and working alongside innovative and goal-driven individuals.”
Tech areas of interest:
Cloud, AI and ML, Digital health, Data science
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
This past academic year, I worked with the Harvard Data Analytics Group where I had the opportunity to work with Fortune 500 companies harnessing the power of technology and data to improve societal outcomes. I worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Google this summer on Maps where I experienced how leveraging innovative technologies along with strategic business models can lead to useful solutions being operated at scale.
Professional goals:
I want to work in an entrepreneurial environment towards next-generation technologies to address a pressing problem with ambitious individuals.
ELIOT 2024
Cohort 5
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“The complex problems that face modern societies require technical innovations grounded in empathy, ethics, business sense, and thoughtful design. I want to build creative solutions that rethink the rules we take for granted, and I can't wait to learn from my talented cohortmates.”
Tech areas of interest:
AI/ML, Edtech, Medtech, Sustainability, Consumer Tech, Accessible Fintech, Good Cities
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
For the past 2 years, I've been building Wave Learning Festival, a 501c3 edtech nonprofit. For low-income K-12 students and schools, we provide free, live, online, peer-to-peer programming and resources. We've been able to support hundreds of schools and thousands of students across every continent, and hearing heartwarming student success stories motivates me to continue building solutions that tackle our world's biggest problems.
Professional goals:
I want to build new things that make life easier for those least served by society (that might be a startup!). I want to explore technology at its frontier. I want to create art, prolifically. I want to be actively engaged in mentorship and community work.
Find Karly on LinkedIn and her personal website.
ELIOT 2024
Cohort 5
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“I feel incredibly fortunate to be surrounded by such intelligent and ambitious impact-oriented leaders at Harvard. Even more so, I relish an opportunity to explore how technology can revolutionize areas of social need alongside this subset of similarly entrepreneurially-inclined students.”
Tech areas of interest:
Social Impact Tech, GovTech/Public Policy Tech, Machine Learning, Early-Stage Startups
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
As the Chief Executive Officer of Harvard Data Analytics Group (HDAG), I am periodically involved in sourcing clients for our case teams, especially in the government/NGO sectors. Meeting with civil leaders and discussing the unique societal and individual challenges that come with dedicating a life to public service—especially after transitioning from cushier industry positions—has really prompted me to think carefully about what it takes to advance the talent pool in govtech spaces. These experiences have deeply motivated my search for more meaningful and attractive methods of impact for younger generations inclined towards careers in public policy tech.
Professional goals:
I am interested in helping to develop equitable technologies for the refinement and deployment of government/public policy initiatives. In the longer term, I also hope to help forge a fortified career path in the intersection of public policy and tech—to motivate other technologically oriented individuals to pursue policy matters.
Find Kayla on LinkedIn.
KIRKLAND 2023
Cohort 5
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“I'm excited to be part of a cohort of tech fellows who also share aspirations of pushing the boundaries and limitations to solve some of the most pressing problems of our generation.”
Tech areas of interest:
Aerospace, Robotics
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
Throughout high school, I led our Poolesville Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam, where we developed a patent pending device to help visually impaired individuals identify, sort, and handle US paper currency. Supported now through Microsoft’s patent program #MakeWhat’sNext, our team started out receiving an initial grant of $8,000.00 from the Lemelson-MIT initiative. We then fundraised an additional $10,000.00 through numerous other donors on GoFundMe all over the east coast. Through this experience, I was able to develop a product from start to finish, starting from the initial research and design stages, prototyping, prototyping, and prototyping again, until we reached a final stage where our device met our specifications in the most efficient possible way. This project enabled me to first understand the type of direct impact engineering solutions could have on the specific needs of a consumer, which motivated me in my pursuit for STEM that works towards the improvement and sustainability of a better society.
Professional goals:
With future hopes for an MBA after practice in industry, I want to ensure I can find ways to apply engineering towards effective and innovative solutions that benefit our society. I would like to build the knowledge and expertise within fields intersecting robotics, aerospace, and autonomous systems to reach my eventual goals of building my own startup in satellite communication and control systems.
Find Grace on LinkedIn.
WINTHROP 2023
Cohort 4
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"'Diversity is the engine of invention. It generates creativity that enriches the world.' -Justin Trudeau"
Tech areas of interest:
Product Management and Diversity in Tech
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
On campus, I've explored my interests in tech and business through my role as the Co-President of Harvard Women in Computer Science, as well as my investment research experience from the Financial Analysts Club. I'm currently a STEP intern at Google and look forward to exploring future tech and/or business opportunities!
Professional goals:
I'm excited about pursuing my passion for business and tech through a career in Software Engineering or Product Management.
Find Helen on LinkedIn.
DUNSTER 2023
Cohort 4
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"My passion for designing technology that brings people closer together instead of further apart drives my work. As a tech fellow, I'm excited about the opportunity to learn how to bridge my interests in design thinking, technology, community, and business."
Tech areas of interest:
Interaction design, ethical technology, smart cities, social networks
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
During my gap year I worked at the social app, Bumble. It was there that I realized that you could create a business out of changing an antiquated social norm — that men have to make the first move in dating. Bumble turned that on its head and gave the power to women. By creating a tech company that is centered around these values, they created a category defining business and changed social mindsets.
Professional goals:
I hope to use design thinking to continually work on solutions to the world's most pressing problems. I always want to be surrounded by people who challenge me.
Find Clara on LinkedIn.
LOWELL 2023
Cohort 4
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"Technology is a powerful medium for driving meaningful social change. As a Tech Innovation Fellow, I'm excited to join and contribute to a community of changemakers, who are passionate about leveraging technology and business to create a positive impact in the world."
Tech areas of interest:
Social Impact Tech & Startups, Product Management, Education, AI/ML, Consumer Technology
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
As one of the few girls in my high school's introductory computer science class, I aspired to mentor other young girls who were enthusiastic about technology but had limited opportunities to explore their interests at an early age. Thus, I helped launch my community's first coding workshop for kids and led a technology mentorship program through Girls Who Code, where young women in high school can mentor elementary school girls in programming and robotics. Launching and leading these endeavors helped me realize that while technology alone is powerful, business strategy and planning can help make any venture or product even more scalable, sustainable, and impactful.
Professional goals:
I'm interested in leading cross-functional teams at the intersection of business strategy, engineering, and UX design to build technology and software products that drive positive social change.
Find Tulsi on LinkedIn.
ADAMS 2024
Cohort 5
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“Steve Jobs once said that, "Creativity is just connecting things." Being a Tech Fellow means being able to dive into a community of fellow interdisciplinary thinkers and builders who share an affinity for creativity. In the tech and entrepreneurship space, I believe these connections can translate into great changes!”
