Hands-on Rapid Prototyping was created in 2011 to promote entrepreneurial education as a response to the economic crisis in Spain. Watch the video on YouTube.

Current Teaching Team (Fall 2019)

  1. Chris D. McCoy, Ph.D. – Lead Faculty – 2011 to present (Haas Bio)
  2. GSIs for Spring 2020
    1. Tracy Wei – School of Information – MIMS Class of 2021 (Website, LinkedIn)
    1. Ron Ayllon – Haas MBA Graduate 2020 (LinkedIn)

Expert Guests and Guest Judges

A fundamental component to the Hands-on Rapid Prototyping class is participation from Industry. The interactions from senior leaders, subject matter experts, founders and C-level executives not only provides real-world feedback from professionals to students regarding their projects–but sometimes more importantly, students bump elbows with these executives and begin to realize that their pursuit to the top is possible. “These people are just like me…but with more experience. I can do this.” are the thoughts we hope to engender by bringing these leaders to U.C. Berkeley and into the classroom.

We can’t thank our guests and guest judges for their continued support of our students. Here are some of our most recent guest Judges:

SPRING 2020 – U.C. Berkeley – Expert Guests

  1. Judith Shahvar – Director of Bespoke, Unibail-Rodamco Westfield (Website, LinkedIn)
  2. Bill Allison – CTO – University of California, Berkeley – S2018 (Website, LinkedIn)
  3. Curtis Ray, MBA – Founder & CEO of Hupnos – S2018, S2017 (Website, LinkedIn)
  4. Rob Azevedo, Ph.D. – VP of Engineering – Nelumbo – S2018 (Website, LinkedIn)
  5. Brien Angelo – co-founder of fast2farm – Director of Manufacturing at Granberg International – S2020 (Website, LinkedIn)

FALL 2019 – U.C. Berkeley – Expert Guests

  1. Jake Teitelbaum – “Design Thinking Facilitator / Experience Lead at Wells Fargo” (Website, LinkedIn)
  2. Justin Lokitz – “Author, Professional Speaker, and Strategy Guru harnessing opportunity from uncertainty to Design Better Businesses” (Website, LinkedIn)
  3. Matthew Koons – “Business Development Manager – Nor Cal at FORECAST 3D” (Website, LinkedIn)

SPRING 2019 – U.C. Berkeley – Guest Judges

  1. Rafael Amado – Graduate Student Instructor, U.C. Berkeley (Spring 2019)
  2. Brien Angelo – co-founder of fast2farm | Director of Manufacturing at Granberg International | (Website, LinkedIn)
  3. Amine Berrada Sounni – Co-founder | Startup Stealth | Solar Industry Executive – S2019 (Website, LinkedIn)
  4. Igor Borges – Product Manager, Cisco Systems, Graduate Student Instructor, U.C. Berkeley (Spring 2019)
  5. Benjamin Fagin – Co-founder | AnimalLabs | (Website, LinkedIn)
  6. Thomas “Tom” Corder – President & CEO of Bridgepoint Systems & AirLocker – S2019, F2018, S2018 (Bridgepoint, Airlocker, LinkedIn)
  7. Kimberly Itani – Director of Events, Bespoke SF | Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (Website, LinkedIn)
  8. Judith Shahvar – Director of Bespoke SF | Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – S2017, S2018, S2019 (Website, LinkedIn)
  9. Maureen Vavra – Partner | Stratafusion Group | (Website, LinkedIn)
  10. Rosanna Yau – Founder | Backerkit | (Website, LinkedIn)

FALL 2018 – U.C. Berkeley

  1. Jennifer Fink – Authentic Career & Leadership Coach | Fink Development LLC – F2018 – (Website, LinkedIn)
  2. Brian Fogg – Co-founder Animal Labs – S2018, F2018 – (Website, LinkedIn)
  3. Vincent Law – Lecturer in Product Management, U.C. Berkeley & Consultant – (Website, LinkedIn)
  4. Stephanie Marrus – Director of Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF – (Website, LinkedIn)
  5. John Réville – Co-founder & Chief Academic Officer at Cogverse Academy – F2018 (Website, LinkedIn)

