Michael Matias

Palo Alto, California, United States Contact Info
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I’m infinitely curious for technological superevolutions and integration with society. I…

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  • Birthright Israel Excel Graphic

    Excel Business Fellow

    Birthright Israel Excel

    - Present 6 years 2 months

    Selected as a 2018 Birthright Israel Excel Fellow. Birthright Excel is an elite lifelong business fellowship connecting Jewish North American's and Israeli's that begins with a 10-week program in Israel. Birthright Israel Excel's network has global reach from a wide selection of industries, including finance, venture capital, consulting, hi-tech, and bio-tech. Birthright Israel Excel Fellows engage with distinguished Israeli leaders from business, technology, politics and philanthropic…

    Selected as a 2018 Birthright Israel Excel Fellow. Birthright Excel is an elite lifelong business fellowship connecting Jewish North American's and Israeli's that begins with a 10-week program in Israel. Birthright Israel Excel's network has global reach from a wide selection of industries, including finance, venture capital, consulting, hi-tech, and bio-tech. Birthright Israel Excel Fellows engage with distinguished Israeli leaders from business, technology, politics and philanthropic organizations on a broad range of topics including leadership, Jewish identity and the global economy. Upon completion of the summer programming, Birthright Israel Excel Fellows continue to network together to expand both their leadership and business acumen and join an exclusive community of future international Jewish business and technology leaders.

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    Team Co-Founder and Captain

    FIRST

    - Present 11 years 11 months

    Co-founded and led the WBAIS Robotics team. Onboarded dozens of students for engineering, programming and design work. Fundraised thousands of dollars to subsidize costs for the participation in competitions and machinery. Led strategy for long-term growth for the team, and partnerships with other teams.

  • Judge

    RACE4GOOD

    - Present 3 years 5 months

    Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

  • Tutor

    Bialik Rogozin School

    - 1 year

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Enriching both for me and for my students. We learned from each other every day.

Honors & Awards

  • National Defense Prize (two teams amongst others)

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  • Cyber Leadership Excellence Award

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  • First-in-Class Intelligence Officer

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  • Graduated with Distinction (1st in class of 150) in Officers Academy - Israeli Defense Forces

    Israeli Defense Forces

  • Forbes Israel `30 Under 30` and `18 Under 18` lists (2016, 2014)

    Forbes Magazine

  • Invited Speaker in International Conferences

    TED, DLD, Tel Aviv University, etc

    TEDxGunnHS, #140conf, Tel Aviv University, DLD, PODIM, Amdocs

  • Outstanding Senior Award

    Walworth Barbour American International School

    Given to the student who presented the overall most outstanding performance throughout High School in academics and extra curricular activities combined.

  • Valedictorian of Graduating Class

    Waworth Barbour American International School

    Gave the Valedictorian speech at the graduation ceremony for achieving the highest Grade Point Average in the class of 2014.

  • Secretary General at the TIMEMUN program

    WBAIS

    Led a 700-person conference on the most urging topics in the Middle East.

  • Best Execution Award

    MIT Launch

    Given to the team that executed their product the best way, in the given time frame (4 weeks).

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Scholarship Award

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Technology

    Received a $60,000 scholarship to RPI for my academic achievement and interest in the fields of science and mathematics.

  • Co-founder and Captain of FIRST Robotics Team

    WBAIS

Languages

  • English

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  • Hebrew

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