Tech areas of interest:
Social Networks, Algorithmic Fairness, Brain Tech, Digital Activism, Human-Computer Interaction
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
I came to realize the power of tech and entrepreneurship when I founded my first startup. A few years ago, I built a social peer-counseling app to connect minority youth with mental health support. The nuanced process of building and scaling a solution to a pressing social issue inspired me to study the ways technology interfaces with other disciplines to create change.
Professional goals:
By engaging in the startup space, I would like to venture into more creative and unconventional applications of technology, such as digital expression, wellbeing, and activism. I hope to take on a role as Product Manager at an innovative startup while fostering my own initiatives too!
Find Palis on LinkedIn.
LOWELL 2023
Cohort 4
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"I believe that technology has an immense potential to fight medical challenges, combat environmental crises and improve overarching public health systems. I've had the chance to be a part of research initiatives ranging from the development of high-sensitivity stethoscopes for cancer diagnosis and iPhone-based imaging techniques for detecting surgical site infections to large-scale technologies aimed at improving city-wide environmental and public health. I believe in using research as a foundation for creating implementable technologies that directly reach the hands of medical professionals and improve patient care. I am excited to be a part of the Tech Fellows program and to learn and grow alongside this incredible group of faculty and peers."
Tech areas of interest:
Medical Technology, Climate Change, Biotech, Personalized Medicine, AI/ML, Public Health
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
I started Project iSense, an initiative aimed at fighting climate change and its ripple effects on air quality and public health in urban areas. Using a combination of sensor technology, drone platforms and modeling techniques, Project iSense first exposed me to the potential of innovation at the intersection of technology, climate science and healthcare. Over the past few years, I have been working towards scaling this system over multiple large cities, expanding the technology to encompass measures of air quality and bridging the gap between technology systems and real-world impact. Working alongside research scientists, medical professionals, policy makers, and climate experts has given me insight into opportunities for innovation in this space and the power of cross-disciplinary technical solutions.
Professional goals:
My long-term goal is to become a medical doctor and scientist. I aspire to leverage technology innovation to improve medical diagnosis, center the patient experience and advance patient care.
Find Siona on LinkedIn and her personal website.
KIRKLAND 2024
Cohort 5
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“I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to work and learn alongside peers who are committed to harnessing the intersection of business and technology to make an impact in the world.”
Tech areas of interest:
Artificial intelligence, language models, fintech, product management, ethical technologies.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
Early in college, I had built a successful AI-driven platform that provided freely available dyslexia diagnoses to anyone with access to a laptop. The process of translating this research into the real world taught me just how crucial the intersection of technology and business was to make any real change. They fueled each other in a way that fascinated me and hooked me into the world of entrepreneurship.
Professional goals:
My goal is to work with and learn from people who care deeply about the work they do. I want to lead teams who innovate at the intersection of AI and business and work on projects that will make real impacts in the world.
Find Isha on LinkedIn.
ELIOT 2023
Cohort 5
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“I am excited to have a space and cohort of peers dedicated to conscientiously using technology and computational thinking to improve society.”
Tech areas of interest:
Mechanism Design, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Social Choice Functions/Voting Rules, Multi-agent systems, Fairness and Privacy in AI, Digital Governance, Media and Technology
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
My first class in economics/CS taught me how much thought can go into designing the organizations that run modern society. Whether that means using graphs to optimize meeting scheduling, auctions to estimate how a product will be received by the public, or fair allocation rules to determine funding for local schools, the course showed me that there is a lot of room to use technology to make collective decision making more efficient.
Professional goals:
In the short term I hope to learn more about how collective decision-making is done, whether that be through votes in local government, through tokens in a DAO, or through prices in financial markets. In the mid-to-long term I hope to use mechanism design and social choice function literature to craft more fair and efficient companies, NGOs, and governments.
Find Isaac on LinkedIn.
MATHER 2023
Cohort 5
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“I have an entrepreneurial spirit and itch to build. I also naturally gravitate towards leadership roles where I can be a decision-maker. So, being a Tech Fellow feels like a perfect fit. I’m grateful for the opportunity to add more business and leadership understanding to my technical background, work alongside innovative, like-minded peers, and learn how to identify and tackle issues critical to society!”
Tech areas of interest:
Machine Learning/Natural Language Processing, Blockchain, Big Data, Scalability
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
I started my first "company" when I was 12 years old and for six summers was fascinated by how Stone Adventure Camp improved, grew, and impacted local kids as I applied basic business fundamentals. I wanted to understand how to broaden my influence beyond just my hometown. My computer science experience in high school and at Harvard have illuminated how I personally can best do that: through operating at the intersection of both business and technology.
Professional goals:
I want to understand everything about drawing practical insights from big data. Over the next ten years, I hope to build out a skillset of engineering, product management, and business strategy that will prepare me to lead my own machine learning company.
Find Cameron on LinkedIn.
WINTHROP 2024
Cohort 5
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“The field of fashion is about human connection. Now, after the pandemic, we need to find ways of reconnecting with people even at a distance. So, the question remains - how do we recreate this human bond in the online world?" - Francois-Henri Pinault, Kering
Tech areas of interest:
Fashion Tech, AI/ML, 3D Virtual Worlds & the Metaverse
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have worked to ensure that immigrants and undocumented individuals can live safely during these difficult times. As a founding member of ImmigrationHelp, I was able to provide access to humanitarian legal services for low-income people, using the power of technology. I have worked on creating a step by step system to file for VAWA – Violence Against Women Act – and got to better connect people in our community in need of our services. I am now working on the launch of our TPS screener for refugees, and our vision is much bigger. We want to create a virtual legal center – a place where legal help is free for anyone, and people can get help on any problem, from immigration to bankruptcy.
Professional goals:
I am currently working on my own startup, Gala, and our goal is to become a global hub for inclusive fashion. Our platform uses a user-centered approach instead of a brand-centered one, and our sustainability oriented algorithms prioritize local brands and creators. My goal over the coming years is to develop and grow Gala to become a worldwide fashion retailing platform.
Find Lavinia on LinkedIn.
DUNSTER 2023
Cohort 4
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"Innovation is all about viewing ordinary things through extraordinary lenses. When we gather for the first time as Tech Fellows, I hope we share our personal lenses and realize how much more we can see together. From there, I'll discover how to turn life-changing ideas into lives that are truly changed. (Oh, and I can't wait to go "camping" with my cohort in January!)"
