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RESHMA KHILNANI

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 * ABOUT
   
   
   MY STORY
   
   I am a software engineer and entrepreneur living in San Francisco, CA.
   Currently, I am a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. In the recent past I was
   Co-CEO of Droplet Health (now Kit.com acquired by Ro), CTO MedXT, Engineer at
   Box, PM at Facebook. I have many interests including but not limited to:
   software engineering, the future of healthcare, virtual currencies and
   payments, software as a service, productivity, traveling and global living.
   
   WHERE I'M FROM
   
   I am from Palo Alto, CA. My mother is from the Philippines and my father is
   from India. I am a dual-citizen US/Philippines.

 * RIGHT NOW
   
   
 * EXPERIENCE
   
   
   
   Y COMBINATOR
   
   VISITING PARTNER
   
   Helping companies in the W21 and S21 YC batch. Read about the program, me,
   and my colleagues here.
   
   DROPLET (NOW KIT.COM)
   
   CO-CEO
   
   Droplet made at-home diagnostic kits for healthcare and insurance
   applications. Droplet became Kit.com and was acquired by Ro in June 2021. See
   a video of the product here.
   
   BOX
   
   SOFTWARE ENGINEER
   
   Box acquired my company MedXT in 2014, and I was on the engineering team
   working on medical data and preview. Try viewing your X-rays on Box!
   
   MEDXT
   
   CO-FOUNDER AND CTO
   
   MedXT is a medical imaging platform designed for telemedicine.  If you wanted
   to add telemedicine services to your practice made software to help you do
   it. We served hospitals, imaging centers and clinics worldwide.  
    
   We were based in San Francisco and participated in YCombinator (W13).
   FACEBOOK
   
   PRODUCT MANAGER, PLATFORM, PAYMENTS AND ANDROID
   
   At Facebook I worked on the Developer Platform, including the payments system
   and Facebook Credits. We built the global payments network with 80+ payment
   methods for developers, gifts, advertisers and more.
    
   I am a payments and currency enthusiast.
   MIT
   
   B.S. AND M.ENGG ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
   
   I did my undergrad and masters at MIT, including thesis work at the Media Lab
   (Human Dynamics)

 * ADVISORY
   
   I'M INTERESTED IN IMPROVING CS EDUCATION
   
   UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN RAIKES SCHOOL
   
   BOARD MEMBER
   
   Helping some of the top students in the state of Nebraska have great careers
   in tech. Read about The Raikes School and the board.

 * BELIEFS
   
   DON'T PART WITH YOUR ILLUSIONS. WHEN THEY ARE GONE YOU MAY STILL EXIST, BUT
   YOU HAVE CEASED TO LIVE. - MARK TWAIN

 * WRITING & ARTICLES
   
   
   
   YC 2021 PARTNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
   
   This blog post talks about the Visiting Partners for W2021. Working with
   Ralph, Surbhi, Tracy, Brad and Uri is an experience like no other.
   
   FEMALE FOUNDER STORIES
   
   Read my company's story on Y Combinator Female Founder Stories website.
   
   RESHMA AND TOM KALIL DISCUSS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
   
   Unemployment Insurance in the US struggled in the wake of the pandemic, this
   interview discusses some of the technical problems.
   
   BITCOIN FAQ
   
   My responses to the top questions I have been asked on Bitcoin.  Based on my
   experiences with payments and payment systems and with Bitcoin itself.
   BOX'S BIG DATA TRIPLE THREAT
   
   Interview with me and my colleagues Heidi Williams and Divya Jain in Fortune.
   
   AARON LEVIE'S PLAN TO MAKE BOX YOUR OFFICE'S GATEWAY TO AI
   
   This was the article that covered some of the AI and Machine Learning stuff I
   was doing at Box!
   
   RESHMA KHILNANI ON MEDIUM
   
   More writing, varied topics.


 * WHERE I'VE LIVED
   
   I CURRENTLY LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO. I'M FROM PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA AND HAVE
   LIVED IN CITIES WORLDWIDE.
   
   


 * SPEAKING
   
   TALKS/PANELS I HAVE BEEN A PART OF RECENTLY.
   
   
 * GET IN TOUCH
   
   
   reshma_k @ alum.mit.edu
   reshmakh
   ReshmaKhilnani
   reshmakhilnani
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