Ulises Medina

Ulises Medina has a diverse work experience. Ulises began their career in 2009 as a Customer Service Specialist at Office Depot, where they were twice awarded Employee of the Month and three times awarded the Bravo Award for outstanding teamwork. In 2011, they worked as a Hazardous Waste Lab Assistant at Environment, Health and Safety - UCSD, where they received training in injury and illness prevention, laboratory safety principles, laboratory hazards, radiation safety and hazard communication. In 2013, they worked as a Research Assistant at Meyer's Materials Science Research Group - UCSD, where they assisted in the research of the mechanical properties of nano crystalline titanium. From 2014 to 2021, they worked at Wildcat Discovery Technologies as a Laboratory Technician, where they scaled up electrode material synthesis, optimized slurry formulation recipes for different battery materials, and conducted material characterization. In 2018, they also worked as a Manufacturing Engineer at Ionic Materials, Inc. and as a Cell Engineering Technician at Tesla.

Ulises Medina has a diverse educational background. Ulises completed their Master of Science in Engineering from San Jose State University in 2019. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Science in Nanoengineering from UC San Diego in 2014. Ulises also attended Southwestern Community College from 2008 to 2011, where they studied Engineering and earned a General Studies degree. In addition to their formal education, they have obtained several certifications, including an ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditing Workshop from Quality Support Group in 2021, an ISO 9001:2015 Foundation - Quality Certification from Quality Support Group in 2020, and a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification from GREATER BOSTON MANUFACTURING PARTNERSHIP, INC. Ulises has also completed several online courses, such as Learning MATLAB and MATLAB 2018 Essential Training from LinkedIn in 2019, and Project Management Foundations: Small Projects from LinkedIn in 2019.