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Rationality + Empathy

Research & Development for Emerging Technologies—That is the ultimate goal.

People who say they are funny are not funny. Hi! I'm funny!

Moonshot initiatives—proudly Carl.

Carl Kho on Yellow background

Carl Kho is an enterprising Digital Product Designer at Symph.

More importantly, he is a multi-awarded STEM student with a hunger for research & innovation.

A pink humanoid being puts on a star (Carl Kho Research)

Because of that, he is usually seen leading hackathons, creating numerous solutions for real people with real problems.

Think meme brown guy ((Carl Kho Solutions)

Although he’s bad at drawing traditionally, Carl has a knack for graphic design, the arts & even photography.

Simala Sanctuary de Cebu - Overwatch SEA MAP Design Competition (Carl Kho Arts)

He is also an aspiring researcher in the field of Emerging Tech who likes to share his thought process.

Animated Illustrated Brains (Carl Kho Thought Process)

Carl Kho is an enterprising Digital Product Designer at Symph.

More importantly, he is a multi-awarded STEM student with a hunger for research & innovation.

Because of that, he is usually seen leading hackathons, creating numerous solutions for real people with real problems.

Simala Sanctuary de Cebu - Overwatch SEA MAP Design Competition (Carl Kho Arts)

Although he’s bad at drawing traditionally, Carl has a knack for graphic design, the arts & even photography.

Animated Illustrated Brains (Carl Kho Thought Process)

He is also an aspiring researcher in the field of Emerging Tech who likes to share his thought process.

Multiple Intelligences

More than just a classroom kind of student

A vocally curious ENTP-A

Carl loves the unconventional. All throughout his life, he has always managed to become a pioneer both in school and at work. This is also the foundation on his love for research.

See Carl's innovations

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Art-ing for glory
(and therapy)

Deadlines and photo manipulation

Winning the Overwatch SEA Map Competition wasn't definitely one of 16-year old Carl's life goals, but with a few hours to spare, he created Simala Sanctuary de Cebu which placed him amongst the champions of Blizzard's competition. Fast forward today, Carl does art for contests or when stressed.

Linguistic-Verbal Intelligence

He's lived through a lot—in novels

English is responsible for plenty of Carl's success

With an overall IELTS score of 7.5, the simple ability to comprehend written and verbal speech has given Carl many names: he has been an Editor-in-Chief for Press Cons representing Cebu, a host for Google Developers Group (GDG) Cebu. Outside of school, Carl likes to share his wisdom through write-ups or videos.

Read Carl's Writeups

Bodily-Kinesthetic & Musical Intelligence

"I can dance when school requires me to"

He used to be a Soccer Player

Carl has always enjoyed sports as an activity, during his elementary years he regularly went to tournaments as a defender for BAST (tooltip full school name). As for dancing & singing, well, let us leave it at "he's decent".

Nestle Wellness Campus 2019 | Vlog

Interpersonal Intelligence

"When you can't help many, help one."

Beyond words—Carl takes action for those who needs help.

The pandemic has only worsened living conditions for the marginalised, especially students. Carl volunteered for One Gadget One Child, an initiative that provides deserving students with a gadget for online class. He also founded Padayun.Ko, a website listing curated scholarships for Filipinos.

Logical-Mathematical

An arsenal of critical mental models

Winning Science fairs and crafting algorithms for robots since 2016

Aspiring to become a researcher already says a lot about Carl in this field of intelligence. Thanks to years of experience participating (and winning) in Science fairs, hackathons, robotics olympiads. he is able to take action from things like "What's taking this too long?" to "HMW improve financial literacy levels for the marginalised sector?"

Final Pitch for "Plutus: The Money Game"

Intrapersonal Intelligence

I like showers; they give me time to reflect

The Butterfly Effect theory terrified and fascinated Carl.

This is why one of his innovations is named the same thing—it was born out self-reflection. Chasing for full human efficiency, Carl has taken an interest in personal energy management due to the discovery that managing time was not the problem for him. He strives to improve both inside and out.

Develop healthy microhabits now

Naturalistic Intelligence

"If you litter, I will instantly judge you."

How might we make trash management more community-friendly?

While not crazy for plants and trees, Carl cares for nature in the means of desiring to mitigate the effects of trash in this planet. This is why he has created Dump.Waste, a community trash mapping. Think weather forecast but trash. He also hopes to nurture a culture of cleanups. One trash at a time.

Watch Dump.Waste's Final Pitch

Carl Kho - Principle and Philosophy
Carl Kho Medium Articles - Pinning the Blame of my Success on Social Media
One Gadget One Child - Carl Kho Creative Marketing Lead
The Butterfly Effect: Technological Interventions to prevent Psychosomatic Disorders from Extensive Gadget Use
Carl Kho - Principle and Philosophy

Multiple Intelligences

More than just a classroom kind of student

A vocally curious ENTP-A

Carl loves the unconventional. All throughout his life, he has always managed to become a pioneer both in school and at work. This is also the foundation on his love for research.

See Carl's innovations

Simala Sanctuary de Cebu Win - Overwatch SEA MAP Design Competition (Carl Kho Arts)

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Art-ing for glory
(and therapy)

Deadlines and photo manipulation

Winning the Overwatch SEA Map Competition wasn't definitely one of 16-year old Carl's life goals, but with a few hours to spare, he created Simala Sanctuary de Cebu which placed him amongst the champions of Blizzard's competition. Fast forward today, Carl does art for contests or when stressed.

