Kevin Messali

Building something new in the 3D space

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⦿ Developing a platform for simulating varying wireless environments for testing wireless protocols as part of my Bachelor Thesis.
⦿ Conducted this bachelor thesis under the supervision of Pr. Thomas Heide Clausen.

⦿ Discovered processor enclaves, a hardware security layer to run programs securely on platforms that might be corrupted.
⦿ Delivered presentations to exhibit the need of such technology but also the limitations (attacks and countermeasures).
⦿ Engineered different applications in C++ to showcase the use of processor enclaves.

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Achievements:
⦿ Won the fintech vertical during our demo day at Olam Venture (now Initiator VC)
⦿ Participated in Med'Agri and SIMA where my co-founder interviewed over 200 French farmers
⦿ Received a letter of intent from a 20-million-€ in sales French e-commerce
⦿ Got selected for HECTAR Accelerator Program in Station F for 2023 cohort

⦿ Selected among 500+ students from top universities to participate to the challenge and was awarded $10k to launch a project
⦿ Won the Fintech vertical at the Olam Ventures competition - Prize $25k

⦿ Developed with a team of 5 people, a mobile application for the student of the bachelor at l'Ecole Polytechnique to centralize all the academic tools and social features into a single mobile application.
⦿ Engineered the user interface using Flutter and problem solved on Android Devices.

⦿ Co-developed Horizon, the first bachelor blog.
⦿ Collected articles for the bachelor newspaper/magazine.
⦿ Edited the articles.

⦿ Created the first student association that provide bachelor students business courses.
⦿ Delegated competition organization, marketing, partnership and communication to 9 students, to expand and multiply the activities offered by X Sell.
⦿ Planned to organize IPitch, a campus size IEEE Pitch Contest with the Ecole Polytechnique IEEE student branch.

⦿ Launched a technological start up in 2019.
⦿ Developed Serenity Car, a mobile application to prevent the usage of phone while driving.
⦿ Designed and patented NLost, a smart and secure USB flash drive that you cannot forget on computers.
⦿ Assembled with a Chinese factory the first prototype.
⦿ Pioneered The Blub Project and coordinated with 5 Polytechnique students the first MIZIX entrepreneurial collaborative initiative, to design a social network that connects all IP Paris students who seek partners for innovative projects.

⦿ Supervised a team of 6 people to build the pitch of the product.
⦿ Assisted the development of the computer software and the mobile application.
⦿ Engineered the modification of the USB flash drive PCB.
⦿ Won with the team the regional championship.
⦿ Earned the vice-champion title at the national championship.

⦿ Discovered the professional world for the first time through an internship in a civil engineering company.
⦿ Assisted engineers in their computations and drawings.