Ricardo Heredia, Ph.D.
MIT Sloan Fellow | Venture Capital Fellow | Venture Scout | Biotech & TechBio x AI/ML
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About
I am an US-based professional with interests at the intersection of biopharmaceutical manufacturing, digital manufacturing and business with varied international industrial and academic experience. I also have an interest in Venture Capital with a focus on Biotech, TechBio, AI/ML and Web3 verticals. I have received 30+ international scholarships and fellowships for education and training in the fields of biotechnology, AI/ML, business administration, leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship (UK, USA, Germany, Japan, Denmark, Spain, China, Mexico). I am always enthusiastic to explore new opportunities and collaborations in interdisciplinary, international and intergenerational projects.
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Experience (27 roles)
Venture Capital Fellow
CurrentSkills: Venture Capital · Venture Financing · Start-up Ventures · Entrepreneurship
Sloan Fellow, Business Administration
CurrentMassachusetts Institute of Technology · Full-time
Skills: Venture Capital · Entrepreneurship · Corporate Finance · Investment · Management · Venture Financing
Venture Capital Fellow
CurrentSkills: Venture Capital · Venture Financing · Life Sciences · Entrepreneurship · Fundraising · Business Analysis · Investment · Start-up Ventures
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Education (12)
MIT Sloan School of Management
2025 - 2026
Activities and societies: Venture Capital & Private Equity Club | Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Club | Hispanic Business Club Sloan Fellow & Dean's Fellow
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2022 - 2023
Activities and societies: Galvanizers Cohort Focus: Business Administration, Corporate Innovation and Strategic Leadership Skills: Managerial Economics · Strategy · Team Management · Innovation Management · Corporate Finance · Business Development · Financial Accounting · Venture Capital · Management · Business Analytics · Business Analysis · Leadership
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022 - 2023
Focus: Foundational Machine Learning for Big Data and Text Processing; Advanced Machine Learning for Big Data and Text Processing; Deep Learning for AI and Computer Vision; Reinforcement Learning; Applied Data Science - AI for decision making; Bioprocess Data Analytics and Machine Learning. Skills: Data Science · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Data Analytics · Machine Learning · Data Mining · Deep Learning · Python (Programming Language) · Data Analysis · Multivariate Analysis
Skills (21)
Certifications (12)▼
Oxford Machine Learning (OxML)
AI for Global Goals
Social Biotechnology (Newton Fund)
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Digital Bioprocessing (BIOPRO World Talent)
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Intellectual Property (IP)
World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO
UCL Modular Training for the Bioprocess Industries (MBI Programme - 8 modules)
UCL
Social Entrepreneurship
University of Oxford
International Business & Business Economics
University of Cambridge
Applied Data Science (ADS)
University of Oxford
Venture Fundraising
Pygma
Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt
University of Oxford
Business Innovation (CBA LABS)
Cambridge Judge Business School
Advanced Process Data Analytics
ETH Zürich
Languages (6)▼
Volunteer Experience (7)▼
Mentor, Higher Education
projectaccess.org
Aug 2018 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr
Steering Committee Member, Hispanic/Latino Organization for Leadership and Advancement (HOLA)
Merck Group
Apr 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo
Advisory Council Member
CurrentHarvard Business Review
Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo
STEM Mentor, Diversity and Inclusion
The New York Academy of Sciences
Jan 2019 - Sep 2019 · 9 mos
Committee Member, Partnerships
CurrentLatinos in Bio
Apr 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos
STEM Ambassador - London Hub
STEM Ambassadors
Mar 2018 - Feb 2019 · 1 yr
Mentor, Entrepreneurship
iGEM Foundation
Apr 2021 - Aug 2021 · 5 mos
Honors & Awards (20)▼
BIOPRO World Talent Fellowship
Issued by Novo Nordisk Foundation - BIOPRO Inititaive - Danish Technical University (DTU) - University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark · Aug 2019
Associated with University of Cambridge Advanced training in digital bioprocessing (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Santander Scholar, Impact Leadership
Issued by Santander and ESADE Business School · Jun 2020
Associated with University of Cambridge
ESACT Early Career Research Grant
Issued by European Society for Animal Cell Technology · Nov 2019
Associated with University of Cambridge Selected recipe for a full grant to attend the international AIChE meeting 2019 (FL, USA) for scientific participation to disseminate work on cell culture process development, intensification and optimisation for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
London Business School - Prodigy Finance Prize (Technology)
Issued by London Business School (UK) · Feb 2018
Associated with London Business School The technology prize was awarded during the LBS Hackathon for innovation and commercialisation of digital services and products, where our business model proposal consisted on an integrated data management system for democratisation of genetic testing.
