Meet The Team

President

Name: Siddharth (Sid) Singh
Year: Junior
Major: CS & Certificate in Entrepreneurship
 

​Entrepreneurship excites me because it allows me to create solutions that make a real-world impact. Transcend UW provides the perfect environment to collaborate with innovative students and turn ideas into action, helping grow the entrepreneurial spirit on campus.

Vice-President

Name: Suha Afzar
Year: Junior
Major: CS, DS, & Certificate in Entrepreneurship
 

Being part of Transcend helps me meet and support innovators and problem solvers at UW-Madison. I am passionate about using entrepreneurship to solve real world problems creatively!

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Events Lead

Name: Masha Mochalnikova
Year: Senior
Major: Chemical Engineering
 

​I have joined Transcend my freshman year because I liked the intersection between engineering and business. I did events for the last 2.5 years, and I loved seeing all the amazing pitches at the competitions.

Events Lead

Name: Andy Zhu
Year: Freshman
Major: Mechanical Engineering & Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering & Six Sigma​​

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I joined Transcend to foster a space for entrepreneurship and to expand opportunities for innovation both on and off campus.

Treasurer

Name: Shradha Godishala
Year: Junior
Major: Data Science and Economics
 

I have been a part of Transcend for 2 years and I am involved with VC work, so I enjoy being around entrepreneurship

Outreach

Name:  Krithi Gopinath

Year: Junior
Major: Neurobiology
 

​I’ve always been drawn to the energy of ideas in motion — watching startup pitches and seeing how people bring something from thought to reality is endlessly cool to me. Transcend has been a space where I get to be around that kind of momentum and creativity, and it’s made me more excited to explore my own interests without overthinking or second-guessing.

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Secretary

Name: Michael Pancras
Year: Sophomore
Major: CS & DS​​

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I joined Transcend UW because I aspire to launch my own startup one day. This club gives me the opportunity to learn the inner workings of successful ventures while gaining hands-on experience in turning ideas into reality.

Web Lead

Name: Anish Srinivasan
Year: Freshman
Major: Computer Science​​

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I love all things entrepreneurship, from tech startups to online businesses. I want to help others bring their own ideas to life while learning new things along the way myself!

Executive Team Member

Name: Cullan Wickramasuriya
Year: Freshman
Major: Computer Engineering​​

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I joined Transcend because I am passionate about startups and entrepreneurship opportunities in engineering.

Executive Team Member

Name: Priyanshu Ghosh

Year: Freshman
Major: CS & Statistics​​

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As a two-time founder, I joined Transcend to mentor aspiring entrepreneurs and collaborate with UW administration to expand entrepreneurship on campus.