# Mihret Tamrat

> Designer | Strategist | Researcher

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mihret

I bridge the gap between deep ethnographic research and high-fidelity implementation. With 6 years of applied experience, my work focuses on designing for the "messy middle", translating complex human needs into scalable services, digital platforms, and physical products that thrive within strict regulatory and operational constraints.

My work has allowed me to conduct research across 7+ emerging markets, designing platforms for multi-national organizations, and global healthcare initiatives. I thrive at the intersection of Human-Centered Design (HCD) and Systems Strategy, ensuring that innovation is not just "new," but inclusive, and impactful.

## Work Experience
### Ops @ Stealth Startup (Health-Tech)
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Supporting the ops team at a fast-growing healthcare technology company that's building infrastructure for innovative new care models to start, scale, and reach patients in need.

### Design Strategist @ Dalberg
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Strategic design initiatives for global organizations, navigating complex governance frameworks to drive organizational change. I act as the bridge between technical teams (IT), HR, and leadership to ensure that digital tools and internal strategies are built around genuine staff research and human-centered insights.

### Product Realization Lab @ Stanford University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Stanford, California, United States
I served as teaching assistant and mentor in Stanford’s premier fabrication facility, supporting over 1,000 students annually in transforming conceptual designs into high-fidelity physical products. I managed manufacturing workflows, ensuring that student projects, ranging from medical devices to consumer hardware, were optimized for both functionality and manufacturability.

### Design Researcher @ Dalberg
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Global
I specialized in research and service design within the global health and financial inclusion sectors. I managed large-scale, mixed-methods studies across multiple countries, translating deep ethnographic data into actionable product and policy roadmaps for over 35 global organizations.

### Strategy Consultant @ Dalberg
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

### Game Designer @ D5gamecon
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Addis Ababa

### Product Manager @ Fetena App
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
I led the end-to-end user experience optimization for an EdTech platform. I managed a full-time development team to translate market research and usability testing into a rapid product iteration cycle.

### Instructional Design Fellow @ TechChange
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Washington, District Of Columbia

### Researcher @ Innovations for Poverty Action
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Lusaka, Zambia

### Instructional Team @ Harlem RBI
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area

### Odyssey of the Mind Coach @ Belle Sherman Elementary School
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Economic and Hospitality Team @ Southern African Institute for Policy and Research (SAIPAR)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Lusaka, Zambia

### Teaching Assistant for the course Art of Teaching @ Cornell University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Special Assistant to the CEO @ eleni LLC
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Design Impact Engineering
Stanford University

### B.A in Economics, Minor in History
Cornell University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mihrettamrat

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Last updated: 2026-04-08