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MULTIPLE HATS: STEM Careers | Reinvention | Entrepreneurship |Thought Leadership
by Angelique Greco | Biotech & Health-Tech Expert | STEM Thought Leadership Coach
Multiple Hats is a STEM career podcast for professionals who want more than the 9–5. Hear real stories of STEM professionals reinventing their careers — from scientists turned founders to biotech consultants and entrepreneurs. Hosted by Angelique Greco, a biotech and health-tech expert with 15+ years across the drug development lifecycle, this show explores how STEM careers can evolve into entrepreneurship, thought leadership, and portfolio work that truly matters. Through in-depth conversations with entrepreneurial STEM professionals, you’ll discover: Where a STEM degree can take you (career possibilities are infinite). How to embrace your unique “patchwork” of skills and experiences. Practical tactics to reinvent, transition, or leap into new opportunities. Mindset shifts from “Can I?” to “Here’s how!” You will hear: Indepth interview to hear the whol
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From Scientist to Entrepreneur: Should You Commercialise Your Research? STEM careers for impact
Should your research become a medicine? And if it has commercial potential, should you be the scientist who takes it forward? For academics considering the move from scientist to entrepreneur, that decision starts well before forming a biotech company. In this episode, we explore how to assess...
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STEM Career expansion: Stop Waiting Until You Feel Ready -Firechat with Lauren Barber, nurse and medtech founder, Needle Calm
A rapid-fire conversation on transferable STEM skills, working smarter, visibility and what is actually good enough to start. What beliefs are quietly keeping STEM professionals stuck? "I am just a scientist." "I need to work harder." "My work will speak for itself." "I am not ready yet." In this...
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From Nurse to Medtech Founder: How Clinicians Can Turn Everyday Observations into Healthcare Innovation
How a nurse turned a recurring healthcare problem into NeedleCalm, and what ten years of building taught her about medtech entrepreneurship. What happens when you keep seeing the same problem at work and decide to solve it yourself? Lauren Barber spent years as a nurse watching patients struggle...
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STEM Career Change Without Starting Over: Make Room for the Parts Your Job Leaves Out
What if feeling restless in a perfectly respectable STEM career does not mean you chose the wrong path, but that too much of you has been left outside it? 🔍 What You'll Learn: STEM careers tend to reward the rational, analytical and credible parts of us. After years of training, those qualities...
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Expand Your STEM Career: Add a New Path Before You Feel Ready | Firechat with Dr Anupama Hariharan
A 10-minute Fire Chat on transferable STEM skills, perfectionism, working smarter and making space for creative work. What if the biggest barrier to your next step is not a lack of time, money or skills, but the belief that you need more of all three before you can begin? 🔍 What You'll Learn…
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The Scientist and the Storyteller: Unleashing Your Creative Alter Ego with Dr. Anupama Hariharan
What if your scientific career and your creative life were never competing identities? What if one could make the other stronger? Dr. Anupama Hariharan has built a long career across dentistry and clinical research. She is also a published poet and fiction author. For years, the writer in her...
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From Burnout to a Multi-Million Dollar Business: How Rachel Service Turned Her Breaking Point Into a Launchpad
What happens when “there has to be more than this” becomes the start of a completely different career. 🔍 What You’ll Learn: Many STEM professionals assume career reinvention starts with a perfect plan, a business idea, or a dramatic leap. The reality is usually much messier. In this episode,...
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4 Career Myths Keeping STEM Professionals Stuck, and What to Do Instead | Rachel Service
What if the biggest thing holding your career back isn’t a lack of skills, experience, or opportunity, but a belief you’ve been carrying for years? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: Many STEM professionals underestimate the value of their skills, overestimate the need for perfection, and assume hard work…
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Stuck, Bored or Burnt Out? How to Find Motivation at Work Again and Design a Career That Fits You with Rachel Service
Have you ever looked around at the career you worked so hard to build and thought, “Surely there has to be more than this?” 🔍 What You’ll Learn: Many STEM professionals spend years building expertise, only to find themselves feeling flat, bored, frustrated, or disconnected from their work. The...
