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Kalkidan HaileMichael

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Founder at Happy Pads

United States

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Kalkidan HaileMichael is an engineer and entrepreneur who founded The Happy Sisters Company, which produces biodegradable, chemical-free sanitary pads and includes a cervical cancer self-test kit with each box. She holds two patents and one industrial design patent, and also founded Make Her Day International in Houston to provide sanitary products to homeless women in the United States. She is co-founder of LayoverLife AI, a platform offering personalized travel tips and itineraries for layovers, and is a participant in Techstars '24 and a YALI East Africa fellow.

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Experience

  1. LayoverLife AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentTulsa, Oklahoma, United States
  2. Happy Pads & Tampons (Techstars '24)Founder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentUnited States of America & Ethiopia
  3. YALI Regional Leadership Center East AfricaFellow2020 — 2025Nairobi County, Kenya
  4. Defence engineering collage BishoftuCivil Engineer2018 — 2020Bishoftu,Ethiopia
  5. Genet kindergartenPrincipal2018 — 2019Ethiopia
  6. Ambo UniversityExecutive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer2015 — 2018Ethiopia

Skills & more

Leadership5School Management3Educational Leadership3Civil Engineering Design1Product Development2Product DesignTeam LeadershipStudent RecruitingGeneral secretary @ Ambo University Student Union
  • Internet of Things Intro — IBM
  • Artificial Intelligence Intro — IBM
  • Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner — IBM

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Who is Kalkidan HaileMichael?
Kalkidan HaileMichael is an engineer and entrepreneur who founded The Happy Sisters Company, which produces biodegradable, chemical-free sanitary pads and includes a cervical cancer self-test kit with each box. She holds two patents and one industrial design patent, and also founded Make Her Day International in Houston to provide sanitary products to homeless women in the United States. She is co-founder of LayoverLife AI, a platform offering personalized travel tips and itineraries for layovers, and is a participant in Techstars '24 and a YALI East Africa fellow.
Where does Kalkidan HaileMichael work?
Kalkidan HaileMichael is Founder of Happy Pads.
What companies did Kalkidan HaileMichael found?
Kalkidan HaileMichael founded Happy Pads.
Where did Kalkidan HaileMichael go to school?
Kalkidan HaileMichael studied at Ambo University Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering); Ambo University distance program (Bachelor's degree, Business management); Luxury Academy London (certificate, Leadership and Management).

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