Résumé

Summon Gebrelibanos

Computer Engineering & AI, Northwestern · Chicago, IL · summon@u.northwestern.edu
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Experience
CleanTube — Founder & Engineer2022 — present
  • Founded and scaled an Android app to 4.9M+ downloads, 650K+ MAU, and a 4.4★ rating across 45K reviews, driving ~300% yearly organic growth.
  • Built and scaled a backend handling 130M+ monthly requests with Node.js, Flask, and AWS; five-figure monthly revenue at ~98% margin.
  • Re-architected from React Native to native Android (Kotlin/Java), reducing crashes 60%.
Crowdlisten — Software EngineerJan — Jun 2026
  • Built Node.js and FastAPI ingestion pipelines integrating TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube for cross-platform trend discovery.
  • Developed retrieval and ranking systems modeling trend velocity and audience sentiment for high-signal topic recommendations.
  • Shipped end-to-end product features alongside the founder to 600+ early users.
AlwaysThere — Founding EngineerDec 2025 — Mar 2026
  • Built a cross-platform AI support app for Alzheimer's caregivers (React Native, PostgreSQL, WebSockets, RAG, multimodal models, neural TTS), delivering an investor-ready MVP in three weeks.
  • Reduced response latency from ~2s to 300ms for real-time conversation.
  • Worked directly with founders to turn concepts into live investor-pitch demos.
EnlightenHMLA — Lead Software Engineer (volunteer)2025 — Sep 2026
  • Led an online learning platform for 190+ underrepresented students in Tigray (test prep, programming, English, U.S. college applications).
  • Built the website, responsive enrollment system, and an AI learning platform using LLM and text-to-speech APIs.
  • Developed backend infrastructure on Google Cloud and Cloudflare Workers, including API routing and rate limiting.
Tigrayan Community Assoc. of Kentucky — Director of Technology (volunteer)2020 — present
  • Built a full-stack donation site and accounting platform processing $500K+ in humanitarian aid.
  • Developed an annual community census tracking ~250 members and managed technical infrastructure.
Northwestern NSBE — President, JEBJan — Mar 2026
  • Led a team of 10 supporting Northwestern’s engineering community; organized professional-development events and connected Black engineering students with mentorship and career resources.
Omna Tigray — Volunteer Web Developer2021 — 2023
  • Contributed web-development work to an organization supporting those affected by the crisis in Tigray.
S & G Web Design — Founder2021 — 2023
  • Founded a web design and development studio building responsive sites focused on customer acquisition and engagement.
Research & awards
Northwestern Delta Lab (DTR) — Student Researcher, behavior change & HCI · 2025–present
KYSEF — Steganographic QR communication (Python, CoreML, SwiftUI). Research awards from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and General Electric · 2023–24
MIT MITES — Robotics & Science Writing; paper on ML/robotics ethics presented at symposium · 2023
Education
Northwestern UniversityExpected June 2029
B.S. in Computer Engineering and Artificial Intelligence · Evanston, IL
Skills & languages
Languages   JavaScript · Python · Kotlin · Java
Frameworks   React · React Native · Express · Flask · FastAPI
Infra & data   Firebase · PostgreSQL · AWS · Google Cloud · Cloudflare Workers · Stripe · Git
AI   RAG · multimodal models · neural TTS · CoreML
Spoken   English (native) · Tigrinya (native) · Spanish (working)