# Anika Mantripragada > Presidential Scholar @ USC Iovine & Young Academy | Prev. Product Design @ TRIPP Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/anikamantripragada I am a student-designer seeking internship opportunities where I can apply my interdisciplinary skills to solve real-world problems. I am a creative problem solver, strong collaborator, and bring a humanistic lens and passion to my goal of improving user experiences. ## Work Experience ### Director of Founder's Education @ SEP at USC Jan 2026 – Present Shaping and leading the design and entrepreneurship curriculum for SEP's 10-week startup incubator ### Co-Founder @ SEP at USC Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | Los Angeles, California, United States Co-founder for Kairo, a motion tracking-based software platform that provides coaches and athletes in artistic sports with real-time performance metrics using advanced motion tracking tools. Designed the user interface and brand identity for the product. Successfully recruited 2 Division I and III collegiate diving teams to pilot our software and continue to outreach to other colleges and sports. Our team of 3 was a part of SEP's select 10-week incubator program at USC (Psi Class) and we were awarded $500 at our first demo event. ### Co-Head of Design @ TroyLabs Jan 2025 – Present Redefining and leading a robust design curriculum covering topics from user research to AI prototyping along with guest lectures to support designers who participate in BUILD. ### UI/UX Designer @ TroyLabs Jan 2025 – Present | Los Angeles, CA Fall 2025 - Designed the interface and branding for Viola, an AI SaaS that allows more efficient organization in sync, the process of reviewing and pitching songs for films, TV, games, and more. 1 of 6 startups chosen for BUILD, TroyLabs' 8-week accelerator for 6 startups, providing resources in design, tech, VC/finance, marketing, product management, and more. ### Product & Process Innovation Strategist @ LivaNova Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 Research consulting project as a part of the Iovine and Young Academy's Challenge Based Learning Sprint on product innovation and transformation sponsored by LivaNova, a global leading company in cardiopulmonary and neurostimulation products. ### Artist @ Spark SC Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Los Angeles, California, United States Artist for SparkSC's SeeSaw initiative, empowering local businesses in South Central Los Angeles with beautiful, meaningful murals. ### Product Design Intern @ TRIPP, Inc. Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 Created a mixed reality (MR) experience to encourage mindful movement and improve user retention of the TRIPP AI-enabled wellness app. Researched, conceptualized (Figma), and validated ideas; prototyped three validated concepts; developed and implemented the experience in app using Unity using C#. Presented to the executive team and entire company. ### Research Intern @ Stanford University Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Palo Alto, California, United States Trained deep learning AI models to predict RNA transcription initiation from input DNA sequences in human leukemia cells (K562). Gained exposure to working with complex, multi-tasked convolutional neural networks. Contributed to a research paper currently in review for Nature Genetics. ### Research Fellow @ UC Irvine Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Irvine, California, United States Analyzed signal processing data from the heart to detect arrhythmias and predict the onset of cardiac arrests as a part of the Akbari Lab. Used Matlab and Python to develop algorithms to pre-process ECG data and analyze it for abnormalities. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy ### The Harker School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anikamantri - Portfolio: https://www.anikamantripragada.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/anikamantripragada JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/anikamantripragada/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13