Tech areas of interest:
Machine learning, natural language, education, entertainment. In general, wherever tech meets arts and culture.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
On assignment last year for the Harvard Crimson, I interviewed CEOs and VPs at The Engine, an MIT-based venture firm that funds "tough tech" startups. With my physics background, I immediately understood the challenges these companies faced on the R&D front; yet the business side of things was an entirely different—and for me, new and fascinating—matter.
Professional goals:
My goal is to use tech to bridge the divide between the sciences and the humanities. To that end, I could see myself pursuing entrepreneurship, research, or writing—which are not mutually exclusive, by the way! They are three sides of the same coin.
Find Alan on LinkedIn.
ELIOT 2023
Cohort 4
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"'We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?'
― Steve Jobs"Tech areas of interest:
Consumer Products, Product Design, Machine Learning, Genomics
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
I'm a social entrepreneur dedicated to building things that make a difference. I've founded a couple startups in college and worked on projects at the intersection of machine learning and education, in effective altruism, climate change, and the sustainable synthesis of pharmaceuticals.
Professional goals:
Do startup things. Out of college the plan is to either build a startup, work at an early-stage startup, or work at a larger company that feels like a startup. Eventually though, the goal is to build a unicorn.
Find Michael on LinkedIn, GitHub, or his personal website.
DUNSTER 2023
Cohort 4
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“No founder succeeds alone — not without the most suitable co-founder(s), the right team, and a strong community of peers and mentors to build and grow together. I’m thrilled to join an incredible community of entrepreneurs and innovators and both learn from and empower each other in our journeys.”
Tech areas of interest:
Creator Economy, AI/ML, Community-Centric Products, Ethical Technology
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
At age 12, I taught myself how to code to build my classmates a mobile game to learn new vocabulary, a task they struggled with in English classes. From that moment on, I recognized the power of technology in solving community problems. My experience organizing ten hackathons for 6,000+ young innovators globally and co-founding a digital co-studying platform for students helped me realize my love for creating community-centric products and solidified my desire to be a founder.
Find Catherine on LinkedIn, Twitter, and her personal website.
LOWELL 2024
Cohort 5
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“Time and time again, we've seen technology serve as a vessel for social, cultural, and institutional change. As someone who's particularly excited about the way tech can accelerate civic change, I'm excited to learn from the incredible group of builders and thinkers in my Tech Fellow cohort.”
Tech areas of interest:
civic tech, consumer tech, product management, human-computer interaction, deep tech, tech ethics
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
I dove deep into the venture and startup space as President of Harvard Undergraduate Capital Partners (HUCP), working with partner VCs to source Harvard student companies and conduct diligence to assist in deal flow. This exposed me to the ebbs and flows of the venture industry, and in particular how venture can bring about social impact and civic change. Formative to my time with HUCP was leading a months-long research project conducted in conjunction with Sequoia Capital, wherein the team presented a thesis with opportunities for tangible exponential growth.
Professional goals:
Long-term, I see myself as an operator, working on a product that applies technology to bring about social or civic change. I think an end problem that directly affects and impacts the everyday lives of its users is especially appealing to me.
Find Nathan on LinkedIn.
- Alumni
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HISTORY & SCIENCE, SECONDARY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
DUNSTER 2020
Cohort 1-
"I’m thrilled to be a part of the Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellowship! I have already learned so much in my HBS class on Digital Innovation, through our fellowship seminars, and from my peers. We will all emerge better equipped to navigate the future of the technology industry.”
Tech areas of interest
I’m very interested in user design, product management, and tech policy. Additionally, I’m passionate technology as it relates to accessibility and environmentalism.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
While working at Apple as an intern in Product Systems Quality, I learned a tremendous amount about how products go from concept to the hands of users around the world. I had the opportunity to manage and direct two studies related to the iPad ecosystem. The experience was very enlightening as I learned from employees from every corner of the corporation dedicated to the same goal of a magical user experience.
Professional goals
The technology industry is vast and rife with opportunity. I am certain, however, that I want to shape how technology affects the lives of underrepresented people, such as disabled communities, people of color, etc. As such, I am excited to continue learning more about product design and management.
COMPUTER SCIENCE, SECONDARY IN ECONOMICS
ADAMS 2020
Cohort 1-
"The Tech Innovation Fellowship is an incredible opportunity to gain an abridged yet authentic business school experience. In learning the operational and financial skills paramount to success as a founder, I will enter the fast track in tech entrepreneurship.”
Tech areas of interest
I’m fascinated by the application of machine learning, distributed systems, and cryptography to economics and biology. I currently research memory optimization in deep neural network training, and reinforcement learning in drug design and delivery for my senior thesis.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
At Kensho, an AI/ML fintech company, I learned that the greatest discoveries of this century will be due to unprecedented scale of collaboration. Whether I was working on the Data Infrastructure production team building entity recognition pipelines or with the Natural Language Processing research team developing a sentiment analysis technique, our success depended on our business competence: aggregating massive, high-quality datasets.
Professional goals
I’m an entrepreneur at heart. To me, the best way to improve the world and love what you do is to build a tangible product that excites you. My short-term focus is on absorbing cutting-edge material as quickly and rigorously as possible, whether in academia or industry.
PHYSICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE
QUINCY 2021
Cohort 3-
"With groundbreaking discoveries on the cover of Nature every week, I hope to understand how we can better facilitate the translation of ideas into products, particularly in the physical sciences."
Tech areas of interest
AI/ML, autonomous robotics, modern physics (quantum computing/superconductivity)
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
My startup, Adventus Robotics, recently won the Harvard Center for Technology and Entrepreneurship's i3 Innovation Challenge and was funded by the Allston Ventures Fund. What began as a research project at the University of Toronto developed into a finished product: an autonomous wheelchair for both hospital and consumer markets. My work as a Venture Partner with Contrary Capital and an intern at Bridgewater Associates has given me insight into the worlds of financing and quantitative investment.
Professional goals
I am interested in merging my background in theoretical physics with the "real" world via cutting-edge industry research, product management for forthcoming technologies, or advising for specialized VC firms. Currently, however, my priorities lie with my startup.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/ASTROPHYSICS, SECONDARY IN COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGION
ADAMS 2021
Cohort 3-
"Excited to broaden my STEM background into the field of business."
Tech areas of interest
Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning, Interdisciplinary Research, Data Visualization, Gaming, Privacy, and VC.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
During my time serving as an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Army Officer, I was first introduced to the critical role that technology plays in streamlining the work of large organizations. After I was discharged, I continued to explore the field of technology as a Harvard undergraduate.
At Harvard, I was exposed to different scientific studies and research and their application to new technologies by taking courses in computer science, astrophysics, and mathematics. I exploited the opportunity of delving into theory of computation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In addition, over my sophomore summer, I utilized my technological background at Microsoft. At Microsoft, I was exposed to innovative ways of applying different technologies in the business world. My experiences in the army, academia, and corporate world have helped me better understand the intersection of technology and business.
