Personal flagship portfolio

Building software, AI, and entrepreneurial momentum with intention.

Computer science student, builder, mentor, and early-stage entrepreneur at UTEP, growing through product building, startup ecosystems, technical communities, and real-world execution.

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Education

UTEP Computer Science

Scholar

NSF S-STEM

GPA

3.86 / 4.0

Imanol Galvan

Builder in focus

Software, AI, leadership, and founder ambition grounded in real execution.

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Identity

Not an about box. A trajectory.

UTEP computer science student. NSF S-STEM Scholar. Builder shaped by code, startup ecosystems, mentorship, service, and long-range ambition.

I am building at the intersection of software engineering, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, and human-centered technology.

My growth has come from showing up repeatedly: building projects, joining ecosystems, mentoring students, and stepping into rooms before I feel fully ready.

I care about technology that helps people learn, grow, build confidence, and move toward bigger opportunities with more clarity.

Featured projects

Projects built around real traction, real users, and real direction.

From pitch-winning AI products to systems labs, startup programs, and current venture ideas, each project marks a step toward building technology companies with strong human value.

AI College Companion•Founder and technical lead

STAR

An AI-powered platform designed to help college students navigate academic life with more structure and direction.

Built as founder and technical lead, STAR combines AI-generated lesson planning, task scheduling, opportunity discovery, and personalized study strategy into a single student support experience.

Tech stack

React • Vite • JavaScript • OpenAI API • CSS • Context API • localStorage

Impact

Won 1st place and a $1000 prize at the Tacos & Tech-ila pitch competition sponsored by Microsoft and Nusenda.

Live concept

An AI-powered platform designed to help college students navigate academic life with more structure and direction.

Premium system

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Students

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Execution

AI Acting Practice Platform•Founder, product direction, full-stack and AI planning

Black Box

A digital acting studio built to help performers rehearse, reflect, and improve when practicing alone.

Black Box is the current build focus: an AI-powered platform for scene analysis, script breakdown, guided rehearsal, performance recording, AI feedback, and measurable progress tracking.

Tech stack

React • Vite • Tailwind • OpenAI APIs • MediaPipe • OpenCV • Supabase or PostgreSQL

Impact

Transforms solo practice into a structured feedback loop with room for computer vision, performance analysis, and long-term product growth.

Live concept

A digital acting studio built to help performers rehearse, reflect, and improve when practicing alone.

Premium system

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Performance

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Feedback

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Vision

Hackathon Project•Hackathon builder

AI Book Boss

An AI tool that generates curated K-5 book collections and lesson plans for immersive learning.

Built during the Borderland AI Hackathon, the platform uses retrieval, embeddings, and generative AI to help educators quickly create relevant reading collections and companion learning materials.

Tech stack

Streamlit • LangChain • FAISS • MiniLM embeddings • OpenAI API

Impact

Won 1st place in the Immersive Learning Track and the Innovator Award, with recognition from Microsoft, Scholastic, and the STTE Foundation.

Live concept

An AI tool that generates curated K-5 book collections and lesson plans for immersive learning.

Premium system

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Learning

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Curation

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Impact

Systems and Infrastructure Experience•Participant and systems builder

Bloomberg Labs

Hands-on engineering work spanning full-stack application flow and distributed messaging systems.

Worked with Bloomberg engineers across two technical lab experiences, contributing to a news feed system in 2025 and a RabbitMQ-based producer-consumer lab in 2026 focused on routing, acknowledgements, and containerized execution.

Tech stack

React • Flask • Redis • Docker • Python • RabbitMQ

Impact

Deepened real-world understanding of scalable systems, backend optimization, messaging infrastructure, and debugging across distributed environments.

Live concept

Hands-on engineering work spanning full-stack application flow and distributed messaging systems.

Premium system

Primary

Scale

Layer

Messaging

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Systems

Journey

Growth measured through action, not waiting.

The pattern is consistent: step in early, learn in public, build under pressure, mentor others, and keep compounding across technology, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

2026 - Now

Leadership in motion

Serving as a STEAM Intern at Insights Science Discovery, mentor with GDG on Campus: UTEP, and Technical Officer at ColorStack at UTEP while helping lead student-facing workshops in personal branding, technical growth, and professional development.

INSIGHTS, GDG on Campus, ColorStack, UTEP Undergraduate Fellows

2025 - 2026

Systems, operations, and user experience

Expanded from software into operational and systems thinking through Bloomberg Tech Lab, Dell Tech Academy, and the Disney College Program, learning how reliability, logistics, storytelling, and experience design all shape strong products and environments.

Bloomberg, Dell Technologies, Walt Disney World

2025

Startup ecosystem immersion

Worked inside Pioneers 21 Business Incubator while participating in Studio G, Tech Frontier, Mike Loya entrepreneurship programming, and local startup events. This is where venture building stopped feeling abstract and started becoming part of how I think every day.

Pioneers 21, Studio G, Tech Frontier, Mike Loya Center

2024 - 2026

Service, support, and community trust

Built trust by solving real problems for students, faculty, and community programs through UTEP technology support, MiniTec coordination, STTE volunteering, FOSS logistics leadership, and outreach centered on confidence, access, and learning.

UTEP, MiniTec, STTE, FOSS Club

Capabilities

A capability stack shaped by engineering, initiative, and product ambition.

The mix spans technical execution, AI experimentation, communication, mentorship, leadership, and startup thinking.

Software engineering

Full-stack applications with a growing focus on scalable architectures and useful product systems.

PythonJavaJavaScriptReactFlaskAPIsDocker

AI and emerging tech

Applied AI tools, retrieval workflows, prompt systems, and emerging human-centered product ideas.

OpenAI APILangChainFAISSMiniLM embeddingsPrompt workflowsAI product thinking

Design thinking

Using product design and storytelling to make software feel useful, clear, motivating, and human.

Product designHuman-centered softwareInterface thinkingStorytellingUser confidence

Leadership and communication

Leadership shaped by mentorship, theater, workshops, public-facing roles, and collaborative student communities.

MentorshipWorkshopsPresentationTeam coordinationStage presenceProfessional development

Entrepreneurship

A builder mindset shaped by startup ecosystems, venture programs, founder conversations, and repeated exposure to real entrepreneurial work.

Startup buildingMarket researchPricing strategySales funnelsGrant writingOpportunity discovery

Community and momentum

Showing up repeatedly across student organizations, service work, sports, creative projects, and the El Paso innovation community.

ColorStackGDG on CampusMiniTecFOSS ClubSoccer captaincyDJing

Vision

Try before you feel ready.

Initiative matters more than permission.

Learning happens through building.

Consistency compounds over time.

The process matters as much as the outcome.

Not yet is still progress.

Why not try before the timing feels perfect?

Final CTA

I want to build technology companies and software platforms that help people grow, adapt, and move forward.

Open to internships, startup opportunities, founder-led teams, and ambitious collaborators building useful technology.

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igalvan6@miners.utep.edu

Phone

(915) 630-3282

Location

El Paso, Texas

Education

The University of Texas at El Paso

B.S. in Computer Science • Entrepreneurship • Expected May 2029

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