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Your STEM Career Already Has a Safety Net—Here's How to Use It
Most STEM professionals treat career change like burning the house down—all-or-nothing, high-stakes, risky. But what if starting something new in science and entrepreneurship is actually less risky than staying stuck? After interviewing multiple scientist founders, one pattern emerges: you…
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Stop Waiting to Be Ready: 4 Career Myths Holding STEM Professionals Back with Shilpa Agarwal
What if the biggest thing holding back your STEM career change is not your skills, your experience, or your resources, but the beliefs you keep treating as facts? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: This Firechat episode challenges four common beliefs that keep STEMM professionals stuck in the same lane for…
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Why Not Risk It? A STEM Career Change Story About Building Before You Feel Ready with Shilpa Agarwal
What if feeling “not ready” is not a sign to stop, but a sign you are waiting for certainty that career reinvention never gives you? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: If you are a STEM professional sitting on an idea, a side path, or a career move that does not fit the traditional box, this episode is for…
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MedTech Success Explained with 6 founders - The Triangle of value, The Team, and The Story That Gets Funded
What if your MedTech solves a real problem, shows great data… and still never gets used? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: Most STEM professionals focus on building something that works. But in MedTech, success is decided by something far less obvious, whether your product fits into a complex system of…
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Firechat on the mindset shifts, skills, and trade-offs no one tells you about building beyond the lab with Ben Wright co-founder of Mimetic foundry
What if the thing holding your career back isn’t your skills, but the beliefs you keep repeating? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: Most STEM professionals don’t lack capability. They lack translation. This short fire chat cuts straight through the common beliefs that keep people stuck in roles that don’t...
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Why Great MedTech Fails, and What It Really Takes to Build a Company That Works with Ben Wright, co-foudner of Mimetic Foundry
Why do some of the most brilliant medical technologies never reach patients, even when the science works? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: If you’ve ever thought “build a great technology and the rest will follow,” this episode will challenge that fast. Because in healthcare, the system decides what…
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Building support network in STEM, leadership leaps and big career pivots as a Boeing aerospatial engineer with Cassie Leonard
Building Your STEM Safety Net: Cassie Leonard on Being the Only Woman Engineer at Boeing and Leaving Corporate to Coach and Publish The episode of Multiple Hats, released for International Women’s Day 2024, revisits a recorded interview with aeronautical engineer Cassie Leonard, who spent 16…
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Why Women Leave STEM, How to Spot Burnout, and Advocate for Real Change- Beyond the Pipeline with Belinda Di Bartolo, Jessica Borger and Cassie Leonard
Beyond the Pipeline: Why Women Leave STEM, How to Spot Burnout, and Advocate for Real Change This episode will put words on what many women in STEM feel but have not articulated. The podcast episode critiques performative International Women’s Day gestures and focuses on lived experiences behind...
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"Thriving in STEM: Rethinking Career Pathways for Women with Cassie Leonard
Beyond the Leaky Pipeline: Redefining Success and Keeping Women in STEM with Cassie Leonard The episode of Multiple Hats, hosted by Angelique, addresses why women leave STEM,. Citing a global survey where 50% leave due to burnout and lack of support, 40% for greater fulfillment, and 30% because…
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STEM Careers Feel Too Narrow? How to Create Breadth Without Blowing Up Your Job, Quick Win from the interview with OnQ Recruitment
Why job descriptions are narrow by design, and how to read between the lines to shape a bigger role. This is my takeaway episode from my interview with Catherine O’Mahony, the founder of OnQ Recruitment (Recruitment in Life Sciences). If you are delivering well but still feel boxed in, is the...
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STEM Self-Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back, Transferable Skills, Done vs Perfect, and Taking the First Step, Fire Chat with Catherine O’Mahony
A rapid-fire reality check on why STEM professionals stay stuck, and how to move anyway What if the real thing holding your STEM career back is not your skills, but the story you keep telling yourself? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: This short Fire Chat is for STEM professionals who know they have more...
