Magus Pereira

Magus Pereira

Austin, Texas, United States
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Hello World 👋 🌎

I like making things. I also like making things better…

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Experience

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    IBM

    Austin, Texas, United States

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    Austin, Texas, United States

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    United States

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    East Carolina University

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    East Carolina University

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    Joyner Library

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    Greenville, North Carolina Area

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    Pitt County

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    Jacksonville, North Carolina Area

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    Greenville, North Carolina Area

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    East Carolina University

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    Greenville, North Carolina Area

Education

  • East Carolina University Graphic

    East Carolina University

    Activities and Societies: YELLING, EPIC, CEO

    While part of the Miller School of Entrepreneurship, I got to found E.P.I.C - Empowering Pioneers through Innovative Culture before transitioning to a CEO chapter. I also got the privilege to participate in multiple pitch competitions, on campus, national, and international, including:

    • The Hult Prize | Hult International Business School | Boston, MA
    • TCU's Values and Ventures | Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX
    • Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge | East Carolina…

    While part of the Miller School of Entrepreneurship, I got to found E.P.I.C - Empowering Pioneers through Innovative Culture before transitioning to a CEO chapter. I also got the privilege to participate in multiple pitch competitions, on campus, national, and international, including:

    • The Hult Prize | Hult International Business School | Boston, MA
    • TCU's Values and Ventures | Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX
    • Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge | East Carolina University | Greenville, NC
    • CompePITTch'n | City of Greenville | Greenville, NC
    • InnovateECU | East Carolina University | Greenville, NC

  • Activities and Societies: CEO | EPIC | YELLING | ECU Spark | ACM | Ultimate Frisbee

  • Activities and Societies: Track, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Spanish Club, Chess Club, National Honor Society

Volunteer Experience

  • Mentor

    Ledonia Wright Cultural Center

    - 2 months

    Education

    Co-lead the Youth Entrepreneurship Cohort at LWCC: a successful mentorship program/youth entrepreneurship curriculum where student entrepreneurs served as mentors to underserved students from Title I schools.

    We met with these students twice a week to teach them a simplified entrepreneurship curriculum.

  • Juror

    Pitt County Teen Court

    - 1 year 9 months

    Social Services

    Volunteering at the Pitt County Teen Court not only made me appreciate the judicial system set in our country, but also increased my appreciation for the law enforcers that work in the background. This great service thought me leadership, collaboration and teamwork, initiative, recognition and respect for rules and guidelines, respect for authority, and more.

Projects

  • Cluster Duck - Connect/Discover/Recover (Presently Project Owl)

    - Present

    Cluster Duck is a novel solution to address failure to the communication infrastructure during a natural disaster. Ducks are buoys with embedded wifi technology placed in strategic areas, to provide communication assistance during power and communication blackouts.

    Progress:
    - Placed 1st at Innovate ECU's make-a-thon challenge and received funding to work on beta prototype among 40 competitors.

    - Made into the final round of ECU's Pirate Challenge from a pool of 60…

    Cluster Duck is a novel solution to address failure to the communication infrastructure during a natural disaster. Ducks are buoys with embedded wifi technology placed in strategic areas, to provide communication assistance during power and communication blackouts.

    Progress:
    - Placed 1st at Innovate ECU's make-a-thon challenge and received funding to work on beta prototype among 40 competitors.

    - Made into the final round of ECU's Pirate Challenge from a pool of 60 teams

    - Made into the final round of Pitt County's CompePittch'n from a pool of 20 teams

    - Invited to TCU's Value's and Venture Pitch in competition Dallas-Fort Worth to pitch among 50 other teams from around the world

    - Won 1st with teammates formed during the inaugural Call for Code competition - Project Owl.

    See project

  • Watts Inside The Box

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    Watts Inside - addresses Energy Literacy in both 1st World and 3rd World countries simultaneously, by providing both target markets with an affordable kit to build fun, electrified DIY projects.

    Was selected from 100,000 applicants to attend and compete at the Hult Prize Regionals 2018 in Boston.

    Other creators
    See project

  • Project Rays - Artist Making Impact

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    An online handy craft & artisan marketplace platform for "RayMakers" - artist who make and address a social impact - to share their craft and stories to the world while also making an impact.

    See project

  • ECU Spark

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    At the first iteration of SPARK, our team organized a first of its kind 15hr Hackathon to help aspiring entrepreneurs and changemakers to turn their ideas into reality. The theme for Spark for for the participants to make a positive impact in our campus and neighboring communities.

    Students from interdisciplinary backgrounds came to our maker-space, to form teams with other participants, and to rapid prototype a product demo for judging at the end of the day.

    Throughout the…

    At the first iteration of SPARK, our team organized a first of its kind 15hr Hackathon to help aspiring entrepreneurs and changemakers to turn their ideas into reality. The theme for Spark for for the participants to make a positive impact in our campus and neighboring communities.

    Students from interdisciplinary backgrounds came to our maker-space, to form teams with other participants, and to rapid prototype a product demo for judging at the end of the day.

    Throughout the event, we provided our participants with awesome tech, and games and activities to get to know others and also connect with our corporate sponsors.

    Other creators
    See project

Honors & Awards

  • Hult Prize Regionals 2018

    HultPrize.org

    Was selected from 100,000 applicants to attend and compete at the Hult Prize Regionals 2018 in Boston. Our solution - Watts Inside - addresses Energy Literacy in both 1st World and 3rd World countries simultaneously.

  • Entrepreneur of the Month

    Miller School of Entrepreneurship

    Was chosen to be the 1st Entrepreneur of the Month for a monthly series of featured student entrepreneurs at the Miller School of Entrepreneurship at ECU.

  • 1st Annual InnovateECU Winner

    ECU Innovation and Design Lab

    Won the first Annual Make-a-thon/Pitch Challenge hosted by the Innovation and Design Lab for ClusterDuck - a solution to address communication during Natural Disasters.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Hindi

    Professional working proficiency

  • Konkani

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • PitchDark

    Founder and Director

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    Founded and directed PitchDark, a series with the goal to energize entrepreneurial thinking at ECU! The series will consist of different themes surrounding entrepreneurship including scalability, impact, innovation, and more. Amazing ideas are out there - scribbled on a napkins, typed up in a notes app, or incubating in a brain. This series gives these creators an opportunity to pitch their idea to a panel of distinguished angel investors, startup founders, and influential media.

  • CEO - Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization

    Founder & President

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    Led the organization with the mission to inspire, educate, and motivate members of the community to improve their society in a variety of ways. Provided a support network for student entrepreneurs by providing a group of like-minded individuals that learn to work as a cohesive unit.

  • Dean's Student Advisory Council

    Council Advisor

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    Was responsible of advising the dean on various topics impacting students and their social experiences within the College of Engineering and Technology and College of Business. Organize career development and leadership opportunities for students, and promoting the visibility of the college and the college’s activities.

  • ACM - Association for Computing Machinery

    Webmaster

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    Oversaw the rewrite of ECU ACM Student Chapter’s Website. Organize and host events, including Hack-A-Thons, outreach, and competitions with the Executive Board.

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