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Mark Yen

Pursuing BSc in EECS and in Management Science at MIT, and working as Student Consultant at MIT IS&T Computing Help Desk.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Skills: Business, Management
Groups: Ignite Clean Energy (ICE)
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup
Schools: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Global Poverty Initiative, Cambridge, MA
Position: Director of Alumni Relations
Time period: September 2007 - Present
Description: - Helped run an international poverty conference of 1,400 registrants from over 280 organizations.
- Oversaw operations of the conference and its events as part of a five member Logistics team.
- Researched sources of funding and submitted proposals to them on behalf of the conference.
- Worked closely with volunteer staff and MIT administrative offices.

Employer: MIT IS&T Computing Help Desk, Cambridge, MA
Position: Student Consultant
Time period: August 2007 - Present
Description: - Assist MIT community members by resolving computer issues and explaining technical concepts.

Employer: Thomson Reuters, Eagan, MN
Position: Content Tech Intern
Time period: May 2008 - July 2008
Description: - Implemented a JSF web application to call a SOAP-based service and return formatted data.
- Overhauled logging, defining a custom XML schema and writing code to read and resubmit logs.
- Researched and prototyped web technologies that the company might adopt in the future.

Employer: Metron, Inc, Reston, VA
Position: Intern analyst
Time period: December 2007
Description: - Created a GUI for a mine warfare simulation using JAVA, SWT, and JFace.
- Implemented the Newton-Raphson method as a minimization algorithm to optimally place sensors and detect enemy submarines.

Employer: Ohio Supercomputer Center Summer Institute, Columbus, OH
Position: Participant
Time period: May 2005
Description: - Analyzed images for potentially undiscovered comets using high performance computing systems and MATLAB.
- Identified matching trajectories and submitted them to NASA for verification.

EDUCATION

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time period: 2011
Degree: EECS; Management Science, BSc

INFORMATION

Memberships: Association of Taiwanese Students, Treasurer, Cambridge, MA. (Sept 2008-present).
- Received full funding of $4,240 from UA Finboard spring semester, and again fall semester.
- Allocated these group funds towards the execution of nine events for spring semester, each one bringing an attendance of 40-1000+-
- Headed the pastry sales, which generated an income of $500 per sale.

Four Consulting, Student Consultant (May 2008–present) Cambridge, MA
Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity, Community Relations Chair (Sept 2007–present) Boston, MA
Sport Taekwondo, Webmaster (Sept 2007–present) Cambridge, MA
MIT TechFair, Corporate Relations (Sept 2007–Jun 2008) Cambridge, MA
The Tech (MIT's student newspaper), Production staff (Sept 2007–Jun 2008) Cambridge, MA

Mark's Startups (3)

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  • Egg-tech

    EGG-tech links low-income consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa to power producers by setting up a network of “charge & swap” service stations where we swap empty batteries for fully charged ones.

  • EggTech

    EggTech is an energy services company that provides complete solutions for electricity generation, storage, and basic appliances in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning with Tanzania.

  • EGG-energy

    EGG-energy links low-income consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa to power producers by setting up a network of “charge & swap” service stations where we swap empty batteries for fully charged ones.

Mark's Contacts (2)

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  • Rhonda Jordan

    BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, currently pursuing PhD at MIT.

  • Blandine Antoine

    MIT doctoral student with strong interest in energy and development. Co-founder of a non-profit dedicated to educating lay-people and primary school students on energy and climate change issues. Co-wrote a popularization book on energy technology