Entrepreneur Spotlights

June 11, 2019

Kamy Eliassi (’03)

Founder and CEO of Chaptter
Kamy Eliassi is the founder and CEO of Chaptter, an emerging voice-first audio stories platform that features audiobooks and immersive stories for kids and their parents.

Kamy’s inspiration for starting Chaptter stemmed from his own experience in co-authoring and publishing Millennial Leadership, a management and leadership guide for Millennials.
January 15, 2019

Tabetha Hinman (J.D. ’98)

Co-Founder of Mimosa Networks
Tabetha Hinman was most recently the General Counsel and Chief Business Officer of Mimosa Networks, a worldwide leader in fixed wireless broadband solutions.

During her tenure, Tabetha held a variety of roles in legal, finance, HR, marketing and channel sales for the Silicon Valley-based start-up.
November 5, 2018

Albert Cha (’99, ’01)

Managing Partner at Frazier Healthcare Partners
Albert Cha, M.D., Ph.D. is a Managing Partner who invests in private and public biopharmaceutical and medical device companies.

He currently serves on the boards of Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ: ASND), KalVista Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KALV), and Menlo Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MNLO).
October 2, 2018

Pranav Joshi (’15)

Managing Partner of Triple Double Ventures
Pranav Joshi is the managing partner of Triple Double Ventures and advisor to FanFood, a Chicago-based startup that enables you to order your favorite concessions directly from your smartphone.

Pranav's journey into entrepreneurship began at UCLA when he created ShadowConnect, a user friendly and automated tech platform UCLA Health adopted for UCLA Health volunteers to shadow physicians. Pranav said the UCLA Health System CTO at the time was very supportive and encouraging as were the volunteer department and physicians.
January 29, 2018

Matt Kropp (’95)

CEO of FR8 Revolution Inc.
Matt Kropp is CEO of FR8 Revolution, Inc. a company that builds data-driven, cloud-based tools aimed at reducing inefficiencies in the $700B US trucking market. Matt spent the first 10 years of his career building digital businesses in Internet 1.0.

He sold his first company to USWeb/CKS and rode the full cycle of the first internet boom and bust. He then co-founded TransplantConnect which is now the dominant EMR platform for organ donation, managing data for 70% of all organs donated in the US.