Summary

Made in Paris, France. East African Indian & Persian roots.

>10 years in wearables, health tech & hardware.

Passionate about working on tough problems, leading high-performing teams, and having a positive impact.

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Current Involvements

1/ Founder at HuTech Ventures - advising, sourcing, incubating (and sometimes investing):

• Deep tech venture funds & syndicates, startups & corporates
• New at-home/on-the-go precision health tracking/diagnostic solutions: specialty wearables, biowearables & "otherables" = point-of-care biosensing devices & multiomic kits (blood, urine, sweat, saliva, breath)
• Health tracking programs (remote or hybrid care, athlete performance, longevity initiatives…) building bundle solutions with such devices/kits

2/ Strategic Advisor - Health Partnerships | Interim GM, North America at Ultrahuman, makers of consumer health tracking devices (Ring AIR & Home) + platform (CGM platform & Blood Vision service) that provide a unified view of the human body.

3/ Strategic Advisor - Marketplaces & New Partnerships at AliveCor, makers of the most portable, personalized ECG devices, Kardia Mobile.

4/ Advisor - Health & Robotics at Kickmaker North America which helps medical device, robotics, IIoT & consumer hardware companies with product development, design for manufacturability, industrialization & cost reduction for scale.

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Previous Experience

• Headed & launched the Gucci x Oura Ring collaboration, marking Gucci's first tech product launch ever (27 countries, 250+ retail stores) and ŌURA's first retail and lifetime membership launches.
• Headed Business Development at Matrix Industries, a Silicon Valley pioneer in high-performing thermoelectrics enabling ultra-efficient energy harvesting (and conversely, ultra-rapid, refrigerant-free cooling) for a wide range of consumer/industrial applications (launched among others the PowerWatch & Medirom's MOTHER bracelet, world's first body heat-powered smartwatches & fitness tracker).
• Founding CEO of MainTool, a French IoT company that created the world's first smart leather watchbands, bringing wearable device features to traditional timepieces.

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Hobbies

Mixed martial arts (MMA), lifting/fitness, diving, aquatic & racquet sports.

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Interests

Deep tech, complex systems & social impact. Wearables & Watches, Health & Hardware, Fitness & Fashion.