Chie Kawahara
Startup & Small Business Strategist at NSF SECURE Center
Chie Kawahara is Director of Special Projects at Cove Technology and Startup & Small Business Strategist at NSF SECURE Center. She has expertise in product and operations leadership, with prior roles including Chief Product Officer at Shift Labs, VP Product Management at Cadence Biomedical, Entrepreneur In Residence at Intellectual Ventures, Research Scientist at Boston Scientific, and Electrical Engineer at BD Diagnostics - TriPath.
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NSF SECURE Center Startup & Small Business Strategist 2026–present · current
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Cove Technology Director of Special Projects 2023–present · current
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Shift Labs Chief Product Officer 2019–2023, Director of Product Management 2016–2019 · past
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Intellectual Ventures Entrepreneur In Residence 2018–2019 · past
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BD Diagnostics - TriPath Electrical Engineer 2008–2009 · past
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Cadence Biomedical VP Product Management 2008–2018 · past
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Boston Scientific Research Scientist 2006–2007 · past
Education
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University of Michigan MSE, Biomedical Engineering
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University of Michigan BSE, Electrical Engineering (Digital Signal Processing)
Organizations
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NSF SECURE Center Startup & Small Business Strategist 2026–present · current
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Cove Technology Director of Special Projects 2023–present · current
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Shift Labs Chief Product Officer 2019–2023, Director of Product Management 2016–2019 · past
Education
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University of Michigan MSE, Biomedical Engineering
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University of Michigan BSE, Electrical Engineering (Digital Signal Processing)