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STEM Careers Beyond the Job Description, How to Own Your Path and When to Build Your Own Box, with STEM founder Catherine O’Mahony
You are a STEM professional and you tick every box on paper, so why do you still feel boxed in, underused, or quietly restless at work? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: If you are a STEM professional who has done everything right but feels stuck in a narrow lane, this episode is for you. We unpack the...
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Career Reinvention for entrepreneurial STEMM Professionals and aspiring change makers
Reinventing STEM Careers: Unscripted Stories of Courage and Creativity if you're looking for a podcast to find your vision and make it happen, that's for you. In the inaugural 2026 episode of Multiple Hats, host Angelique Greco reintroduces the podcast dedicated to STEM professionals who seek to...
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From Underfunded Science to Award-Winning: The Drug Discovery Rollercoaster with Dr Chris Burns
What keeps a drug alive when the science is fragile, the funding dries up, and the company name changes four times? A 20-year survival story of near-death science, offshore funding, and final impact. 🔍 What You’ll Learn If you want a real look at how drug development and STEM careers work behind...
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Derisking Biotech: Smarter Indications and Better Resource Stretching for Early Teams
Derisk you biotech assets with 3 key coniderations. Learn from drug development expert Angelique Greco and medtech-biotech founders and investors with tangible examples that show how real de-risking plays out. 🔍 What You’ll Learn Drug discovery feels like a maze when you're early in your career,...
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What Biotech Investors Look For: The Real Checklist For Funding Your Drug or Device
From pitch decks to de-risking strategies — how to turn promising research into an investible opportunity You’ve got strong data and maybe even a breakthrough idea, but can you convince an investor or pharma partner that it’s worth their millions? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: In this second part of the...
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Your crashcourse in biotech commercialisation Part 1 - key considerations on the core science and adjacent considerations to take your drug to market- STEM essentials
You’ve got strong data and maybe even a first-in-class idea, but do you know what it really takes to get your molecule from the bench to the bedside? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: If you’re a STEM researcher, biotech founder, or academic thinking about commercialising your work, this episode breaks down...
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Reinventing Your STEM Career: Three Tactics I Learned from Nina Hooper That Change How You Spot Opportunities
From student curiosity to space entrepreneurship, discover how enthusiasm, visibility, and action can unlock unexpected doors in STEM careers. Ever felt stuck in a career box, unsure how to take the next step? What if the secret wasn’t a perfect plan — but contagious enthusiasm that opens doors…
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STEM Career Myths: The Sneaky Beliefs That Stall Your Progress with Nina Hooper
Which career myth is secretly holding you back: thinking hard work is enough, that skills don’t transfer, or that your work will speak for itself? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: In just 10 minutes, Nina Hooper, astrophysicist turned entrepreneur and now business development director at Interlune, shows…
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STEM Career Pivot: How Nina Hooper Turned Curiosity into Career-Defining Moves from Harvard to Space Tech
What if your enthusiasm—not your credentials—was the spark that could turn your STEM career into a launchpad of endless opportunities? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: If you’re a STEM professional who feels boxed in, Nina Hooper’s story shows how you can turn your own spark of curiosity into life-defining...
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Thought Leadership for STEM Professionals: A 5-Minute Framework To Get Seen For Your Expertise
What if you could draft your first piece of thought leadership in just five minutes — and start shaping how opportunities find you? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: Feeling underutilized, pigeonholed, or stuck in roles that no longer light you up is a common frustration for STEM professionals. The solution...
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Get Seen for Your Expertise: A simple brand audit to check if your voice matches your ambition
When someone asks, “So, what do you do?” — does your answer reflect your ambition, or just your current job title? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: If you’ve ever felt uninspired by job ads, overlooked for projects, or disappointed by the opportunities that land on your desk, the problem isn’t your...
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Why Thought Leadership Isn’t Just for TED Speakers: How to change the way opportunities find you in STEM
Have you ever felt that your hard work should “speak for itself” — yet the right opportunities never seem to find you? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: As a STEM professional, you already sit on a wealth of insight. But without sharing your perspective, people won’t know how to connect with you or refer you...