Professional goals
I hope to make a significant impact on the people around me by utilizing technology to improve lives, bring people together, and shape the future.
Find Shlomo on LinkedIn.
BIOENGINEERING (SB)
QUINCY 2021
Cohort 3-
"As a perpetual learner and bioengineer, I am excited to explore how business perspectives can shape and improve the effectiveness of engineering solutions."
Tech areas of interest
Drug Delivery and Tissue Regeneration, Medical Devices, Biotechnology
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
While conducting biomedical research with ENT surgeons, I learned first-hand about the challenges faced by researchers on how to effectively translate solutions to the market and to patients. Conducting market research for a venture at the iLab, I learned how patient experiences and cross-disciplinary collaborations can transform technical solutions. I am motivated to understand the business aspect of medical engineering solutions to optimize patient experience effectively.
Professional goals
I aim to make an impact at the intersection of engineering and medicine, creating drug delivery and tissue engineering technologies while striving to translate research into tangible solutions for patients.
HISTORY/MATHEMATICS
QUINCY 2022
Cohort 3-
"The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless." -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Tech areas of interest
Renewable energy and artificial intelligence.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
While conducting research for a history professor, I learned of Minamata disease, a mysterious neurological disorder in 1950s Japan that caused thousands of victims to suffer ataxia, paralysis, and death. A team of scientists at a local university quickly discovered that the disease was caused by a chemical company dumping untreated mercury into the water, but industry-funded researchers from one of Japan's most prestigious universities sowed doubts, and the victims did not prevail in court until 1973. The fast-growing chemical company's faith in its cutting-edge technology diverted it from its human consequences, and people in powerful positions were happy to help the company cover up, for the right price. This case study illustrates the power,peril, and promise of technology.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
WINTHROP 2022
Cohort 3-
"Although research labs and physician offices are often located on the same floor in the hospital, it takes years or even decades for innovation to cross from the labs to the offices. I look forward to using the Tech Fellows Program as an opportunity to learn how to accelerate commercialization of science."
Tech areas of interest
Biotechnology, Aesthetic Medicine, Medical Diagnostics
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
During my research internship here in Boston, I read and observed a number of excellent studies on skin regeneration. Yet, very few of them are on the trajectory towards clinical use to prevent or minimize scarring. The challenging passage between the anti-scarring research and the anti-scarring market is what got me interested in the intersection of technology and business.
Find Tomasz on LinkedIn.
APPLIED MATH, SECONDARY IN STATISTICS
LOWELL 2020
Cohort 1-
"I’m so excited for the opportunity to learn from experienced faculty and entrepreneurs and to engage with the other fellows both throughout the year and in the HBS Startup Bootcamp.”
Tech areas of interest
I'm particularly interested in the intersection of machine learning and economics and how we can develop automation for social good.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
Last summer, I worked for a startup that developed machine learning models for health insurance companies and for online pricing. I was inspired by how they were able to dramatically impact industries in which analytics and technology are still nascent by using advanced statistics, and it made me want to develop the technical expertise and business acumen to create similar types of innovations.
Find Cameron on LinkedIn.
FOLKLORE & MYTHOLOGY/STATISTICS
ADAMS 2021
Cohort 2-
"As a Tech Innovation Fellow, I’m ecstatic to dive into conversations about technology with passionate people from all disciplines, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Unearthing answers to technological questions doesn’t happen in one day or by one person but I’m positive that these years as a Fellow—the experiences of listening, debating, and questioning as a team—will propel me to create meaningful technologies."
Tech areas of interest
Early Education, Children's Media, Visualization & Graphics
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
Being a public school student for 13 years and working with the San Francisco School District throughout high school, I witnessed the potential of partnerships with both local businesses and big tech companies to inspire learning and innovation in schools. In the same way that technology, education, and teachers shaped my aspirations, I too want to foster creative learning in all classrooms for all students and learners and share this passion with everyone.
Professional goals
I'd love to create transformative, curious, fun products in education or children's media that can be seen by a majority of young learners.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/PHILOSOPHY
WINTHROP 2021
Cohort 2-
"Having studied business at NYU Stern before transferring to Harvard to study computer science, I am most interested in the intersection between business and technology. I am very excited at the opportunity to be able to take classes at HBS, participate in the Startup bootcamp, and bond with my cohort of fellows.”
Professional goals
My goal is to surround myself with smart people, be very good at what I do, and move the needle on projects that matter.
Find Mary on GitHub, LinkedIn and her personal website.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (SB)
QUINCY 2020
Cohort 1-
"I am really excited about being part of this amazing team and I'm looking forward to learning about how entrepreneurship can help us make a greater impact!”
Tech areas of interest
Renewable Energies, Water Purification
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
My main motivation to become involved in the intersection of technology and business is because I see this as the most effective way of developing and spreading a technology that can make a significant positive impact on people's lives.
Professional goals
My long-term goals are using engineering solutions to help the energy and water needs of communities in developing countries.
Find Alejandro on LinkedIn.
COMPUTER SCIENCE, SM CANDIDATE IN APPLIED MATH
DUNSTER 2020
Cohort 1-
"As a programmer and avid learner of emerging technologies, I am excited to learn how to build an innovative technology venture from a business perspective. I am looking forward to exploring all the unique opportunities that the Tech Innovation Fellowship has to offer and to learning from faculty and the incredible peers in my cohort.”
Tech areas of interest
Learning, Product, Data Engineering
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
A couple years ago, some friends and I created PraisePop, an iOS app that lets users add to an anonymous live, feed of positivity within their unique communities. We entered an international competition and then launched at our high school, and it was incredibly heartwarming to see everyone excitedly using our app to share compliments and invites. Throughout our journey, I loved tackling the technical and business challenges that we were faced with, and I felt that I had found what I was truly passionate about.
Professional goals
I hope to keep learning, innovating, and challenging myself, and to keep growing in whatever role I have. Eventually, I would like to take initiative and start my own company to face a real-world technical challenge head-on.
Find Jenny on LinkedIn.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CABOT 2020
Cohort 1-
"I am excited to work with my peers working towards similar goals, and to be challenged and critiqued in my work and beliefs towards innovation.”
Tech areas of interest
My tech areas of interest are robotics, big data, and socially driven technologies.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
I cofounded a robotics team in my country Zambia which is heavily themed as a STEM organization. However, in working with and expanding the team, I have learnt that the technology and business aspects are heavily intertwined, and the success of the technology venture is heavily driven by the efficacy of the business principles.
