University of Virginia
Director of Student Entrepreneurship
Leading the Foundry under UVA Innovates. UVA's pan-university startup support initiative.
Brian Breslin
Founder @refreshmiami, @infinimedia, @simcase, help hundreds of startups build better products & companies @ UVA Foundry [BA @ UVA - MBA @ Kellogg]
Founder @refreshmiami, @infinimedia, @simcase, help hundreds of startups build better products & companies @ UVA Foundry [BA @ UVA - MBA @ Kellogg]
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Experience
University of Miami
Director - The Launch Pad
Leading the entrepreneurship center for the University of Miami.
- Grew client base from 4,000 to 5,500 entrepreneurs
- Launched online remote learning initiatives... more for mentorship and workshop programs that reached 750 students in the first year.
- Helped launch the first campus angel investment fund.
- Designed new startup skill training programs to teach design thinking, customer development, and product development.
- Improved organization ranking to 13th from 50+ in the country per Princeton Review & Entrepreneur Magazine
- Grew client base from 4,000 to 5,500 entrepreneurs
- Launched online remote learning initiatives... more for mentorship and workshop programs that reached 750 students in the first year.
- Helped launch the first campus angel investment fund.
- Designed new startup skill training programs to teach design thinking, customer development, and product development.
- Improved organization ranking to 13th from 50+ in the country per Princeton Review & Entrepreneur Magazine
Refresh Miami
Founder
Founded Refresh Miami, the hub of the #MiamiTech community. Currently over 11,000 members of this group and growing. Refresh brings together entrepreneurs, developers, designers,... more and more to share knowledge and grow our local ecosystem.
SimCase
Co-Founder
- Developed partnerships with Wharton, Kellog, and Harvard as part of go-to-market strategy.
- Lead product design, sprints, and deployment.
- Later shifted to growth,... more strategy, and operations role.
- Grew user base to over 20,000 global users.
- Lead product design, sprints, and deployment.
- Later shifted to growth,... more strategy, and operations role.
- Grew user base to over 20,000 global users.
Florida International University
Florida International University / Adjunct Professor
Developed and implemented entrepreneurship curriculum for the Honors College students. Took students from zero to launch through a modified Lean Launch Pad course.
Maker Market - CLOSED
Founder, Founder
Launched one of the first marketplaces for 3D printing services.
Infinimedia
Founder, Founder
Built a remote product development team that executed dozens of products both internally and for Fortune 500 clients globally. Managed the entire product development flow... more from needs gathering to development to launch and growth. Projects ranged from social media tools to API development, to entire ERP logistics platforms that manage hundreds of millions of dollars in daily merchandise volume.
Refresh Miami
Founder
2UP
Advisor
Pack Events
Advisor
The LAB Miami
Advisor
PressBackup
Founder
Built one of the first SaaS products in the WordPress ecosystem to improve website reliability and data integrity. Conceived the idea, built roadmap, hired the engineering... more team, launched to market the product. Grew the product and team, customer base into the thousands, and later sold product to investor group.
Twitbin
Founder
Built and designed one of the first Twitter third-party clients on the market. Handled ideation, project management, design, and operations. Planned and implemented marketing... more and monetization activities. Grew organically to 350,000 users before selling to an investor group in 2014.
Founder
Employee
Advisor
Projects
Making online higher-ed serious fun.
CTO, Node.js, Mean Stack (Mongo, Express, Angular, Node) · Architecture, development, strategy, growth
SimCase builds games that help… · More instructors extend their classroom experience into the digital age. Our portfolio of games complement your existing curriculum and integrates seamlessly with your syllabus. We help drive in-class and after-class engagement, and deliver actionable metrics alongside it.
Our games help teach complicated concepts in real-time, and make active learning accessible. Using leading-edge mobile technologies, we’ve placed dynamic learning opportunities into the palm of your hand.
SimCase builds games that help… · More instructors extend their classroom experience into the digital age. Our portfolio of games complement your existing curriculum and integrates seamlessly with your syllabus. We help drive in-class and after-class engagement, and deliver actionable metrics alongside it.
Our games help teach complicated concepts in real-time, and make active learning accessible. Using leading-edge mobile technologies, we’ve placed dynamic learning opportunities into the palm of your hand.
Website developed with Wordpress
Director, WordPress · Project direction
Refresh Miami is the largest non profit organization dedicated to building Miami's technology… · More & startup communities. Events, Workshops, Jobs & more
Refresh Miami is the largest non profit organization dedicated to building Miami's technology… · More & startup communities. Events, Workshops, Jobs & more
Education
About
Achievements
Built an award winning software dev team whose products are used by Fortune 100 companies to manage hundreds of millions of dollars in orders. Have built several software startups with users in hundreds of countries and whose products are used by tens of thousands globally.
Helped hundreds of entrepreneurs learn how to build better products and companies through the Launch Pad at UMiami. Built a community of tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and startups in Miami before it was trendy.
Miami Herald 40 under 40, Miami Chamber Tech Organization of Year. Speaker at SXSW, Talent Land Mexico, PubCon, WordCamp, CNNe. Co-Host Miami Tech Pod.
Native Spanish speaker. Fluent in French. Elementary Japanese.
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
Skills
Locations
Q&A
What's your favorite non-business book?
Last train to paradise
What words of advice would you give your younger self?
Find mentors, read more.