Experts - Mass Innovation Nights

Paul Underwood

Cardiology (interventional) Medical devices Clinical trials Health disparities Community intervention (collaborative)

Paul Underwood, MD, FACC, FSCAI is a native of Knoxville, TN and attended Morehouse College for premedical studies. He received an MD degree from Mayo Clinic-Rochester, followed by cardiology fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. His interventional cardiology training was done at Iowa Heart Center in Des Moines. Before becoming a cardiologist,…

Hardware engineering, Food / Frozen goods manufacturing, textiles / fashion startups, Corporate partnerships, Corporate startup program strategy, manufacturing - CPG

Jillian Friot is the SOLIDWORKS for Entrepreneurs Program manager. With a passion for entrepreneurship and design, the SOLIDWORKS for Entrepreneurs Program supports over 4,000 hardware focused startups, and 300 accelerators / incubators with access to design tools and resources. Jillian fosters and nurtures a global startup ecosystem to help founders…

More than 2 years on the Formlabs Services Team making sure our users are able to keep using their 3D printers with as little downtime as possible. More than 10 years of self-taught 3D modeling experience, primarily using Autodesk's Maya software.

My name is Dan Kirchgessner, and I'm the Community Manager here at Formlabs! Before holding this position I was on our internal support team for more than 2 years learning all about our printers and our awesome users. I'm originally from the Boston area, but got a philosophy degree in…

EforAll enables residents to take control of their lives and revitalize their communities. At EforAll, we believe that anyone, regardless of background, education, industry, or zip code, should be given the opportunity, resources, and support, to turn their dream of starting a business into a reality. We offer a free…

Lianna is the Executive Director of EforAll Lowell-Lawrence, a nonprofit that supports individuals to start businesses, take control of their lives, and revitalize the local economy. Lianna received her B.A. from Smith College and her M.A. in Economic Development from UMass Lowell. She volunteers as a Trustee of Women Working…

Textiles Science Electronic Wearables Ballistic Protection Research and Development Patents Manufacturing Military Technology Tech Transfer International Business Start-ups Venture Capital Leadership

Francisco J. Martinez arrived to Lawrence, MA in January 1990 at age 19 from his native Colombia. Shortly thereafter he began working at the local textile factory, Polartec LLC, as a union employee. His career rapidly progressed from cleaning the factory floors on the night shift to fork lift driver…