Meet the Fellows

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Elene Amiranashvili is a native New Yorker who came to us from TEAK - she has also been involved in the GirlsWhoCode program. 

Elene is currently at Lehigh University with a focus in Computer Science and Business, expecting to graduate in May 2021.  Prior to college, Elene held internships in Prague at Cez where she researched and analyzed the EU Directive on the promotion of energy use from renewable resources. She also interned at Royal Bank of Canada in their Systems, Solutions and Automations department, at Apollo Global Management in their Corporate Services department, as well as American Civil Liberties Union where she was a volunteer who reviewed and classified legal documents relevant to criminal law reform in the ACLU intern computer server.  

Elene is fluent in Gregorian and holds interests in computer science, fashion, theatre and the TV show Survivor.  Elene will be interning at the Mosaic Group as a Full Stack Software Engineer this summer.

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Eryn Gautier is a Yonkers native finishing up her sophomore year at Mount Holyoke College studying Computer Science with a minor in Psychology.  Before college, Eryn was a camp instructor at iD Tech in NYC where she created lesson plans and taught young kids how to learn code across different platforms.  Eryn was an IT Hardware Intern at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in NYC where she built computers for the firm’s employees as well as a Web Design intern at the Foundation Center in NYC where she built high trafficked client websites.  She participated in the Girls Who Code program for 3 years, her last year as the club’s head where she organized daily activities, events and ensured members were completing assignments.  

Eryn is currently the MA Chair of Design for the Computer Science Society where she is responsible for leading and overseeing the web development team.  Eryn comes to us from Prep for Prep, which she has been a part of since 2010. She will be interning at Dotdash as a product intern from beginning of July to mid-August.  

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Iram Sharieff is from Woodbridge, Virginia and is currently at Yale University studying Computer Science. She is a member of the Yale Computer Society where she has helped organize workshops with software engineers and company officials to teach students about computer science opportunities, the technical interview process, and the role of project managers. Iram is also an undergraduate learning assistant at Yale in the computer science department where she instructs and mentors other students on effective analysis of algorithm design and strategies for problem solving. She hosts two weekly office hours sessions to meet with students individually to further help with simplifying and isolating problems and to answer questions relevant to the coursework. Last summer, Iram was a remote project team member for Google CodeU where she co-founded and developed a pilot website in Java to help students find ideal learning environments on and off different campuses through an interactive, community-based platform. We connected with Iram through LEDA.

Iram is excited to intern at HomeAdvisor as a Java Developer Intern this summer and looks forward to learning new skills. 

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Mahtab Shihab is a rising junior at Harvard majoring in Economics and History. On campus, he serves as an associate editor for the Crimson, Vice President of the South Asian Men's Collective, and as an investment researcher for the Harvard Financial Analysts Club. In the summer of 2019, through Prep for Prep's Professional Advancement Program, he interned at JP Morgan's Private Bank, working alongside the control management team. During his internship, Mahtab discussed issues and action plans with senior personnel in the Latin American Wealth Management sector in order to effectively regulate significant investments occurring in the private bank. He is an avid runner, who was captain of the cross country and track teams in high school and is now training for the NYC Marathon. 

Mahtab will participate in a rotational program within Match Groups’ Corporate Finance group, working on special projects, supporting OkCupid, Hinge, Match Media Group (Gloal Ad Sales), Corporate M&A and Investor Relations. 

“Being an IAC Fellow has really made me feel valued despite my age and lack of experience. My experience has served to cultivate my passions and establish priceless relationships with people I would normally never be able to meet.”

- Alec

Alec Louis Candidato recently graduated from The Browning School and will be attending Harvey Mudd College in the fall. In high school, Alec was the leader of his robotics team, science bowl team, Asian affinity group, and Student Equity Diversity Committee. His robotics team, sponsored by IAC, ended its season as the NYC Champions for the FIRST Tech Challenge.

Last summer, Alec worked at Dotdash as a front-end web developer and created a user-interface for one of their databases. Alec is looking to continue his interest in robotics by studying engineering in the future.

