Austin Simas

Babson '29 student, founder of ABC Medical Certifications, and licensed private pilot — a builder and experimenter who turns ideas into working systems, from automated certification workflows to aviation tech.

Babson College · Class of 2029 GPA 3.92 · Honors Program FAA Private Pilot · 100+ hours Warwick, RI · Wellesley, MA

About

I started my company in high school and have been building ever since.

In September 2023 I founded ABC Medical Certifications, which delivers American Heart Association CPR, first aid, and AED training across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut — more than 100 classes taught to date. Running it taught me operations the direct way: scheduling, staffing, compliance, and building the software to hold it all together. At Babson College I'm studying entrepreneurship (3.92 GPA, Honors Program), serving as president of the Babson Marketing Society, mentoring first-year FME venture teams, and flying whenever the weather cooperates — I earned my FAA private pilot certificate in May 2025 and have logged over 100 hours.

100+
CPR & first aid classes taught
100+
Flight hours logged
3.92
Babson GPA · Dean's List
3
States served by ABC Medical

Experience

Founder first, operator always — every role below is one I still hold or built something lasting in.

Founder
ABC Medical Certifications · Warwick, RI
September 2023 – Present
  • Certified CPR, Advanced Cardiac, First Aid, and AED instructor through the American Heart Association; also trained in Wilderness First Aid, Bloodborne Pathogens, and epinephrine administration
  • Acquired and taught 100+ classes throughout RI, MA, and CT
  • Run the full operation — sales, scheduling, instructors, and certification compliance
CFO
ErACEables · Wellesley, MA
August 2025 – May 2026
  • Produced weekly income statements and balance sheets from Shopify and bank data
  • Built interactive sales dashboards to track and visualize venture performance
Mentor
Babson College · Wellesley, MA
August 2026 – Present
  • Mentor first-year FME venture teams on strategy, financials, and execution
  • Deliver weekly feedback helping student founders refine business models
Marketing Intern
Beia · New York City, NY
March 2026 – May 2026
  • Developed and executed a guerrilla marketing campaign strategy using AI to boost brand visibility and engagement
Club Operations Associate
Glocester Country Club · Harmony, RI
June 2023 – Present
  • Manage the pro shop, all major tournaments, and four outdoor facilities
  • Work directly with a membership of 200+ — relational and time-management skills under real pressure
President
Babson Marketing Society · Wellesley, MA
September 2025 – Present
  • Oversee events, budget, and member engagement for the college's marketing society
  • Moderate speaker sessions connecting students with marketing industry professionals

Systems I've Built

I prefer building the tool to buying it. These run in production at ABC Medical Certifications and in my own cockpit.

Certification Reminder System

A Google Apps Script + Twilio SMS pipeline that tracks every student's certification expiry and automatically texts renewal reminders — so no client's credential ever lapses unnoticed.

Sign-In Sheet Scanner

A Claude-powered tool that reads handwritten class sign-in sheets and turns them into clean class rosters, cutting the post-class paperwork from an evening to minutes.

Aviation Weather Briefing Agent

An n8n workflow combining live aviation weather data (AVWX) with Claude and Gmail to produce formatted preflight briefings before every flight.

Venture Finance Dashboards

React + Recharts sales dashboards and weekly financial statements built for ErACEables from raw Shopify and bank exports.

This Site

Hand-written HTML/CSS, hosted free, on my own domain — the same build-it-myself approach, applied to my own brand.

Aviation

Flying is where my operations brain and my pilot brain meet — and where I want my career to go.

Private Pilot — FAA
Certificated May 2025 · 100+ hours
  • Fly the Cessna 172N and Piper Cherokee 140 out of Westerly State Airport (KWST), Rhode Island
  • Instrument rating in progress — written exam passed with a 90% on the first attempt
  • Working toward the commercial certificate
Remote Pilot — Part 107
Commercial drone operations
  • FAA Part 107 certified; fly a DJI Mini 5 Pro
  • Create aviation and lifestyle content from the cockpit and the drone
Where It's Headed
Operations · Aviation · Both
  • Exploring operations as a career — the discipline of running systems that can't fail, learned in a business and a cockpit
  • Co-developing an aviation-focused nonprofit and CTE pathway concept to bring flight training to more students

Education & Awards

Babson College — B.S. Entrepreneurship, expected May 2029 · GPA 3.92 · Honors Program · FME Mentor

The full résumé

One page, everything above and more — education, experience, activities, and awards, in the format recruiters ask for.

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