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STEM Portfolio Careers: Finding Your Thread and Communicating It With Confidence with Dr Chloe Lim
Does your career feel like a jumble of unrelated projects — and your to-do list like a slow-motion burnout plan? 🔍 This is a quick win episode where You’ll Learn: If you’re a STEM professional with more than one passion (and more than one income stream), you don’t have to choose between them.…
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STEM Career Change: What to Do When Academia Pushes You Out with Dr. Chole Lim
Have you ever felt like the door to your academic career was closing — and wondered if it could actually be the opening to something bigger? 🔍 That's a quick win episode from the full interview where you will learn: If you’re a STEM professional feeling boxed in by your current role — or even...
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Portfolio Careers in STEM: How to Build Income Streams Without Burning Out with Dr. Chole Lim
Do you ever feel your 9-to-5 can’t contain everything you’re capable of—and that putting all your energy into one income stream is a risky bet in today’s world? 🔍 What You’ll Learn If you’re a STEM professional feeling stuck, craving flexibility, or worried about job security, this episode is…
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Medtech Commercialisation: Three steps to spot real problems and rally support with Medtech founder ShanShan Wang
Ever wonder why some people always seem to make progress—while others stay stuck Googling for answers? Here’s the truth: Success often starts with one simple, underrated skill—just asking. In this Quick Win episode, we unpack three powerful insights from ShanShan Wang, an industrial designer…
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How to handle self doubt as a first time medtech founder, with Shanshan Wang
Busting career-limiting beliefs and unlocking smart, strategic action for STEM professionals 💥 Are your beliefs about being “just a scientist” quietly holding you back from the impact-driven career you actually want? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: This episode is your wake-up call if you’re a…
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Medtech Entrepreneurship: How a weekend project became Shanshan Wang’s investor backed startup
What if you saw a path to a life saving device? Would you have the courage to turn it into a company—and convince others to come with you? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: If you’re wondering whether there are more impactful things you could be doing with your STEM skill set, this episode is your…
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How a cancer researcher shifted her STEM career and built a clinical research startup, with Dr Sue Nguyen
❓What if the real barrier to your next career move isn't your capabilities but your plan B? 🔍 What You’ll Learn: For every STEMM professional feeling stuck delivering someone else vision 9-5, This episode help you reframe your frustration into opportunities with one simple question. You will…
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Why interdisciplinary thinkers in STEM will shape the next wave of medtech founders, with Dr Anushi Rajapaksa
🎙️ Creating Your Own Path as a STEMM Professional with Dr. Anushi Rajapaksa "If not me then who" - why you may actually be the one who should take the first step and how to get started. What if your unique combination of STEMM degrees could solve a global health problem? Are you a STEMM...
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Why breaking old industry norms takes more than technical skill in STEM, with Sophia Kurianski (founder of Jinolo)
🎙️From Uni to CEO: How Mechatronic Engineer Sophia Kurianski Took on Decades-Old Industry Norms with Jinolo Challenging outdated 3D design processes straight out of university, Sophia Kurianski turned frustration into a startup—and built Jinolo from the ground up 🔍 What You’ll Learn: How...
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From Startup to Global Impact: Ida Tin’s Role in the Femtech Revolution—Entrepreneurship in STEM Without a STEM Degree
The Femtech revolution with Ida Tin, founder of Clue Did Apple "forgot" to add a period tracker to the Apple Heath tracker at a time when Femtech was not a thing? Imagine you’re pioneering a product in a completely new sector, carving out an entirely new market category. That’s the journey of Ida...
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Rising Above the Critics and Embracing your differences: Boldest Lessons from STEMM Career Changers, entrepreneurs and change makers in 2024
🎙️ 2024 Wrap-Up: Dream, Surround Yourself Right, Embrace Your Patchwork, and Take the Leap Real-life examples and mindset shifts to help STEMM professionals take bold, imperfect action 🔍 What You’ll Learn: How to identify and act on the projects that resonate with your passion The importance of...
