Rick Peng
Digital Ventures Lead - External Innovation & Venture Acceleration
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolRick Peng is an Engineer-MBA and digital ventures leader with 12 years of experience building and commercializing technology across the healthcare ecosystem, currently leading external innovation and venture acceleration at Memorial Sloan Kettering. He has sourced and executed 31 external innovation deals, spun out five ventures, and licensed clinical data and software assets that generate six-figure annual royalties, blending technical product judgment with commercialization savvy. Prior roles at Flatiron and Merck show his ability to drive product compliance, operational excellence, and cross-functional programs that cut cycle times and incidents dramatically. Active as an NSF SBIR reviewer and mentor for Techstars, CancerX, and Endless Frontier Labs, he brings a broad network of 100+ accelerators, VCs, and government partners to help startups scale. Notably, he built enterprise innovation platforms and cohort programs that translate clinician-scientist priorities into funded, market-ready digital health solutions.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemical Engineering at Cornell UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA Technology and Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration - MBA Technology and Entrepreneurship at Cornell Tech
Chinese, English
Github Skills (22)
bcrypt10
declaration8
ringcentral8
prop8
seal7
nodejs6
recaptcha5
jekyll5
django5
perl4
form-fields4
docker4
python4
docker-compose4
documentation3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rcpeng34/rickfacts
Apr 2015 - Feb 2021
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
SF-sense/sf-sense
May 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:74 commits in 14 days
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