Derick David

Co-founder & CEO at Hikre School

Son of immigrants, I'm a digital designer focused on product, human interface, user experience, and visual communication. As a hobby, I write to which resulted in half a million views on my personal blog. I'm now a full-time technology and design entrepreneur focused on education.

At 14, I and my family immigrated to Italy, learned Italian, and got exposed to the beautiful Italian culture and creativity. This sparked my interest in design and technology when I started discovering the movie the Social Network in 2012.

In 2016, at age 20, I was awarded a scholarship to Europe's first Apple Developer Academy located in Naples, Italy. My tenure at the academy enabled me to learn digital skillsets like app design, iOS Development, and startup creation and ended up working on 5 app projects in 1 year.

In early 2018, I succeeded my studies at Iowa State University majoring in Computer Science and was heavily involved in student organizations including entrepreneurship, computer science, and being awarded a scholarship as part of the I-Lead leadership program.

In the same year, I became the VP of Exchange Student Network responsible for welcoming and helping transition new exchange students at the university.

In 2018-2020, I worked with Adriano Farano and his then-new venture Pactio, which was incubated at Stanford University's top accelerator program, StartX. I started as a design intern, then as UX and UI design, and eventually assuming the role of Chief Design.

In 2020, I work as a design advisor at Pane Vivo, a food startup operating in Paris, France that reinvents what it means to eat healthily. My design work from Pane Vivo has been seen in the news and media by thousands of people around the world.

Also in 2020, I briefly worked as a Creative Director for Alexis Ren's sustainability startup, Future Prosperity, featured by Forbes and renowned news and media publications.

In 2021, I founded Hikre School, a school for aspiring app designers, app developers, and app entrepreneurs. Today, I live my day-to-day life mentoring students while building a digital school that helps students in the Philippines reinvent their life by equipping themselves with the necessary skillset to succeed in the 21st-century.

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