praveen shanbhag

founder and chief executive officer

About

Experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Analytical Skills, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Strategic Consulting, and HTML. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Philosophy from Stanford University.

Country

united states

City

san francisco

Industry

information technology and services

Skill

research, analysis, javascript, css, html, ruby on rails, strategic consulting, test preparation, academic tutoring, web development, jquery, web applications

Experience

research analyst, office of science and technology policy

executive office of the president, the white house

2001-6 - 2001-9 · 4 mos

Briefed Acting Science Advisor to the President, conducted research and analysis of energy technologies and policies, and reviewed assessments of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the U.S. Subcommittee on Ecological Systems.

research analyst, department of molecular genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology

university of cincinnati

2000-6 - 2000-9 · 4 mos

Conducted genomic/bioinformatic analysis of Aquaporin proteins.

founder and chief executive officer

namecoach

2014-9 - Present · 12 yrs 1 mo

I founded NameCoach (name-coach.com) to solve the ubiquitous problem of name mispronunciation, and make the world a better place in the process. We help schools, businesses, and organizations create more inclusive environments, enhance student and customer experience, and ensure that every interaction builds rapport and respect from the very first moment.

science and technology policy graduate fellow

national academy of sciences

2006-1 - 2006-4 · 4 mos

* Nonprofit * 501-1000 employees * Public Policy industry

phd candidate, instructor, lecturer

stanford university

2007-9 - 2014-6 · 6 yrs 10 mos

* Educational Institution * 5001-10,000 employees * Higher Education industry

senior analyst

the advisory board company

2003-1 - 2004-8 · 1 yr 8 mos

* Public Company * 1001-5000 employees * ABCO * Hospital & Health Care industry

Education

university of cambridge

philosophy

2006-1 - 2007-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

King’s College Scholarship"]

columbia university in the city of new york

physics

2004-1 - 2006-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Lina Kahn Prize for best paper in metaphysics."]

harvard university

biochemistry

1998-1 - 2002-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Magna cum Laude, Harvard College Scholarship for academic distinction. Activities and Societies: Director, MIT-Harvard Conference on Biotechnology (2001). Director, Harvard Hippocratic Society (2000-2001). Community Service Chair, Sigma Chi Fraternity (1999-2001). Director, Sigma Chi/Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Pilot Tutoring Program (1990-2001).

stanford university

philosophy

2007-1 - 2014-1 · 7 yrs 1 mo

Patrick Suppes Fellow in Philosophy of Science. Activities and Societies: Instructor for philosophy of mind and ethics courses, Lecturer for history and philosophy of science course, TA for logic courses and intensive writing courses. Humanities representative for the Graduate Student Council (2010-11).