Lina Colucci

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States19 yrs 5 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Co-founded successful ML consulting firm.
Developed patented algorithms at MIT and Harvard.
Innovated ballet pointe shoes in collaboration with Nike.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI and Biomedical Engineering with a strong entrepreneurial background.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipLeadershipMachine LearningBiomedical EngineeringResearchProduct Development

Other Skills

AI video foundation modelsInteractive charactersConsultingTeam managementSynthetic dataModel buildingHealth hackathonsTeam leadershipFundraisingAlgorithm developmentPatent creationTissue engineeringCell culture techniquesBiomechanics researchProduct design

About

Lina is the co-founder and CEO of Lemon Slice, the best interactive avatar model for voice agents. Lina previously founded Edge Analytics, one of the premiere ML consulting firms in the country, which she grew to ~10 ML PhDs and $10M revenue. Lina got her PhD at MIT and Harvard where she developed novel algorithms for MRI and NMR. This work resulted in multiple patents and the cover article of Science Translational Medicine. She has been a featured speaker at multiple SXSW and TEDx events. Lina is a ballerina who invented novel ballet pointe shoes and collaborated with Nike on the shoe design. She was born in Brazil and grew up between Brazil, Canada, and the US. Personal Website: www.linacolucci.com

Experience

19 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Lemon slice

Co-Founder/CEO

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Training AI video foundation models for interactive, talking characters. YC W24.

AI video foundation modelsInteractive charactersEntrepreneurshipLeadership

Edge analytics inc

2 roles

Board Member

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Dec 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Built an ML consulting firm. Grew to $10M in revenue and a team of 15 PhD-level data scientists and ML engineers. Clients came to us to solve hard, open-ended problems and ship those solutions into real products.

Machine LearningConsultingTeam managementEntrepreneurship

Infinity ai, inc.

Co-Founder

Dec 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs · San Francisco, California, United States

Helping ML engineers build better models faster using synthetic data. We specialize in generating human-centric videos.

Synthetic dataModel buildingMachine LearningEntrepreneurship

Cionic

Algorithms/ML Advisor

Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Mit hacking medicine

Co-Director and Member

Jun 2014 – Jun 2018 · 4 yrs · MIT

Recruited and led a 18-person team
In 1 year, organized 15 health hackathons in across 5 states and 5 countries (USA, Qatar, Uganda, Spain, and India) including the Grand Hack event with 450 participants from 8 countries
Spoke at SXSW and gave a talk at TEDxBrussels: https://youtu.be/8-wo5YnYr-g
Raised over $120,000 from partners like Clinton Foundation, GE, Samsung, athenahealth, Joslin Diabetes Center, MGH, and more

Massachusetts institute of technology

PhD Student

Jun 2013 – Jun 2018 · 5 yrs · Cambridge, MA

Developed algorithms for a novel hydration sensor based on the same technology as MRI. This work resulted in 2 patents and the cover article of Science Translational Medicine.

Health hackathonsTeam leadershipFundraisingLeadershipEntrepreneurship

Duke university

Researcher

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr · Durham, NC

Worked in the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Laboratory to develop novel cartilage-derived matrix (CDM) scaffolds for tissue-engineering:
Analyzed the effects of freeze rate and cartilage concentration on scaffold pore size, mechanical properties, and cell infiltration. Quantified cell-attachment to CDM films crosslinked in various methods.
Mastered: cell culture techniques, confocal microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, unconfined compression testing, immunohistochemistry, histology, collagen crosslinking techniques
Advisor: Dr. Farshid Guilak, Director of OBL and Editor of Journal of Biomechanics

Algorithm developmentPatent creationBiomedical EngineeringResearch

Nike

Product Creation

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo · Beaverton, Oregon

Conducted biomechanics research using force plates, high-speed video and motion capture to improve the understanding of gender differences in landing (Nike Sports Research Lab)
Applied biomechanics insights to an innovative cushioning system for Nike footwear (Innovation Kitchen)
Developed a social media platform for Nike - from user-research to data synthesis to design - and was chosen to present the platform to Nike founder, Phil Knight

Tissue engineeringCell culture techniquesBiomedical EngineeringResearch

Clarinet studio

Clarinet Instructor

Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 · 3 yrs

Taught private clarinet lessons to multiple middle school students. Top instructor in Lexington.

Ballet shoe designUser researchProduct DevelopmentEntrepreneurship

Colucci danza

Co-Founder and Inventor

Jan 2005 – Jan 2011 · 6 yrs

Lina combined her passion for ballet with engineering and redesigned the ballet pointe shoe for safety, comfort, and improved ergonomics. Worked with advisors from IDEO to conduct user- and consumer insights-research to inspire innovation in design. Lina’s innovative ballet shoes have won many awards, including:
1st place / Massachusetts State Science Fair 2006 – MIT
Best Presenter / Selected by Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint.com, at Duke Start-up Challenge 2010
Semi-Finalist / Intel Science Talent Search 2008
1st place poster / Southern New England Jr Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS) 2007 – Boston University
In addition, Lina is the first author of a peer-reviewed article on ballet shoe design featured on the cover of Ergonomics in Design, a journal published by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. She wrote the article when she was 16.

Biomechanics researchProduct designProduct DevelopmentResearch