Professional goals
I am driven by work that impacts the lives of people, and so I aspire to work in an environment that allows me to develop and use my skills to drive this impact.
Find Sela on LinkedIn.
BIOENGINEERING (SB), SECONDARY IN GLOBAL HEALTH & HEALTH POLICY
KIRKLAND 2022
Cohort 3-
"Bridging experiments in the lab with commercialization strategies in industry fuels my drive to turn innovative delivery medical device research into accessible and effective clinical treatments. As a Tech Fellow, I can gain the strong foundation necessary to launch such ventures in a dynamic biotech environment alongside fellow builders on campus."
Tech areas of interest
Biotech, medical devices, biomaterials, drug design and delivery, healthcare, early-stage venture capital
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
Working closely on translating technology I help develop out of the lab into the market at the Wyss Institute, I'm learning the steps in scaling and commercializing academic research and securing early stage funding. Through these projects, I engage in the construction of bridging biotech and business and am constantly inspired at conferences by the innovative ventures of fellow entrepreneurs crossing traditional boundaries.
Professional goals
I aspire to continue exploring translatable technologies throughout college and beyond with multidisciplinary research developing new bioinspired materials and devices and guide their development into the market. Whether in academia or industry, I intend to work at the forefront of regenerative medicine towards developing promising delivery systems.
Find Esther on LinkedIn.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/NEUROSCIENCE
LOWELL 2022
Cohort 3-
"All my life, I've been an inventor working on projects to solve significant problems that I care about. In just the past five years, I've tackled problems such as access to accurate medical information for first responders, cost-effective methods to diagnose diabetic retinopathy and glioblastoma, and resource allocation for healthcare workers in infectious disease settings and have been awarded a patent for my work. However, I've firmly believed the role of research is to set the foundation for an actual, deployable service that can positively impact people's lives. I'm excited to bridge the gap between theory and implementation through the Tech Innovation Fellowship and translate my passions into real-world impact."
Tech areas of interest
AI/ML, Medicine, Education, Connectivity, Automation, Consumer Technology
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
I started GirlsComputingLeague, a national nonprofit working to democratize access to an emerging technology education, as a sophomore in high school in 2015. The project, which started off as just me hosting coding clubs at different Title 1 schools in the area has turned into 10 state chapters, events across the country, and a national team of over 50 dedicated students. The experience taught me a lot about scaling an organization and helped me realize the positive impact that a well-intentioned social venture can have in the community.
Professional goals
My long-term goal is to start a company that advances a mission I deeply care about and build a team of individuals who are equally passionate about that cause. In the short-term, I hope to learn as much as possible about different facets of the technology industry to understand the opportunities for disruption.
Find Kavya on LinkedIn and her personal website.
APPLIED MATH IN ECONOMICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
DUNSTER 2022
Cohort 4-
"I've always heard that tech was all about moving and failing fast. It was only after working on my own startup, when I suddenly found myself needing to learn to code, design, and get viral on Reddit in the span of three days that I realized how fast 'fast' can be. I sat in on my first HBS case study as a sophomore in high school, and I can't wait to take HBS classes, now as a Tech Fellow and student founder. I'm also looking forward to meeting a cohort of other amazing builders and learning the skills I need to go from passion to sustainable business."
Tech areas of interest:
SportsTech, creator space, passion economy, fintech, social consumer
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
In my sophomore summer, I worked on a companion app for live sports (think Netflix Watch Party for sports). In two short months I was learning everything from customer research, to UI/UX design, to sports lingo. The experience has inspired me to turn my passions into a product and learn more about the intersection of technology and business.
Find Ryan on LinkedIn.
COMPUTER SCIENCE, SECONDARY IN ECONOMICS
QUINCY 2022
Cohort 3-
"Discovering an idea is only the beginning. Everything else that goes around the idea -- the team, resources, and product market fit -- is essential for the success of a venture. I'm excited to join an amazing community in successfully building products from ideas."
Tech areas of interest
Developing ML that empowers users who otherwise might not have the resources or knowledge to use AI. User accessibility and privacy.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
When I look at a product, I'm always curious about the why rather than the how -- I want to know why certain features were chosen over others. Playing the piano taught me the art of storytelling, working at several startups ignited my curiosity for product, and interning at Apple and Microsoft helped hone my attention to user needs.
Professional goals
I strive to bridge consumer and business needs to develop a product that best serves users.
Find Eric on LinkedIn and his personal website.
STATISTICS, SECONDARY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
LEVERETT 2021
Cohort 3-
"Be stubborn on vision but flexible on details.” - Bezos
Tech areas of interest
Fintech, Data Visualization, SaaS
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
During my first internship I was building a predictive model, which I thought was cool because it was, well, a predictive model. I was given the chance to turn that model into a usable tool, and through that opportunity I learned that making a real-world impact felt even cooler.
Professional goals
To get to a point where I can take an idea and successfully guide it into the hands of users, regardless of what company and business context I'm in.
Find Mike on LinkedIn.
SOCIOLOGY, SECONDARY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
KIRKLAND 2021
Cohort 2-
"I'm passionate about using technology and data to solve big and complex problems. Through the Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellowship, I'm excited to strengthen my business and innovation skills alongside my background in technology and the social sciences.”
Tech areas of interest
I prefer to be a generalist. I truly believe the toughest problems aren't solved by starting from a particular technology, but rather, by starting from the problem and finding the most appropriate tools, technologies or otherwise, to achieve set goals. I'm most proficient in web/mobile technologies and data analysis.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
In high school, I was known for having an aptitude for technology. Among other projects, I built large-scale web and database applications. However, I realized that while I care about technology, technology is only a neutral tool. It is only with skill sets such as business that I can most effectively wield technology to solve real world challenges.
Professional goals
Innovation is too often stifled by barriers between social scientists and technologists. I seek to pursue opportunities to lead and bridge this divide to build solutions to make our world a better place for all.
Find Katherine on her personal website, LinkedIn and GitHub.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/PHILOSOPHY
LOWELL 2021
Cohort 2-
"I love being around people who are interested in improving the world and want to have the best chance of having a major positive impact. The Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellowship program seems to gather people like that, so I can't wait to see what happens!”
Tech areas of interest
Disaster Response, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
Touring the Innovation Lab helped me to realize how intertwined making new technology and creating a business are. My primary focus is to help people through technology, but sometimes the technology (or the money to make a new technology) has to come through a business.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CURRIER 2021
Cohort 2-
"I'm passionate about using technology to address social issues. My favorite classes have been centered on entrepreneurship and design thinking to create tangible solutions and I look forward to diving deeper into a formal education in these topics as a Tech Innovation Fellow. The Technology Innovation Fellowship provides the unique opportunity to meet likeminded students and faculty with diverse perspectives and I look forward to learning from and working with them.”