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From STEM Fresh Grads to Founders: How Two Google Software Engineers Turned Chronic Illness into a Health Startup and set their own entrepreunarial journey
🎙️ From Fresh Grads to Founders: How Two Google Software Engineers Turned Chronic Illness into a Health Startup Annabel Zhou and Vivian Shen launched Toastie—an app to track and manage chronic illness—just after graduating with computer science degrees, all while working full-time at Google 🔍...
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STEM Startup Sparks – Stories from the UNSW Founders Program building the future entrepreneurs - Turn your ideas into reality and into a start-up
🎙️ Series Trailer: Startup Sparks – Stories from the UNSW Founders Program Real stories from founders and program leaders inside one of Australia's most active startup communities Welcome to a special series of Multiple Hats, created in collaboration with the UNSW Founders Program—one of...
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Forging STEM Founders Early: How UNSW’s New Wave Program Helps Women Start Something New and launch their start-up
🎙️ Forging Founders Early: How UNSW’s New Wave Program Helps Women in STEMM ( and others) Start Something New Victoria Rose Tucker on why it’s never too early to explore entrepreneurship—and how women can take the first step with support, structure, and community 🔍 What You’ll Learn: Why the...
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How a Biotech Student Project Brewing Beer Led to a Bioplastics Startup: Alinta Furnell on Spotting Unexpected Opportunities and turn them into a STEM start-up
🎙️ Episode Title: How a Biotech Student Project Brewing Beer Led to a Bioplastics Startup: Alinta Furnell on Spotting Unexpected Opportunities 💬 Subtitle: Armed with a biotech degree and a partner-in-crime, Alinta Furnell turned a student side project into Synbiote—a startup tackling...
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From Ophthalmologist to Social Impact Innovator: Dr. Sarah Crowe’s STEM Career Reinvention with OOXii Global, a start-up making prescription glasses accessible
🎙️ From Ophthalmologist to Social Impact Innovator: Dr. Sarah Crowe’s Career Reinvention with OOXii Global With her kids grown and gone, Dr. Sarah Crowe stepped into entrepreneurship with a mission to make eye care accessible and affordable for underserved communities around the world 🔍 What...
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From Biomedical Engineer to Startup Ecosystem Builder: How Dina Titkova amplified the impact of her STEM career by scaling Health Innovation at UNSW Founders
🎙️ From Biomedical Engineer to Startup Ecosystem Builder: How Dina Titkova Scales Health Innovation at UNSW Founders With a global career spanning Russia, Sweden, and Australia, Dina Titkova now leads UNSW Founders' accelerator programs—empowering STEMM entrepreneurs to transform ideas into...
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Supercharge your impact when social impact meets engineering - How building a STEM NGO from scratch on the other side of the world changed Tom Jacobs life, entreprenarial career and improved the lives of many
You want to make an impact but you're not up to shooting rocket to Mars? No worries. You can use your skills to make a difference without being born a billionaire, without having gone through a life traumatising event or having a genius idea. Tom Jacobs is an engineer from Australia and he did…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Multiple Hats is a STEM career podcast for professionals who want more than the 9–5. Hear real stories of STEM professionals reinventing their careers — from scientists turned founders to biotech consultants and entrepreneurs.
Hosted by Angelique Greco, a biotech and health-tech expert with 15+ years across the drug development lifecycle, this show explores how STEM careers can evolve into entrepreneurship, thought leadership, and portfolio work that truly matters.
Through in-depth conversations with entrepreneurial STEM professionals, you’ll discover:
Where a STEM degree can take you (career possibilities are infinite).
How to embrace your unique “patchwork” of skills and experiences.
Practical tactics to reinvent, transition, or leap into new opportunities.
Mindset shifts from “Can I?” to “Here’s how!”
You will hear:
Indepth interview to hear the whol
HOSTED BY
Angelique Greco | Biotech & Health-Tech Expert | STEM Thought Leadership Coach
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