
Arun Venkatesan
• Mentor for Impact Incubators, as the Co-founder and CEO of Villgro USA, focused on 'Helping Impact Incubators... | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Arun Venkatesan’s Location Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Arun Venkatesan’s Expertise • Mentor for Impact Incubators, as the Co-founder and CEO of Villgro USA, focused on 'Helping Impact Incubators Succeed and Scale' through training, mentoring and capacitating incubators across the globe. • Continuing past roles as business leader and innovator directing the development of innovative concepts into tangible entities. Led product development with focus on user experience, social impact, cost innovation and extreme affordability. Interested in fostering an organizational culture of innovation. • Worked with various small-scale and start-up companies both in the US and India, in a product development capacity leveraging academic research groups and independent development teams. Extensive experience coordinating development projects using external vendors for rapid turn-around of various product components. • Interested in supporting the development of affordable and sustainable products for resource-limited markets. • Have lead teams that have successfully commercialized: - ‘Brilliance - A low cost phototherapy device for premature babies’ and as part of three projects in assistive devices funded by Wellcome Trust: - ‘SmartCane - An affordable navigation aid for the visually impaired’. - 'DotBook - An Affordable Refreshable Braille Display' and - 'Arise - a manual wheelchair that allows the user to independently rise to a standing position'.
Arun Venkatesan’s Current Industry Freelance
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Venkatesan’s Prior Industry
The University Of Akron
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Case Western Reserve University
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Mitsubishi Chemical Research And Innovation Center
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Igr Enterprises
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Cleveland Medical Polymers
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Phoenix Medical Systems
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D Rev
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Villgro Innovations Foundation
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Villgro Usa
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Villgro Africa
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Freelance
Enterprise Strategy Consultant
Fri Sep 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Villgro Usa
Co-Founder and CEO
Mon Jul 01 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Jul 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Villgro Africa
Interim CTO
Mon Jul 01 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat May 01 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Villgro Innovations Foundation
C T O and Health Practice Lead
Wed Jun 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Jul 01 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Villgro Innovations Foundation
Senior Advisor
Wed Apr 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Wed Jun 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
D Rev
Senior Technical Advisor, India
Thu Jan 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Wed Jun 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Phoenix Medical Systems
Chief Technical Officer
Mon Oct 01 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun May 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Cleveland Medical Polymers
Vice President
Wed Apr 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Wed Aug 01 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Igr Enterprises
Staff Chemical Engineer
Thu Sep 01 2005 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Mar 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mitsubishi Chemical Research And Innovation Center
Research Engineer
Sat Mar 01 2003 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun May 01 2005 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Case Western Reserve University
Research Associate
Thu Jun 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Mar 01 2003 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
The University Of Akron
Research Assistant
Wed Jan 01 1992 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Fri Jan 01 1999 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)