Tech areas of interest
Product Management, VC, AI/ML
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
After attending Girls Who Code Summer Program in 2015, I was inspired to found STEMgirls, an afterschool coding program for young girls in my school district. Through this experience, I not only honed my technical skills as I taught fundamental CS concepts but also learned to manage operations on my first scalable venture. Developing partnerships and receiving funding from national non-profits like Girls Who Code and NCWIT, as well as connecting with top tech companies to find volunteer instructors as we expanded to more locations showed me how exciting it was to work at the intersection of technology and business.
Professional goals
Studying computer science in college and applying what I learn to fields like economics and government have shown me the vast opportunities to use my technical skills to have an impact. I see myself using technology to help people, and would love to work at the intersection of tech and business to do so.
Find Manasi on LinkedIn.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/STATISTICS
CURRIER 2021
Cohort 2-
"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” Sheryl Sandberg
Tech areas of interest
Data Analytics, Data Privacy, Algorithm Classification and Detection, Quantitative Finance Research
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
I spent the past two summers working as a data scientist on Facebook’s Product Foundation Data team. My time at Facebook showed me the immense power of data analysis in enacting societal change; I witnessed Facebook connect blood donor matches and optimizing humanitarian relief after natural disasters through data. However, my time at Facebook also showed me the tremendous potential for misuse in data analytics; I watched Facebook’s ad-targeting technology exclude minorities from seeing housing ads and Facebook’s malicious-content classifier erroneously remove videos of breastfeeding mothers. Data has tremendous potential to catalyze both good and bad; however, often industry leaders in data analytics are ill-equipped to grapple with nebulous ideas of privacy and determine data regulations. My work at Facebook highlighted the importance of studying data from not only a technical perspective but also an ethical, legal, philosophical, and economic perspective in order to enact positive societal change.
Professional goals
I want to operationalize end-to-end data analytics to drive meaningful societal change. Data integration has become the seminal problem of the digital age: the widespread collection of data has created vast potential for businesses to optimize internal processes and redefine industry standards. I want to transform data into supercharged information in order to maximize returns for industries across financial services, healthcare, and the public sector.
Find Natalie on LinkedIn.
PSYCHOLOGY, SECONDARY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
LOWELL 2022
Cohort 4-
"I am looking forward to getting to know everyone in the community and learning more about all the amazing work my peers are doing!"
Tech areas of interest:
Social Impact, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health & Wellness
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
I have a variety of experience working at startups, and I've learned that technology and business go hand in hand. I believe innovative technology startups will play a key role in shaping the future change we hope to see in our world. My own startup Trill Project has impacted the lives of tens of thousands of users across the world, and it started as a passion project in high school; with technology, we truly all have the power to create products real people care about.
Professional goals:
I am energized in professional communities that are centered around a social cause with a fast-paced culture. I hope to continue to work as an operator at startups and eventually invest my own money back into entrepreneurial communities that uplift marginalized voices to encourage more first generation, mixed race, female-identifying students (like myself) to create businesses.
STATISTICS, SECONDARY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
CURRIER 2020
Cohort 2-
"I am excited about the Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellowship as an ideal platform to learn from the diverse perspectives of students and faculty who share a similar interest in technology, business, and social needs. By combining academic work through HBS case studies with real-world application of learned concepts, I hope to achieve tangible progress toward solving complex societal problems while forming long-term collaborative bonds with the fellows.”
Tech areas of interest
I am interested in the intersection of artificial intelligence and biotechnology.
ECONOMICS, SECONDARY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
WINTHROP 2021
Cohort 3-
"I am excited to be a Tech Fellow to surround myself with other like-minded individuals who are passionate about innovation, technology, and problem solving"
Tech areas of interest
Augmented/Virtual Reality
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
This past year I took a gap year from Harvard to work on a startup, Zuvy, which is a freelancer app for college students. Having this entrepreneurial experience, I became interested in how technology can provide innovations in the conventional way that we've done business.
Professional goals
My professional goals are to have a role in the intersection of user experience and technology, such as product management.
Find Angel on LinkedIn.
GOVERNMENT (TECH SCIENCE), SECONDARY IN ECONOMICS
CABOT 2022
Cohort 3-
"I'm passionate about using technology to solve social issues and build social enterprises. I'm excited to join a community of like-minded individuals -- folks working at the intersection of technology and business -- and harness this community, as well as the Tech Fellows programs' resources, to keep innovating for a better world."
Tech areas of interest
Socially driven technologies, (specifically, those around cyberbullying and online hate), tech ethics, artificial intelligence, and early stage start-ups.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
As a former victim of cyberbullying, I wanted to be an Upstander -- not a bystander -- to the issue. My passion led me to found ReThink, a social enterprise that is building technology to make our Internet a more kind, inclusive space. Running ReThink has given me insight into the power of technology and business to change the world; indeed, I've had the chance to see how a tech start-up can address a problem most people believe technology/tech companies created.
Professional goals
As I look to the future, my goals are simple: continue to innovate at the intersection of technology and business, to address society's most complex, pressing issues. Whether that be through building start-ups or inventing new technologies or technology products, I'm excited to put a meaningful "why" at the center of my work.
Find Trisha on LinkedIn.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (SB)
MATHER 2021
Cohort 2-
"It's hard to launch from mere tinkering on homemade creations to growing and developing innovations at scale which impact populations. I'm incredibly excited to join an incredible cohort of my peers as we start learning just how to bridge that gap by creating solutions using knowledge from many different backgrounds.”
Tech areas of interest
EdTech, IoT and Smart-home Devices, 5G Technologies, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (FPGA)
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
This past summer, I had an opportunity to see a full picture of how an IoT startup went from conception and ideation to refinement and next generation rollouts by identifying and then cultivating their own niche consumer market. The forethought, insight, and flexibility which this developmental process required is unparalleled, and I am continually amazed that two co-founders, with backgrounds in engineering and business, could take their product to large scale production and profitability within such a compressed timeline. I hope to learn so much more from them!
Professional goals
I hope to find a way to merge my maker-space, both literal and metaphorical, with an application-specific purpose that can resolve real-world dilemmas, whether that be through product engineering and management at a start-up or even just landing some place where exploration—even if a moonshot—is always promoted. At the end of the day, I hope to return to the world of education to pay-forward all the great learning opportunities I've been afforded.
Find Dhilan on LinkedIn.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
QUINCY 2021
Cohort 2-
"I am really excited to learn about translating technologies from ideas and prototypes to businesses and commercial products. I am looking forward to learning from HBS faculty, guest speakers, and my peers in the Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellowship.”
