Emi Kobayashi

This project explores a product solution to address ocean acidification in shellfish hatcheries. Partnering with an MBA team, I helped design a real-time, continuous carbonate monitoring sensor that enables early detection of harmful water conditions during critical larval stages. The project integrates customer research, design thinking, and product strategy to reduce larval loss, improve operational reliability, and support more sustainable aquaculture systems.

Co-analyzed Google's $32B acquisition of Wiz, evaluating M&A deal structure, strategic multicloud security positioning, valuation multiples, and competitive implications within the evolving cloud security (CNAPP/CSPM) market.

Co-developed an AI-focused industry analysis of blockchain and Bitcoin using S-curve theory and the TOE framework, evaluating technological disruption, organizational transformation, regulatory constraints, and long-term digital infrastructure implications.

Collaborated with a financial advisory firm, academic faculty, and a cross-functional MBA team to analyze how recent U.S. tech-industrial policies, such as the CHIPS Act, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and Stargate Project, are transforming capital flows into Deep Tech, AI, and advanced manufacturing.

Partnered with a cross-functional MBA team to support Intel in exploring how AI will transform the global robotics industry over the next five years.

Co-developed an ACCORD-based adoption strategy for Levels, a continuous glucose monitoring platform, proposing UX simplification, trial-based entry options, and targeted innovator/early-adopter marketing to reduce behavioral barriers and accelerate adoption in the digital health market.

Collaborated with Israeli startup Bzigo to develop a U.S. market entry strategy for its AI mosquito detection device.

Co-authored a strategic analysis of Nokia's decline, evaluating leadership misalignment, structural inefficiencies, and software strategy failures during the smartphone transition, and proposed a culture- and ecosystem-driven turnaround strategy grounded in innovation and platform theory.

Co-authored a strategic evaluation of Boeing's value creation model, analyzing its differentiation-driven competitive advantage, global supply chain scale, R&D investment, and diversified commercial and defense revenue streams.

Developed a go-to-market and financial strategy for a sensor-enabled smart plant pot featuring app connectivity and subscription-based plant care services, targeting urban Gen Z and Millennial consumers in the growing indoor plant market.