Helen Kim
President, Freehand Tech LLC
Metro Region: Boston
Member Since: 2022
Helen Kim is an entrepreneur, advisor and mentor, dedicated to bringing cutting-edge technology to market. As the former Co-founder and CEO of NanoSemi, Helen led the company from its inception through three successful VC rounds to its acquisition by MaxLinear in 2020. With a career spanning two decades of research at Bell Labs and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, she has expertise in semiconductors, AI/ ML, optical and RF systems and proven knack for identifying market trends and building world-class teams.
She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, sponsored by Bell Labs.
Helen is a mentor at MIT Venture Mentoring Service and advisor to numerous hard tech startups, chair of the board of advisors to the electrical and computer engineering department of UC Davis a Corporator of Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA