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Tommy Kronmark Engineering Branding, Engineering Marketing, and Making Biodiesel

Being an Engineer · 14 Jan 2022 · 42m · Episode 2

What this episode covers

Tommy Kronmark, a bioengineer at Cue Health, explains how he transitioned from struggling to find a job despite a high GPA to landing his dream role by leveraging LinkedIn and personal branding. He details the operation of Cue Health's handheld diagnostic device, which allows consumers to test for various diseases at home, and describes his daily work in failure analysis. Additionally, Kronmark shares his long-standing passion for brewing biodiesel from waste vegetable oil, explaining the chemical process of transesterification and its compatibility with modern diesel engines.

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early-stage companies

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Cue Health, BMW, Volkswagen, Pipeline Design & Engineering
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HubSpot, Zoho

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