r. ann miura's background

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EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Candidate, Management Science and Engineering
  
• Dissertation Topic: Computer Security Risk Management and Dynamic Modeling
• Teaching: MS&E 273 Technology Venture Formation, E145 Technology Entrepreneurship, E140 Mayfield Fellows Program

• B.S., Electrical Engineering
  
• Senior Thesis: Co-engineered a team of five autonomous robots programmed using artificial intelligence to perform real-time reasoning in order to win a game of soccer against other robot teams

PUBLICATIONS

• Miura-Ko, A. Yolken, B. Mitchell, J. and Bambos, N. "Security Decision-Making Among Interdependent Organizations," IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium (CSFS), June 2008.
• Miura-Ko, A. and Bambos, N. "SecureRank: A Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Scheme for Computing Infrastructures". International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2007
• Mastroleon, L. Miura-Ko, A. and Bambos, N. "Patching Rate Management For Controlled Service-Disruption In Data Centers". GLOBECOM 2006
• Bambos, N. Gitzenis, S. Miura, A. Gerstel, O. and Paraschis, L. “A Service Risk-Management Approach to Capacity Protection in Optical Networks“. The 13th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2004. pp. 69-74.

• Sourced the only new deal financed by Ted Dintersmith between 9/01 and 5/03 (Venetica) which subsequently was acquired by IBM
• Performed due diligence on, evaluated and filtered business plans
• Wrote and revised executive summary and pitches with CEOs of portfolio companies
• Presented venture capital industry overview and recommendations for investments strategies to managing partners in new and emerging industries like biotechnology and nanotechnology

1998 – 2001 McKinsey and Company – Senior Business Analyst, New York, NY

Wireless Internet Expert. Led team members in researching topics and structuring problems. Presented recommendations to senior client management. Studies included:

Wireless Internet strategy for wireless operators

Developed a venture capital arm for a Japanese wireless operator. Led analysis of threats and opportunities for investment within US wireless market landscape

Launched one of the first European wireless internet services for a Spanish wireless operator by identifying key strategic relationships and necessary content.

Strategy for growth for three Wireless Internet start-up companies

• Identified priority market segments specifically within US enterprise wireless data market on which to focus to drive revenue growth.

Summer 1997 Goldman Sachs and Company– Summer IT Analyst, New York, NY

• Designed and implemented portions of a web-based management system for Treasury Operations
  
• Assisted in transfer of accounts from the mainframe system to Unix.

• Language: Fluent Japanese
• Computer: C, C++, Matlab, Pascal

• Stanford Graduate Fellow - One of two Ph.D. students in class in department to be fully funded for four years
• President of Stanford INFORMS - Student organization representing the interests of 600 Stanford students
• 2002 NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention
• 1998 Robocup Robotic Soccer Competition - Placed fifth out of twenty teams (First place American team)
• Lanphier Memorial Prize - awarded to a senior at Yale for excellence in research in electrical engineering
• Hewlett Packard Externship - invited to shadow CEO Lew Platt and Senior VPs at Hewlett Packard for a week
• Proof of the Pudding Business Manager - elected to handle all business affairs for a women's a cappella group
• Piano Performance Program - one of six Yale freshmen selected
• National Debate Champion - Winner of Tournament of Champions in Lincoln Douglas Debate (High School)