Over the last decade, Annalyn Kumar has been involved (part-time) in market and business analyses of various R&D projects at UHV, including mercury & pharmaceutical analyzers, 3D metal printers and recycling sorters. She is involved in development of commercialization strategy and plans for the SBIR/STTR projects at UHV. She was instrumental in developing the business plan which led to spin-off of Sortera Technologies from UHV in 2020. She obtained her BA/BS in Business Administration with Dual Concentration in Marketing and Strategy & Innovation in 2019 from Boston University, Questrom School of Business Boston, MA.