Teaching Assistants
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Faculty Profiles
Rachel Dzombak
Rachel Dzombak, PhD, is a researcher and lecturer with the Blum Center for Developing Economies. She teaches design, innovation, and system thinking and works to develop tools for teaming education. Her research at present focuses on the changing nature of higher education and in particular how students cultivate skillsets critical for the future of work including collaboration, creativity, and systems thinking. Rachel previously co-founded a social enterprise that delivered preventative healthcare services in rural Kenya.
Rachel Dzombak, PhD, is a researcher and lecturer with the Blum Center for Developing Economies. She teaches design, innovation, and system thinking and works to develop tools for teaming education. Her research at present focuses on the changing nature of higher education and in particular how students cultivate skillsets critical for the future of work including collaboration, creativity, and systems thinking. Rachel previously co-founded a social enterprise that delivered preventative healthcare services in rural Kenya.
Prof. Alice Agogino
Prof. Alice Agogino is the Education Director of the Blum Center for Developing Economies, Chair of the Development Engineering Graduate Group, and the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering. She has taught product design, project-based courses on community- and human-centered design, and leads a research program on collaboratively solving challenges with low-resource communities.
Prof. Alice Agogino is the Education Director of the Blum Center for Developing Economies, Chair of the Development Engineering Graduate Group, and the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering. She has taught product design, project-based courses on community- and human-centered design, and leads a research program on collaboratively solving challenges with low-resource communities.
Prof. Dan Lindheim
Dan Lindheim is a Professor of Practice at the Goldman School of Public Policy, with expertise in city governments. He is an economist, planner, software developer, and attorney. Until 2011, Dan was City Administrator for the City of Oakland. He previously headed Oakland's Community and Economic Development Agency. Prof. Lindheim will provide connections to relevant Oakland offices (for challenges and project mentors), lead lectures on functions of Oakland City government, and advise student teams.
Dan Lindheim is a Professor of Practice at the Goldman School of Public Policy, with expertise in city governments. He is an economist, planner, software developer, and attorney. Until 2011, Dan was City Administrator for the City of Oakland. He previously headed Oakland's Community and Economic Development Agency. Prof. Lindheim will provide connections to relevant Oakland offices (for challenges and project mentors), lead lectures on functions of Oakland City government, and advise student teams.
Steve Weinstein
With a background that spans technology, product development, and entertainment, Steve Weinstein has been focused on where media meets technology. Currently Steve is the founder and CEO of MovieLabs and the co-founder of KineTrope. Steve is currently teaching entrepreneurship at U.C. Berkeley and at Stanford. He has also taught Hacking 4 Defense, Hacking 4 Impact, and Hacking 4 Diplomacy.
With a background that spans technology, product development, and entertainment, Steve Weinstein has been focused on where media meets technology. Currently Steve is the founder and CEO of MovieLabs and the co-founder of KineTrope. Steve is currently teaching entrepreneurship at U.C. Berkeley and at Stanford. He has also taught Hacking 4 Defense, Hacking 4 Impact, and Hacking 4 Diplomacy.
Steven Blank
A retired eight-time serial entrepreneur, Steve's insight that startups are not smaller versions of large companies has reshaped the way startups are built and how entrepreneurship is taught. Steve's first tool for startups, the Customer Development methodology, spawned the Lean Startup movement. Steve earned the Stanford University Undergraduate Teaching Award in Management Science and Engineering.
A retired eight-time serial entrepreneur, Steve's insight that startups are not smaller versions of large companies has reshaped the way startups are built and how entrepreneurship is taught. Steve's first tool for startups, the Customer Development methodology, spawned the Lean Startup movement. Steve earned the Stanford University Undergraduate Teaching Award in Management Science and Engineering.
Course Advisors
Pete Newell
Pete Newell is the Managing Partner and co-founder of BMNT, a company delivering data-driven, evidence-based, disciplined innovation which yields solutions at speed. Before BMNT, Colonel Newell served 30+ years in the United States Army, ending his military career as Director of the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force. As director, he was charged with rapidly finding, understanding, integrating, and employing solutions to the Army’s emerging challenges.
Pete Newell is the Managing Partner and co-founder of BMNT, a company delivering data-driven, evidence-based, disciplined innovation which yields solutions at speed. Before BMNT, Colonel Newell served 30+ years in the United States Army, ending his military career as Director of the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force. As director, he was charged with rapidly finding, understanding, integrating, and employing solutions to the Army’s emerging challenges.