Avo Simonian

Menlo Park, California, United States Contact Info
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As a product manager with a passion for web3 and gaming, Avo has established a track…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Techstars Graphic

    Mentor

    Techstars

    - Present 3 years 7 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Mentor startups on technical, business, and organizational decisions in Atlanta’s 2nd Social Impact cohort

  • Cure Rare Disease Graphic

    Esports Advisory Board Member

    Cure Rare Disease

    - Present 3 years 6 months

    Health

    Guide strategic planning and build esports relationships to increase awareness and raise funds for CRD's mission to develop customized therapeutics. Keep up to date with CRD’s esports efforts by following @CRDGame4Good on Twitter

  • Inaugural Board Member & Mentor

    Product Innovation Lab

    - Present 5 years 8 months

    Science and Technology

    Established a product incubation program to promote a structured approach to product innovation, create professional development opportunities, and launch new revenue-generating / cost-saving ideas

  • Violin Instructor

    Proskuneo School of the Arts

    - Present 5 years 6 months

    Children

    Volunteered as a violin instructor for over two dozen refugee children from ages 4 to 17 in a diverse community that consists of 40 nationalities speaking 60 languages within 1.4 square miles

  • Cox Communications Graphic

    Peer Mentor

    Cox Communications

    - Present 7 years

    Science and Technology

    Participate in program aimed to help interns/co-ops network and navigate the professional environment

  • Violinist

    Atlanta Musicians Orchestra

    - Present 8 years 11 months

    Arts and Culture

  • Violinist

    Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra

    - Present 6 years 10 months

    Arts and Culture

    The Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra provides culturally and socially enriching, enjoyable experiences that cultivate an appreciation of music and the performing arts in the metro Atlanta area.

    http://atlantaphilharmonic.com/index.php/about-us

  • Buckhead Church Graphic

    Small Group Leader

    Buckhead Church

    - 1 year 6 months

    Children

Courses

  • Business Analytics

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  • Economics for Managers

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  • Financial Accounting

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Projects

  • Bulletin

    - Present

    Bulletin is an app that centralizes deadlines for students and sends reminders about upcoming deadlines.

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  • Ant-mApp: UCI Butterworth ICS Design Competition

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    As part of the Butterworth ICS Design Competition, the Ant-mApp team is developing a mobile device that is geared towards event organization and flyering and mapping on campus. Members and roles:
    Alexsandra - Team Leader & Interface Architect & Graphic Designer
    Maharshi- Lead iOS programmer
    Yerlan- Lead Android programmer
    Esosa - Customer Outreach Team member & Market Researcher
    Avo - Customer Outreach Team member & Market Researcher

    Other creators

Honors & Awards

  • Dean's Honor List

    UC Irvine

    Quarterly undergraduate honors are awarded in each school to students who achieve a quarterly grade point average of 3.5 or better in a minimum of 12 graded units.

    Achieved awarded for every quarter while in college.

  • Chancellor's Award of Distinction

    UC Irvine

    The UC Irvine award recognizes graduating students who exhibit a commitment to cutting-edge research, leadership, or service to the UCI Irvine campus and community.

  • Distinguished Anteater Award Recipient

    UCI Alumni Association

    The UCI Alumni Association Distinguished Anteater Award rewards and acknowledges current students who demonstrate commitment to UC Irvine through their involvement and contributions to UC Irvine affiliated programs, clubs or projects. This award is merit based.

  • SAGE Scholar

    Student Achievement Guided by Experience (SAGE)

    Awarded a renewable, merit-based scholarship.

  • Best Buy Scholarship Recipient

    Best Buy

    Awarded renewable, merit-based scholarship by Best Buy. Selection is based on academic performance and exemplary community volunteer service or work experience.

  • Edison Scholarship Recipient

    Edison International

    Awarded renewable, merit-based university scholarship for achievements in Mathematics. Awarded to approximately 30 high school seniors in the country each year for studying Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math in college.

  • Endowed Scholarship Recipient

    UCI Alumni Association

    The UCI Alumni Association offers an endowed scholarship for new freshmen. This merit-based scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate academic excellence, community service, and leadership potential.

  • Sam Walton Community Scholarshi​p Recipient

    Walmart

    Awarded merit-based scholarship by Walmart. Only 2600 scholarships are awarded each year to students in all 50 states.

  • Whittier Host Lions Club Scholarship Recipient

    Lions Club

    Awarded merit-based scholarship by local Lions Club. Awarded to only 6 students in the city each year.

Languages

  • Armenian

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • Atlanta Musicians' Orchestra

    Violinist

    - Present

    Attend our concerts and leave us a review!: http://greatnonprofits.org/org/atlanta-musicians-orchestra The Atlanta Musicians' Orchestra is a community orchestra comprised of a mixture of amateur, semi-professional and professional musicians. We provide high quality concerts to the Atlanta and surrounding communities several times throughout the year. We depend on donations from patrons in the community and arts grants to allow us to provide great concerts that are accessible to everyone. Our…

    Attend our concerts and leave us a review!: http://greatnonprofits.org/org/atlanta-musicians-orchestra The Atlanta Musicians' Orchestra is a community orchestra comprised of a mixture of amateur, semi-professional and professional musicians. We provide high quality concerts to the Atlanta and surrounding communities several times throughout the year. We depend on donations from patrons in the community and arts grants to allow us to provide great concerts that are accessible to everyone. Our mission is to share our love of classical and contemporary orchestra and chamber music with the community. All of our musicians volunteer their time and talents to the orchestra to make this wonderful ensemble a success. We take pride in presenting meaningful and challenging orchestral works that rival the programming of large professional orchestras.

  • International Instutite of Business Analysis

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    - Present
  • Technology Association of Georgia (TAG)

    Member

    - Present

    It's a new world for tech, and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) has emerged as a world-class membership organization and an engine for economic development for the state of Georgia. TAG's mission is to educate, promote, influence and unite Georgia's technology community to foster an innovative and connected marketplace that stimulates and enhances Georgia's tech-based economy. TAG TODAY: 30,000+ Members 2,000+ Member Companies 200+ Events per year 34 Societies

  • Actuarial Society of UC Irvine

    Co-founder, President

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    • Develop and maintain relationships with local actuarial and insurance firms through frequent meetings and emails for recruitment purposes, career fairs, speaker orientations, networking events, and exam seminars • Arrange and execute fundraising activities such as selling boba drinks, attending TV tapings, and holding fundraising social events at participating restaurants, amounting to $2,250 since the organization’s inception • Direct campus-wide marketing efforts by designing the club…

    • Develop and maintain relationships with local actuarial and insurance firms through frequent meetings and emails for recruitment purposes, career fairs, speaker orientations, networking events, and exam seminars • Arrange and execute fundraising activities such as selling boba drinks, attending TV tapings, and holding fundraising social events at participating restaurants, amounting to $2,250 since the organization’s inception • Direct campus-wide marketing efforts by designing the club website, logo, and flyers

  • Student Achievement Guided by Experience (SAGE)

    Scholar, Volunteer

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    • Participated in two extensive leadership courses to expand my qualities as a leader in my campus and community • Provide college mentoring and weekly tutoring services to underprivileged students at Godinez High School • Assisted researching and writing a $1 million EPA grant proposal for UCI’s American Indian Resource Program

  • Homeless Blanket Initiative

    Co-founder, President

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    • Coordinated trips to homeless camps which resulted in helping five individuals move to shelters • Arranged bi-weekly trips to volunteer at homeless shelters where we distributed blankets • Organized fundraising activities that have amounted to $3,795 over the course of two years

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