miLEAD participates in the MedTech Crossroads webinar

On February 25, 2022, miLEAD board members Ish Mawla (President) and Ellie Frydendall (Vice President) participated in the MedTech Crossroads webinar with Gene Parunak from in2being. Ish and Ellie got the opportunity to share their miLEAD journey, discuss the type of work miLEAD does for its clients, and talk about the methodology employed by our consultants to accomplish client goals. Watch the webinar here, the discussion starts around 8:40.

miLEAD celebrates its annual Holiday Party

After a pandemic-related hiatus, miLEAD brought back its annual holiday party tradition, which took place at Vinology on the evening of Wed, Dec 15. miLEAD is pleased to announce that we are celebrating one of the strongest years to date! We want to thank all our consultants, project managers, and board of directors for their hard work and dedication this year. Happy holidays to everyone and we are looking forward to another record year in 2022!

Major milestones for our organization in 2021:

  • Staffed 19 projects (the highest number in company history since our inception in 2014)

  • Promoted 13 stellar consultants to the project manager (PM) position

  • Recruited 40 new consultants from diverse backgrounds

  • 3 miLEAD teams placed in top 3 at national & international case competitions

  • Rebranded professional development grants and awarded 16 grants to members of our organization

  • Hosted 23 social and professional development events (including recruitment events with top consulting firms)

  • Established connections with graduate consulting organizations at other top universities, namely WiSolve and BALSA

  • Rejuvenated connections with the local business community (including Mi-HQ, A2 SPARK, Innovation Partnerships, etc.)

  • Created new marketing materials and improved web presence (website overhaul, twitter creation, etc.)

  • Introduced a case component for new member recruitment

miLEAD team wins first place in the 2021 Penn Healthcare Case Competition

miLEAD is thrilled to congratulate the winning team for the highly competitive 2021 Penn Healthcare Case Competition (PHCC). The first place team consisted of miLEAD members Wayne Hawkins (consultant), Shree Padma Metur (consultant), Fabienne Birkle (consultant), Sydney Smith (Director of Finance), and Ishtiaq Mawla (President). The case prompt included assisting a small U.S. biotech company with pricing, go-to-market strategy, distribution, and commercialization of a novel gene therapy product for the rare disease, Hemophilia A. The organizing committee at the University of Pennsylvania received 44 team applications (with nearly 200 individuals) from 17 prestigious universities nationwide, such as UMich, UPenn, Columbia, Harvard, MIT, Yale, UCLA, and UCSD. Of the 44 teams, 17 teams made it to the first round, and 6 teams made it to the finals, which took place virtually this past weekend on Sat, Nov 13. Judges included consultants from ClearView Healthcare Partners, PRECISIONadvisors, ZS, and faculty members from the Wharton School at UPenn.

Great work and congratulations to the participating miLEAD members!

Michigan Life Sciences Engineering Advising and Development Consulting Group (miLEAD) is a nonprofit organization devoted to developing graduate students and postdoctoral fellows into successful young professionals in the fields of biotechnology, engineering, consulting, and beyond. All support directly benefits our team and our mission by funding the professional development of members in our organization. We thank you for your support.

 
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