“This fellowship has far exceeded every single one of my expectations—job placement, professional networking, group bonding trips. I’ve not only grown as a full-stack software developer but I’ve also met new people and learned the ins and outs of the workplace. I thank IAC, Suzanne, and The Daily Beast for giving me such a uniquely well-rounded experience!”

- Janelle

Janelle Cheung is currently a rising sophomore at Stanford University. There, she loves the sunny California weather, biking around campus, and studying computer science, her prospective major. In Poly Prep, her middle/high school, she was the President of Asia Society, gave tours for the Blue Key Society, and worked behind the scenes as head of the sound crew team for theater productions for five years. Outside of school, she also served as the Head of Math for the SAYC Tutoring program. At Stanford, she is a member of the hip-hop dance team Dv8 and is exploring several CS-focused student organizations.

During the 2019 summer, Janelle worked with The Daily Beast as a full-stack engineer where she contributed to the website both frontend and backend. For her last project, she kick started a new article recommendation module that was to be placed at the end of all articles on the site. She is thrilled to be back at IAC this summer and is excited to learn new things. 

“This past summer I was able to do things I never have been able to do before. IAC fellows transformed a normal internship into one filled with enriching trips like visiting the Whitney Museum and sailing on the Hudson. IAC made this past summer unforgettable.”

- Jillian

Jillian Dominguez is an incoming freshman at Brown University. She plans to major in computer science but also has other interests such as painting and drawing.

Her first internship at IAC fellows was at Dotdash where she used java to develop a tool for the backend team.

“My summer at IAC was amazing. I got to work on high-level tasks ranging from mobile app development to cyber security research, which I think is very unusual for a high school intern. As a student interested in Computer Science, the work I did allowed me to explore my intellectual curiosity. I greatly enjoyed having the opportunity to pick the brains of high-level executives, and left each meeting with invaluable information. I look forward to my future with IAC!”

- Mithun

Mithun (Mit) Ramesh is a rising sophomore at Brown University, where he is studying computer science and economics. A graduate of Trinity High School, Mit left Trinity having been the Executive Head of the SAYC Tutoring program as well as a member of the Student Diversity Leadership Council, the Model UN team and the Model Congress team. At Brown, Mit is a member of the South Asian Students Association leadership board and is also looking to become a more active participant in one of Brown’s community service organizations.

Mit is returning for his second IAC Fellows internship in the IT Corp department this summer. He worked with the IT department in 2019 where he mainly focused on security breaches and identifying hacker techniques. In the future, Mit is interested in learning more about Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and its potential applications to various industries.

“IAC supported my personal and professional growth in a way I never even thought possible. My favorite part of this summer had to be the mentorship and networking opportunities, which I would not have had access to without this program. I ended up having meetings with executives across many of IAC’s brands (and beyond) so it felt less like an impersonal institution and more like an extended family.”

- Tiwalayo

Tiwalayo (Tiwa) Eisape is a PhD student focused on Brain & Cognitive Science at MIT . A graduate of Boston College, where he studied math, computer science, and philosophy, Tiwa is broadly interested in the neurological underpinnings of cognition and the implications they have on artificial intelligence. A Gem Consortium Scholar, Tiwa will study and engineer cognitively plausible deep learning language models while at MIT. In the summer of 2019, Tiwa completed his first IAC Fellows rotation at Vimeo, where his manager indicated “he had some very significant accomplishments, most notably Tiwa developed and trained machine learning models that would help us better understand text and video.” Tiwa is first generation Nigerian American from New Jersey, and A Ronald E. McNair Scholar. 

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Jery Villaman is a rising second year at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. At Emory, Jery is the historian of the Brotherhood of Afrocentric (BAM), Vice President of his dormitory and also an active member of the Emory NAACP chapter where he first served as the Social and Juvenile justice chairs and now has elevated to the chapter’s Chief of Staff role. Academically, Jery is interested in pursuing a bachelors of science degree in Political Science and possibly Economics. 

Jery completed his first IAC Fellows’ summer internship at Vimeo in August 2019, where he focused broadly on Information Technology.