Kidus Yohannes

Undergraduate Student Researcher at MIT App Inventor
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Experience

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      • Sep 2023 - Present

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • President
      • Jan 2023 - Present

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Led MIT's premier entrepreneurship club by managing our 12 executive members, facilitating events promoting a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem, and connecting students with entrepreneurial resources in MIT and the greater Boston area.

    • Director of New Member Education
      • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Led a 10-week education program teaching new members the fundamental skills of a disciplined entrepreneur and project manager.

    • Director of Internal Development
      • Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Conducted weekly conferences, events, and pannels to support StartLabs members and the MIT community in their entrepreneurship careers.

    • United States
    • Investment Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Venture Fellow
      • Jan 2023 - Present

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Connected student entrepreneurs and startups with XFund's team of investors.

    • United States
    • Banking
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Entrepreneurship
      • Jan 2023 - Present

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Organized workshops and events for members of MIT's premier business club, creating a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem at MIT.

    • Director of Corporate Relations
      • Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Organized SBC’s biggest annual networking event and managed relations with firms to receive financial support.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Admissions Ambassador
      • Aug 2022 - Present

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Organized MIT Weekend Immersion in Science & Engineering (WISE) program, Sin LiMITe Fly-in Program, MIT Campus Preview Weekend (CPW), and MIT Ebony Affair Program. Conducting information sessions, tours, phone banking, and other office work.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Founder and CTO
      • Sep 2021 - Present

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Founded and collaborated on an app that connects solo travelers to locals based on their interests and preferences. Funded by MIT Sandbox and MIT 100K to continue developing our website and advised by members of Paul English's investment group.

    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sourcing Analyst
      • Feb 2022 - Present

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Analyzed startups across multiple industries for our partner investors and VC firms with over $27 AUM.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Innovation Ambassador
      • Jan 2023 - Sep 2023

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Partnered with student organizations and cultural groups to create events promoting innovation and entrepreneurship among the MIT student body.

    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Software Engineer
      • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      • Feb 2023 - Jun 2023

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Prototyped and created 10 new animation Scratch features, providing users with a larger toolkit to build interactive projects. Collaborated with the Director of Scratch Lab Eric Rosenbaum and conducted playtests with members of MIT Media Lab’s Lifelong Kindergarten group.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Global Teaching Lab STEM Workshop Instructor and Coordinator
      • Dec 2022 - Jan 2023

      Ben Shemen Youth village, Center District, Israel Instructed and designed an interactive Introduction to Programming in Python Course for high school students in Ben Shemen Youth Village. Developed a final project for the students to encourage their interest in programming and strengthen their English skills.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      • May 2022 - Jan 2023

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Built and designed an interactive website from scratch, allowing authors to write dynamic narrative story games that are displayed on VR platforms. Collaborated with Dr. Fox Harrel, an Emmy-winning author, game design professors, and senior software engineers to develop the website.

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Amazon Prime Student Brand Ambassador
      • Sep 2022 - Nov 2022

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Partnered with student groups and organizations to plan innovative events to help promote Amazon Prime. Held interactive events on various social media platforms as a means to organize giveaways and nourish the brand reputation.

    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      • Jan 2022 - May 2022

      Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Collaborated and developed an educational mobile game to help students grow their analytical and graphing skills, using Node and React.JS. Designed the game UI, conducted user interviews, and created Native iOS and Android versions of the game.

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering (Course 6-3) and Finance (Course 15-3)
    2021 - 2025
  • Bingham Academy Ethiopia
    High School Diploma, 3.96 GPA
    2017 - 2021

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