Tech areas of interest
Medical Tech/Biotech
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
My sister has type 1 diabetes and I grew up watching her suffer from frequent finger pricks and insulin injections. Over the years, her burden has been significantly reduced by new technologies, including continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps. Her experience fostered my passion for creating medical technologies. I hope to apply my knowledge from this fellowship to translate technologies from bench to bedside.
Professional goals
I intend to work at the intersection of medicine and engineering by practicing medicine and developing medical devices.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
WINTHROP 2020
Cohort 1-
"I’m excited to be a Fellow because this program allows me to learn about technology and entrepreneurship in the real world, outside of the classroom.”
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
I started at Harvard as a college freshman with no coding experience, having recently dropped out of a medical school program in Australia. After taking my first computer science class, I was hooked—I realized the skills I gained opened up a whole new world for me, and I’ve never looked back. Since then, I’ve continued to build my skills as a founding team member at an AI startup out of the Harvard Innovation Lab, which helped me realize how much I enjoy building cool things in an entrepreneurial environment.
Professional goals
I am passionate about building things, and love the process of creating products that make people's lives easier and better. I have a quantitative focus, and always try to include consideration and analysis of data in my decisions and work. I love learning from others and working in teams; some of my most important learning has happened by being challenged by those around me.
Find Sebastian on GitHub, LinkedIn, and his personal website.
SOCIOLOGY
KIRKLAND 2021
Cohort 2-
"As Harvard students, we not only get the chance to intimately observe and study our broader communities, but we also have the responsibility and opportunity to work to positively impact these communities. Regardless of the problem, technology must be harnessed to address pressing social issues at scale. When I learned out about the Tech Innovation Fellowship, I was so excited to see something that combines my passions for entrepreneurship and technology in a program that promotes both skill-building and effective application of those skills.”
Tech areas of interest
PropTech, Real Estate Tech, Data Science, Web Development, Platform Businesses, Automation, Smart Cities/Buildings, Consumer Technology
Professional goals
I hope to be an entrepreneur for the rest of my life and orient my work around the intersection of housing, real estate, urban issues, public service, and technology.
Find Tony on LinkedIn.
STATISTICS
DUNSTER 2021
Cohort 2-
"I've had a chance to work in technology from a host of different angles, spanning from ground level research to rapidly scaling startups to venture capital to journalism. In the process, I've started to build up a very multi-pronged view about how tech interfaces with so many fronts of business and society, and I'm really excited to bring all that exposure together in one place.”
Tech areas of interest
Scaling technology ventures, thought pieces/journalism, early-stage venture capital
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
Going into freshman year of college, all of my exposure to technology came from a very bottoms up, research and academic approach. However, starting in second semester, I got the opportunity to start working with Romulus Capital, which does a plurality of its investing in deep science companies spinning out of labs at MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and Cambridge UK. Working with the team there for a year now has given me a really incredible opportunity to work at the intersection of getting exposed to world class science and taking that science to an enterprise context.
Professional goals
Right now, I would say that I want to get very good at scaling technology ventures from a Series A/B stage to a Series C stage. Once I work in that transition at a number of different companies, I want to make my way back into venture capital, investing in companies that will soon go through that transition and working with the founders to facilitate it.
Find Eshan on LinkedIn.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (SB), SECONDARY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
MATHER 2021
Cohort 2-
"I am excited to learn more about the fundamentals of running a business, especially as it relates to businesses focused on manufacturing and construction. The opportunities being a Fellow provides are quite expansive, from access to a network of peers with similar interests yet diverse backgrounds, to support from professors who are experts in their fields.”
Tech areas of interest
Technology for optimizing manufacturing and construction processes, web development
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
Being one of the project leads for the Harvard SEAS Chapter of Engineers without Borders has allowed me to develop a great appreciation for the intricacies of running a construction project. All aspects, from assessment, to design, to implementation, are important, but none can be achieved without project funding and collaboration with local retailers. This has piqued my interest in the give and take of business transactions.
Professional goals
I hope to work with a globally-facing engineering firm upon graduation, specifically one focused on implementing sustainable solutions to infrastructural issues that plague developing cities. After attending graduate school, I would like to start an organization that does similar work, but primarily focused in West Africa.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LEVERETT 2022
Cohort 4-
"Being a Tech Fellow makes me feel empowered and one step closer to achieving large goals to create social change through technology."
Tech areas of interest:
Machine learning, decarceration, social impact technology
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
I concentrate in CS and have been involved in prison abolitionist advocacy throughout college. This past summer, I have been researching decarceral technology with Just Venture Labs, a new justice- and tech-based think tank and startup accelerator. Investigating the complex intersection of technology with the abolitionist movement that I am passionate about has been inspiring, and I am excited for a business education to help bring my ideas and those of others within this space to fruition.
Find Shruthi on LinkedIn.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (SB)
ELIOT 2021
Cohort 2-
"Integration of disciplines and expansion of perspective are both crucial to effectively make a positive impact on humanity. As a future electrical engineer, I believe engineering has the power of improving quality of life by providing effective, efficient and tailored solutions to problems. Engineering through the lens of business allows for the solutions to execute its powerful impact in the real world within an organized, cost-effective and data-driven environment. As a Tech Innovation Fellow, I will experience both sides of the intersection between business and innovation. While interacting with professionals and technology leaders, I will also get involved as a future technology leader and learn what it takes to become an entrepreneur and launch my own startup.”
Tech areas of interest
My tech areas of interest lie in data management and analytics. Data drives the major industries in the world from health and economics to entertainment and government. Through the gathering and analysis of data, optimization and quality improvement can be applied to distinct processes and systems. A new disruptive technology that aims to connect everyday devices to communicate by sending and receiving data is the Internet of Things. This technology allows for the physical world to be translated into the digital world. It enables the analysis of crucial data needed for improving the quality in all industries. I am specifically interested in the area of biological sensors and the power they have to convert a biological response into an electrical signal. Through this conversion, analysis and research can be performed for improvement in medical areas as well as the prevention of diseases or degenerative conditions. The importance of this research can have a great and tangible impact on the quality of life of society.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
As an INTEL-ISEF Finalist, I developed a system that measures sound decibels and displays light patterns according to the sound patterns (decibel intensity and rhythm). Applied as an emergency-alarm for a school for the hearing-impaired, the system allows hearing-impaired students to act quickly in a hazardous event. The experience allowed me to meet the hearing-impaired community and gain a closer perspective on the necessities of a specific group. After validating the accuracy of the developed prototype, community members encouraged me to take it to the market as a developed product. However, I began to ask myself several questions: How to make it cost-effective? How to acquire investment capital? What would be the distribution chain? How to make it sustainable at the same time that I can impact the hearing-impaired community? I needed a business plan.