Carl Kho Medium Articles - Pinning the Blame of my Success on Social Media

Linguistic-Verbal Intelligence

He's lived through a lot—in novels.

English is responsible for plenty of Carl's success

With an overall IELTS score of 7.5, the simple ability to comprehend written and verbal speech has given Carl many names: he has been an Editor-in-Chief for Press Cons representing Cebu, a host for Google Developers Group (GDG) Cebu. Outside of school, Carl likes to share his wisdom through write-ups or videos.

Read Carl's Writeups

Carl Kho and Plutus the Money Game Winners for Cebuana Lhullier x PhilDev Corporation - Financial Literacy Game Challenge

Logical-Mathematical

An arsenal of critical mental models

Carl and problems sitting on a tree, s-o-l-v-i-n-g!

Aspiring to become a researcher already says a lot about Carl in this field of intelligence. Thanks to years of experience participating (and winning) in Science fairs, hackathons, and dealing with problems, he is able to take action from things like "What's taking this too long?" to "HMW improve financial literacy levels for the marginalised sector?"

Final Pitch for "Plutus: The Money Game"

Nestle Wellness Campus - Championship Vlog by Carl and Aya for MNHS 2019

Bodily-Kinesthetic & Musical Intelligence

"I can dance when school requires me to"

He used to be a Soccer Player

Carl has always enjoyed sports as an activity, during his elementary years he regularly went to tournaments as a defender for BAST (tooltip full school name). As for dancing & singing, well, let us leave it at "he's decent".

Nestle Wellness Campus 2019 | Vlog

One Gadget One Child - Carl Kho Creative Marketing Lead

Interpersonal Intelligence

"When you can't help many, help one."

Beyond words—Carl takes action for those who needs help.

The pandemic has only worsened living conditions for the marginalised, especially students. Carl volunteered for One Gadget One Child, an initiative that provides deserving students with a gadget for online class. He also founded Padayun.Ko, a website listing curated scholarships for Filipinos.

The Butterfly Effect: Technological Interventions to prevent Psychosomatic Disorders from Extensive Gadget Use

Intrapersonal Intelligence

I like showers; they give me time to reflect.

The Butterfly Effect theory terrified and fascinated Carl.

This is why one of his innovations is named the same thing—it was born out self-reflection. Chasing for full human efficiency, Carl has taken an interest in personal energy management due to the discovery that managing time was not the problem for him. He strives to improve both inside and out.

Develop healthy microhabits now

Naturalistic Intelligence

"If you litter, I will instantly judge you."

How might we make trash management more community-friendly?

While not crazy for plants and trees, Carl cares for nature in the means of desiring to mitigate the effects of trash in this planet. This is why he has created Dump.Waste, a community trash mapping. Think weather forecast but trash. He also hopes to nurture a culture of cleanups. One trash at a time.

Watch Dump.Waste's Final Pitch

Interested in reading more about Carl? Here are essays he crafted for college.

Read essays about Carl

Interested in reading more about Carl? Here are essays he crafted for college.

Read essays about Carl

Carl's actually done a lot! Luckily, he documents his endeavours in Notion.

Visit Carl's achievement tracker
Carl Kho is one passionate young fellow. I've always admired Carl's work ethic and output. Even at quite a young age, Carl has had valuable experience collaborating with teams in real-world work scenarios.
Gerb Inajada - Vice President & Chief Technology and Data Officer, Unionbank X PH
Gerb Reign Inajada
Vice President & Chief Technology and Data Officer, Unionbank X PH
In the last two years, I have witnessed Carl grow from someone who shoulders every workload on his own - because of his high standards - to being a likeable leader who gives equal care and attention to his team. I think Carl is a holistic individual with the potential to better the world's way of life.
Bryant Acar - Research Adviser, STEC-SHS | Top 10 Global Teacher Prize finalist
Bryant Acar
Research Adviser, STEC-SHS | Top 10 Global Teacher Prize finalist
Carl has been a proactive and productive designer at Symph. I worked with Carl on different design projects. He impressed me with his bold imagination and delivers when clients have out-of-the-box requests. On team activities, Carl made sure to make it fun when he's leading, and creative in execution.
Jarrhey de la Peña - Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Symph
Jarrhey de la Peña
Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Symph
Carl is the next Elon Musk. In my teaching career, I have never met a student with such a genuine and focused interest in Science, engineering, and research, and have such a clear aptitude for it. A scientific humanist. Carl has strong convictions tempered by good judgement and reason; he is diverse, committed, and clear-sighted.
Ma. Theresa Zapanta
Adviser, STEC-SHS
Aside from counting on his skills in branding, graphic design, and video production among others, I can always rely on him to deliver. He needs no supervision and he just gets things done well. I've never been disappointed with his outputs. His love for what he does is really evident. This enthusiasm is contagious to us, the people he works with.
Lenli Tuhoy - Product Owner at Symph
Lenli Tuhoy
Product Owner at Symph

Frequently Asked Questions

This is a section for the answers I give out in my college applications. A get-to-know-me-even-better, per se.

How does Carl respond to problems?

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