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  • For more than 3 years, I have trusted Aycee as a deeply thoughtful and data-driven operations leader. I watched her inspire an internationally distributed team to give their best to high-touch relationships with a global community.

    Aycee was always willing to work through hard problems with me—including by identifying the data I needed and putting those data into an incredibly usable form. Her forecasts were detailed and accurate, and she welcomed requests for the underlying data—she never viewed those requests as a challenge to her competence, but rather as a deepening of the analysis.

    I'm difficult to impress, but if Aycee told me that she had the right person for a task, I knew that we could move forward with confidence. Aycee was a master at figuring out the "hidden skills" embedded in the members of her team, and at identifying opportunities for them to apply their passions and expertise (even when the strict job description seemed to be asking for something else). For example, when I needed help validating a complex numerical model, she pointed to members of her team who promptly challenged my model every way possible and then recast it into a far more palatable form.

    I absolutely could not have carried out that project without their commitment, their deep thinking, and Aycee's unwavering leadership.

    When Aycee commits to a mission and a higher purpose, she's all in.

    Here's the most important thing you need to know about Aycee: she's a rigorous thought partner who is also a caring and thoughtful colleague. She is a true treasure for any organization.

  • Dr. Tiffany Vora is a rousing speaker and thought leader who uses a bio- and tech-focused mindset to stimulate leaders, companies, and industries to design for the best possible future.

    Tiffany’s expertise in biology and medicine encompasses fields as diverse as CRISPR, the microbiome, longevity, genetics, agriculture, climate change, space biology, biomimicry, and biohacking. Overall, Tiffany is passionate about translating the leading edge of science and medicine into actionable insights for individuals, companies, and society.

    Read more: https://www.tiffanyvora.com/about-tiffany

  • Aycee is a true force of nature. She built (and managed), from the ground up, a world-class faculty scheduling team and backend system for Singularity University.

    As Chair for Entrepreneurship and Open Innovation, I interact with her team on a near daily-basis and have witnessed the "before Aycee" and "after Aycee" state of affairs first hand. The quality of her work, her drive and passion is truly second to none.

  • Pascal Finette is a globally-renowned public speaker covering topics from digitization, technology trends, new business models, decentralized innovation.

    He is the Co-Founder of be radical, EY’s wavespace Advisory Board Chair, and a member of Pearson’s Digital Advisory Board. Previously, he held leadership positions at Google.org, Mozilla, and eBay, built technology startups, and launched a Venture Capital firm. He is the posse leader at TheHeretic.org, and is a general upstart when it comes to creating meaningful change.

    Read more: https://beradical.group/about/bio-pascal/

  • Aycee is amazingly talented as a leader and executor of vision. She is highly innovative and entrepreneurial in her approaches to operations while also being creative and inspiring to those working with her. She is an excellent systems thinker and a diplomat.

    There is so much that I can say about her strengths. She loves to learn and demonstrates that through her work in multiple ways. She leverages her learnings to advance projects and goals.

  • Dr. Christyna Serrano is an accomplished educator and entrepreneur specializing in learning innovation and technology. She’s a “triple bear” having received her BA, MA, and PhD from University of California, Berkeley (Cal). She now holds professional faculty appointments at UC Berkeley, in the Haas School of Business, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) in the College of Engineering, and, finally, at the Berkeley School of Education.

    When she’s not teaching at Cal (Go Bears!), she works as the Director of Early Career Online Business Education at the Graduate School of Business (GSB) at Stanford University and is a representative for Executive Education on the GSB's DEI Council.

  • As a leader, Aycee is a natural. She is the kind who takes it upon herself to set her team up for success.

    As a strategist, Aycee is a visionary. Her creativity coupled with a genuine love for data allows her to highlight points for improvement, and often propose solutions before problems arise.

    Aycee commits 110% to any team she is part of. She is competitive but charming, and brilliant but humble.

  • At Singularity, Nikki was Aycee’s ultimate Project Manager. With her, Aycee can let go! She has the magic of knowing what you need to know -- so before you even ask the questions, she already has the answer for you!

    Ask her to do something -- consider it done!!! Done with love, passion, and beauty!!

    Her resume will speak for itself. Her energy will show her greatness! :)

  • Aycee loves unconditionally. Together, we embrace the world with love and joy.

    • Aycee’s husband since December 12, 2020

    • Dad to @smile.thesheepadoodle

    • Aviation and travel enthusiast

    • NASA astranout applicant

    • Fortune 100 data engineer and analyst

    • Sous-chef at Casa Gardner’s kitchen ;)