Rakesh Kumar, Ph.D.,
IEEE Life Fellow
TAB Hall of Honor

My Entrepreneurship Experience
Business and Technology Advisor, University of California, San Diego [2012 – present]
Instructor, UCSD [2014 – present]
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Developed and teaches a very popular course “Successful Entrepreneurship for Microsystems” to CS and EE undergraduate seniors
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Key contributor to the development of a hands-on, experiential education program for graduating more “complete” engineers
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President and Founder, Technology Connexions, Inc. [2001 - present]
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Founder of a startup providing Management, Business and Technical Consulting Services focused on Bridging the Gaps between I.C. Design, Process, Packaging and Test.
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Provided consulting services to over 20 start-up/emerging companies, 2 Fortune100 companies, 2 leading Research organizations
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President and CEO, Electronics Integration, Inc. [2003 - 2010]
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Founder of a “Virtual ASIC” company offering the “General Contractor” business model for specialty ASIC’s