Professional goals
My professional goals involve combining both engineering and business knowledge to focus on the development of innovative devices or systems that can improve a person's quality of life through better integration to society, return to daily routines or increased independence. In the future, I want to integrate both health and technology in a company that focuses on delivering data through biological sensors for later analysis and understanding.
Find Daniela on LinkedIn.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CABOT 2022
Cohort 4-
"I'm excited to be part of a community of innovative, entrepreneurial thinkers where we can learn from one another and support each other through our endeavors. It takes so many different skills and experiences to build something, and through the Technology Innovation Fellowship we'll meet diverse individuals who can make anything possible."
Tech areas of interest:
Consumer technology, accessibility & democratization, product management
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
After being on the software & technology side, I encouraged myself to learn about the other parts of building solutions, and started considering the product and business sides of ventures. I joined Datamatch's business team and learned about growth and partnerships, and worked on developing products at startups and early stage products to learn how to build something catered to users, in my goal to build impactful technologies.
Find Anna on LinkedIn.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/STATISTICS
LEVERETT 2021
Cohort 2-
"I'm excited to learn and connect with other great people who are interested in technology and its potential benefits!"
Tech areas of interest
EdTech, Data Science, Machine Learning
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
A few years ago, I worked for a marketing organization helping to develop tools to streamline member retailers' experiences. This is one of the first experiences where I realized the potential that technology has to impact numerous fields and areas if you have the desire to innovate and make what already exists better.
Professional goals
I am really interested in pursuing projects related to Machine Learning and Data Science because of this intersection between Statistics and Computer Science. I hope to eventually take on more project management roles once I gain experience so that I can help drive progress.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
DUNSTER 2020
Cohort 1-
"If you build it, they will come"—great line for a movie, but a bad line for a startup. As an engineer I wish it was true, but I know there are other skills needed. Becoming a Tech Fellow offers nuts-and-bolts experiences zeroed-in on success."
Tech areas of interest:
Tech is a horizontal that can apply to any industry, so I'm trying to find where it has the maximum impact while avoiding the hype bandwagons that distract from everything else.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business:
Freshman year I was chatting with some friends about how amazing research can get stuck in the lab and never help consumers. A couple months later we'd prototyped a virtual reality version of a lazy eye treatment that was seeing 26x faster results in research trials. Three years later our company, Luminopia, had treated hundreds of patients and raised $8+ million.
Professional goals:
I can't think of anything more exciting than being on a small team working on a big problem.
Find Alex on GitHub.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (SB)
KIRKLAND 2020
Cohort 1-
"I am fascinated by not only engineering, but also its implementations in solving real world problems and creating viable solutions. The Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellowship provides the opportunity to learn how to combine both the technical understanding and the skills needed to build innovative, workable, and scalable solutions alongside my phenomenal peers.”
Tech areas of interest
I am fascinated by the intersection of new technologies or new applications thereof to solve tough questions. One of the hardest challenges I foresee for societies worldwide is the question of green energy generation and distribution. The other is human spaceflight and our continued exploration of the unknown.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
The application of engineering principles to solve problems became a fascination through visits to the London Science Museum as a child. The towering B747 aircraft landing gear at the entrance and roaring steam engine in the main hall not only piqued my interest in learning how these fantastic machines worked, but also in how they were designed with operational and market constraints in mind. Because of this, I came to see engineering as a fundamentally a liberal arts subject: one needs to combine both the technical understanding of science and systems with an appreciation of the needs of society to engineer a solution that will be both useful and sustainable.
Professional goals
I intend on exploring an industry that aligns with my interests when I leave college in order to gain valuable insights and engineering skills. Following graduate school—be that an MBA or another program—equipped with a deeper understanding of a field, I would like to tackle a non-trivial challenge, such as sustainable energy for cities. That may entail starting an enterprise myself or joining a team of driven individuals.
Find Nicolas on LinkedIn and his personal website.
APPLIED MATH, SECONDARY IN ENGLISH
CURRIER 2020
Cohort 1-
"The creativity of humans is awesome. I'm excited to be a part of a group dedicated to innovating, collaborating, and building. I'm excited to explore the unknowns, listen to the invisibles, and create the impossibles.”
Tech areas of interest
I'm interested in the integration of technology into cities! There's so much innovative potential for technology to make cities more affordable, accessible, and livable.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
I took a design class my Sophomore Spring, and loved it. I've since been really interested in thinking more critically about accessible design, and how design decisions shape our daily functions. Tossed into this mix is recognizing the integral role that business has in everything; we design and build stuff for people. Business helps bring good ideas into practice.
Professional goals
I know eventually I want to be involved in creating something that makes everyday life better for people (especially marginalized groups!). Perhaps this will take shape in working with cities, or perhaps research, or perhaps various start-ups!
PHYSICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE
DUNSTER 2022
Cohort 3-
"My dream is to build cool things and change the world. But even as I've worked to develop a solid foundation in science and technology, I've had little exposure to the business side of things, which is why I'm grateful and excited for this opportunity to experience the full story. I can't wait to begin the Tech Fellows program where I'll learn how to turn a dream into reality--and do so alongside a group of amazing peers and mentors!"
Tech areas of interest
I enjoy learning about emerging and developing technologies like quantum computing, computer vision, and natural language processing. I also like seeing well-designed products and devices that combine tech and art.
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
My inspiration is Steve Jobs. As a kid who loved building Legos and tinkering with electronics, but who also enjoyed drawing and painting, learning about this artist-turned inventor (who eventually grew into a businessman too) struck a chord with me and showed me a lifestyle in tech/business that I continue to strive towards today.
Professional goals
I want to make use of my artistic talents and technical skills together to build products that will enhance people's lives.
Find Dylan on LinkedIn.
COMPUTER SCIENCE, SECONDARY IN ECONOMICS
KIRKLAND 2021
Cohort 3-
"I am excited to be a Tech Fellow for the special opportunity to join a brilliant group of students who are passionate about building technology to drive impact. I value the opportunity to engage with the Harvard SEAS and HBS entrepreneurship ecosystem. I look forward to inspiring each other and together, defining the future of the technology industry."
Tech areas of interest
Healthcare, Education, Collaborative Working, Enterprise Solutions
Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business
In 2017, I co-founded a tech startup, Loro, building a smart companion device for wheelchair users. I worked on product development and ran our financing process, communicating our story and business plan to investors. I recognized how critical a strong alignment of technology development and business plan is to the success of a venture.
Find Lin on LinkedIn.