Julie Lockner, EMBA '17, is the cofounder and executive board member of 17 Minds, which focuses on wearable technology, and COO of IBM Data and AI Portfolio Operations and Offering Management, where she helps the company apply AI to solve global problems.

Dedric Carter, EMBA '14, is a former senior advisor for strategic initiatives in the Office of the Director National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA. He is currently associate dean of engineering and professor of practice at Washington University in St. Louis.

Bridget Akinc, EMBA ’13, is CEO of Building Impact, a nonprofit organization in Boston, MA.

Oli Qirko, EMBA '18, is the Senior Vice President, US Industrial Consumer and Energy Division at Cambridge Consultants.

Adam Szaronos, EMBA '18, is the Chief Commercial Officer at TearLab Corporation, located in Fort Worth, TX.

Siddharth Nagarkatti, EMBA '17, is Senior Vice President of Wealth Management Analytics and Modeling at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Boston, MA.

BRAIN (Bridging Research and Innovation)— co-developed by Open Startup and entities throughout MIT and the Tunisian Innovation Ecosystem — is establishing scalable deep-tech ventures in Africa through a bootcamp for 28 PhD entrepreneur-scientists focused on advanced AI, biotech, the Internet of Thin...