Newton Venture Capital Scholarship
Issued by Newton Venture Program · Feb 2023
Associated with Sanofi
IChemE Early Career Researcher Grant - Biochemical Engineering
Issued by Institute of Chemical Engineers (UK) · Nov 2019
Associated with University of Cambridge Selected recipe for a full grant to attend the international AIChE meeting 2019 (FL, USA) for scientific participation to disseminate work on cell culture process development, intensification and optimisation for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
ESACT Early Career Research Grant
Issued by European Society for Animal Cell Technology · May 2022
Associated with Sanofi
ESACT UK Early Career Research Grant
Issued by ESACT UK · Jan 2020
Associated with University of Cambridge Selected recipe for a full grant to attend the annual ESACT UK meeting 2020 for scientific participation to disseminate work on applications of AI for cell culture process design and optimisation.
Global BioCommunity 2.0
Issued by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) · Aug 2019
Associated with University of Cambridge Global and Community Synthetic Biology and Biological Systems Engineering (MIT Media Lab)
ESACT Early Career Research Award - 26th ESACT meeting 2019
Issued by European Society for Animal Cell Technology (ESACT, EU) · Apr 2019
Associated with UCL Selected recipe for a full grant to attend the international 26th ESACT meeting (Copenhagen, Denmark) for scientific participation and to disseminate current findings of doctoral research through oral presentation.
Helmsley Trust Fellowship
Issued by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (New York, USA) · Jul 2019
Associated with University of Cambridge Synthetic Biology (Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, New York, USA)
BioProNET Early Career Research Award - BioProNET Annual Scientific Meeting
Issued by BioProNET UK , UK Research Councils (BBSRC) · Jul 2017
Associated with UCL Selected recipe for a full bursary to participate in the 4th Annual BIoProNET Science Meeting (Warwick, UK).
Leader of Tomorrow 2018 (Global)
Issued by University of Cambridge - Global Biotech Revolution (UK) · Apr 2018
The GapSummit is organised by Global Biotech Revolution (GBR) and held at the University of Cambridge (UK). 100 promising global young leaders in Biotechnology are carefully selected and invited to challenge ideas, grow professionally and connect with like minded future decision makers.
Young Leader of Biotechnology 2018 (LATAM)
Issued by AllBiotech - LATAM · Aug 2018
Associated with UCL The Allbiotech summit is organised by Allbiotech throughout all Latin America chapters. 100 promising young leaders and current leaders in the region for Biotechnology and Biosciences gather to challenge ideas, grow professionally and connect while understanding and identifying the potential and key areas of all sectors of Biotechnology in LATAM region.
ACS BIOT ESBES Honourable Mention - 1st International Biotech Design Competition
Issued by American Chemical Society (USA) & European Society of Biochemical Engineering Sciences (EU) · Oct 2017
Associated with UCL Second place finalist and honourable mention team (ETH Zurich, University of Delaware and University College London) for the design of a whole integrated continuous manufacturing process, from cell vial to formulated vial, for a cost effective biosimilar monoclonal antibody therapy.
BioProNET Early Career Research Award - BrisSynBio MBA
Issued by BioProNET UK , UK Research Councils (BBSRC) · Apr 2018
Associated with UCL Award to attend the BrisSynBio (University of Bristol,UK) and SynbiCITE (Imperial College London, UK) training programme in commercialisation and business development for synthetic biology and biotechnology business ventures.
Newton Fund Early Career Fellowship - Social Biotechnology
Issued by Chinese Academy of Sciences and British Council · Sep 2019
Associated with University of Cambridge Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China)
Young Entrepreneur Scheme Award (Biotechnology)
Issued by Nottingham University Business School - University College London · Oct 2018
Associated with UCL
Cambridge Entrepreneurship Award
Issued by Cambridge Judge Business School (UK) · Jul 2018
Associated with Cambridge Judge Business School Selected recipe to receive a scholarship for the Cambridge community to attend the Cambridge entrepreneurial programme for innovation and creation of business ventures in Life Sciences and High Tech.
Finalist Award - 'Voices of Tomorrow 2018' BioBusiness Competition
Issued by Global Biotech Revolution, University of Cambridge (UK) · Apr 2018
International finalist team (Princeton University, University of Virginia and University College London) during the BioBusiness competition at GapSummit 2018. The tech venture addressed current challenges in biologics discovery and manufacturing (R&D productivity) through a reverse engineering strategy for drug discovery for infectious diseases and epidemiological breakouts.
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