SPRING 2018 – U.C. Berkeley

  1. Bill Allison – CTO – University of California, Berkeley – S2018 (Website, LinkedIn)
  2. Brien Angelo – Founder & Director of Manufacturing at Fabritech – S2018, S2017, S2016 (Website, LinkedIn)
  3. Rob Azevedo, Ph.D. – VP of Sensor Technology – Proteus – S2018 (Website, LinkedIn)
  4. Maaike Doyer – CFO | Strategy Designer, Business Models Inc. – S2018, S2017 (Website, LinkedIn)
  5. Wayne Delker, Ph.D. – Executive Director of the Fung Institute, U.C. Berkeley – S2018 (Website, LinkedIn)
  6. Yurena García-Hevia Mendizábal – Innovation Strategist | StepOne Ventures – S2018, S2016 (Website, LinkedIn)
  7. Ravi Kurani – Co-founder | CEO Sutro – S2018 (Website, LinkedIn)
  8. Curtis Ray, MBA – Founder & CEO of Hupnos – S2018, S2017 (Website, LinkedIn)
  9. Maarten van Lieshout – Strategy Designer, Business Models Inc. – S2018, S2017 (Website, LinkedIn)

SPRING 2017 – U.C. Berkeley

  1. Jay Hum – Product Lead formerly Staff Product Manager | Pivotal Inc. – S2017 (Website, LinkedIn)
  2. Vincent Sun – Associate VC | The House Fund – S2017 (Website, LinkedIn)

SPRING 2016 – U.C. Berkeley

  1. Raunak Bhinge, Ph.D. – Founder & CEO of Infinite Uptime – S2016 (Website, LinkedIn)
  2. SPRING 2014 – I.E. Business School
  3. Luis Herrera – Angel Investor, CEO Intergase Legal & Corporate – 2011, 2012 (Website, LinkedIn)
  4. Jose Martin Gtz de Cabiedes – Socio at Cabiedes & Partners SCR – 2012, 2014 (Website, LinkedIn)
  5. Igor Tasic – Founder and CEO Startup Europe Week – S2011, S2012, S2014 (Website, LinkedIn)
  6. Erik Schlie – Vice President, B-school Professor, Higher-ed Expert – S2014, S2012 (Website, LinkedIn)

Past Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs)

University of California, Berkeley

  1. Rafael Amado – Graduate Student Instructor, U.C. Berkeley (Spring 2019), (Website, LinkedIn)
  2. Igor Borges – Product Manager, Cisco Systems, Graduate Student Instructor, U.C. Berkeley (Spring 2019), (Website, LinkedIn)
  3. Gabriela Belo-Soares – Google, (Spring 2018), (Website, LinkedIn)
  4. Lori Chen – GSI – (Spring 2017), (Website, LinkedIn)
  5. Ennis Olson – Google, (Spring 2016), (Website, LinkedIn)

I.E. Business School, Madrid, Spain

  1. n/a

La Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – Escuela Téchnica Superior de los Ingenieros Aeronauticos

  1. Walter Foxworth – Mechanical Engineer – Spring 2011 (Website, LinkedIn)

Other Key Collaborators

  1. Johann Banta – You3Dit, U.C. Berkeley Graduate 2019 (Website, LinkedIn)
  2. Hannah Kim – U.C. Berkeley Haas Graduate 2020 (Website, LinkedIn)
  3. Zubin Chagpar – Amazon, Founding Instructor (Website, LinkedIn)

Essential Staff

  1. Tony Cricelli & Ramon Soto – 3D printing and IT support for Haas Innovation Lab (HaasBio) via the Haas Technology Solutions team (HaasBio)
  2. Rocky Moran – Scheduler of Haas classes and classroom resources (HaasBio)
  3. Karren Tanisaki – Assistant Director of Haas Undergradute Program (HaasBio)
  4. Mark Gorenflo – Executive Director of EWMBA programs at Haas (HaasBio)