Adam Jendrisak
Operations Staffer at WingXpand
St Louis, Missouri
Overview
Work Experience
Operations Staffer
2024 - Current
Associate Portfolio Manager
2021 - 2023
• Single-handedly oversaw portfolio of >120 early-stage venture-backed startup companies • Performed investment selection, investment due diligence, financial statement analysis, investor reporting, and advising portfolio companies
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Data Scientist
2016 - 2021
• Created new cancer diagnostic tests using machine learning under Translational Research • Independently created revenue-generating algorithms in the 3 main branches of machine learning: classification, unsupervised clustering, and regression (used as screening device in clinical trial NCT03712930) • Independently developed deep neural networks with TensorFlow and deployed on AWS • Work presented in 10 journal publications, 35 conference abstracts and posters
Biomarker Data Analyst
2015 - 2016
Project Coordinator
2014 - 2015
Marketing and Business Development Consultant
2013 - 2013
• Identified, evaluated, and selected investment projects for a company’s product line expansion • Developed market entry strategies, generated revenue models, negotiated IP licensing contracts • Provided market updates and financial projections for senior management and investors
Consultant, Data & Research Analyst
2011 - 2013
• Provided experimental design and data analysis for clinicians involved in medical research • Recognized in three research papers published in the American Journal of Transplantation • Designed experiment for a multi-center clinical study on circulating biomarkers & transduction networks
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Intern
2010 - 2010
• Contributed to research on the progression of mutations found in advanced-stage breast cancer • Designed experiment to observe force-sensitive protein activity through specialized instrument • Performed range of molecular cloning, recombinant DNA, and human cell culture techniques
Volunteer
2005 - 2005
• Performed data entry for histocompatability laboratory • Build Excel database to screen test result accuracy • Presidential Volunteer Award for > 100 hours allocated