Alex Westerlund

Product Manager, AI

March '23 — 11mos

Developed an AI demonstration podcast with real-time personalized AI cohosts.

Product Manager, Software

December '20 — 1yr 11mos

Designed a broadcast news iPhone app with a technical co-founder.

Director of Operations

July '19 — 3yrs 4mos

Co-founded a humanitarian organization for global youth activists aged 15-24.

Videographer

October '16 — 2yrs 6mos

Filmed and produced online courses, live events, and digital marketing projects.

2021 - Mentored the teams of a university-level Hult Prize entrepreneurship competiton in Nepal. Coached the winning team until they became the first Nepali team in history to reach the global semifinals- top 40 of 25,000.

2020 - Hosted a personal growth conference for friends across the US struggling through lockdowns. Organized 16 days of talks, socials, and recreation. Didn't have a venue- built the coworking space in a barn.

2019 - Revived a 1933 proposal for flooding the Qattara Depression in Egypt to create an artificial sea- big enough to slow down global sea level rise, alter the regional climate of Egypt, and restore the 6,000y.o. Sinai penninsula river system.

2017 - Built Apple's 153-acre "spaceship" campus in Minecraft over 413 hours. The build matched Apple's official site plans (available online), renderings by their design firm, and elevation maps of Cupertino. Over 143k views on YouTube.