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Jersey City, Nj, Us

Company Program and Description: Zephyr supports, incubates, and develops micro- and small businesses with coaching, back office services, and a supportive community. From fractional CFO services and strategic advice to bookkeeping and full-stack HR services, Zephyr has helped startups that have collectively raised over $235M in investment.Experience Specifics:- Founded and grew a business, establishing a client list of over 60 businesses and a supporting contractor network of over 20 contractors within 3 years- Helped startups raise over $235M in total ranging from pre-seed rounds to Series C rounds- Drove the business to profitability within 2 years, multiplying top-line revenue by 3x YoY- Established infrastructure to serve tech, service, and brick-and-mortar businesses across the US- Assisted multiple non-profits with complimentary services and coaching, serving as board members

Company/Program Description: Crafting innovative programs and events that shatter the boundaries of entertainment and education to create pivotal, transformational moments and lifelong memories. From city adventures to influencer challenges we bring communities of customers together for fun and personal development.Experience Specifics:- Founded the business from the bottom-up, with main responsibilities including product development and management, innovative revenue and business strategy, business development, marketing, business operations, technology and team productivity, and sales/customer service.- Provided day-to-day business support, including paperwork, board meetings and management, accounting and financial management, HR and hiring, employment and business taxes, government filings, and anything else that supports the functions of the business.

Boston, Ma, Us

Company/Program Description: Creating immersive, real-life, fun adventures that bring back nostalgic or thrilling themes into modern, cutting-edge scenarios and experiences. A twist on the standard Escape Room that elevates it to the full Adventure Room experience.Experience Specifics:- Founded the business from the bottom-up, with main responsibilities including growth and revenue management, business development, marketing, business operations, and sales/customer service.- Business is currently running at 5 stars on Yelp, Facebook, and TripAdvisor, is cash-flow positive and bootstrapped within its first year, and was awarded the Golden Lock-In Award in 2016 for being one of the best escape rooms internationally.- Also provided day-to-day business support, including paperwork, board meetings and management, accounting and financial management, HR and hiring, employment and business taxes, leases, government filings, zoning, and anything else that supports the functions of the business.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Company/Program Description: Works on innovative social casino and skill-based cash games on web and mobile that bring exciting, fun, and nostalgic arcade and casino experiences to everyone.Experience Specifics:- Serves as the sole analyst for the new cash gaming, mobile arcade app, Sparcade. As such, works with analytic requests from development, product, data engineering, marketing, and design.- Analytic requests and projects have included simpler data requests, user segmentation, A/B tests, pre-post tests, and business metric analysis to more difficult budgeting, revenue projections, marketing channel analysis, sensitivity analysis, and user behavior and demographic projection.- In the process, also gained sector/specialized experience in TV advertisement, reel math modeling, tournament matchmaking and velocity, skill gaming, and mobile app event design.- Creates and presents analytic, business, and product development slide decks to the studio executive team on a weekly basis.- Utilizes Microsoft Excel and SQL (Vertica) day-to-day, at fast proficiency. Works with Tableau, R, and Python as well.

Mclean, Va, Us

Company/Program Description: Provides 80+ high school students from 15+ countries the opportunity to conduct STEM research at MIT during 6 weeks of summer.Experience Specifics:- Managed 15+ staff members and 80+ students by designing schedules, planning events, negotiating event space & funding, recruiting alumni support, maintaining an operating budget, supervising student life, and leading daily meetings.- Demonstrated proficiency in crisis management by managing a total of 27+ medical issues, 15+ last-minute event space or vendor cancellations, 12+ disciplinary cases, and 4 large-scale negotiations over the past 5 summers effectively.- Presented to audiences of 110+ students & staff, and interfaced with esteemed guests, e.g., CEOs & Nobel Laureates.- Taught a conceptual overview and workshop of the equivalent of two semesters of college-level research and applied statistics, including descriptive statistics, inference testing, nonparametric statistics, regressions, and effective presentation and delivery.- Named by the VP of Programs and the Director of RSI as the most effective Assistant Director since the founding members themselves.

Company/Program Description: Leverages big data & Cogo Labs infrastructure to implement innovative & effective approaches to lead generation & email marketing.Experience Specifics:- Managed a team of 5 analysts and UI designers to effectively implement a new email marketing process, adding up to 11 new offers into production each week and tripling revenue rates (RPM) in less than a month.- Oversaw ~25 production offers and ~120 coupons daily, calibrating sending volume and targeting to maximize revenue.- Assisted with revenue optimization by conducting statistical analyses and developing predictive models at the coupon, domain/IP, and partner/offer levels.- Created 2 interactive dashboards, automated reports, and 5 SQL stored procedures to support analyst work and oversight. Reorganized in-house systems for uniformity and efficiency.- Presented at weekly board meetings and was responsible for creating and presenting at least 80% of the board slides.

Company/Program Description: Leverages big data & Cogo Labs infrastructure to implement innovative & effective approaches to lead generation & email marketing.Experience Specifics:- Optimized revenue by conducting statistical analyses and developing predictive models at the coupon, domain/IP, and partner/offer levels.- Assisted other analysts and account managers by conducting ~12 special research projects to identify sources of decreased revenue or opportunities for increased revenue.- Lead the planning and execution of a new initiative to send life insurance lead forms.- Responsible for creating summary slides for weekly board meetings.- Promoted from Data Scientist to Team Lead of Revenue & Targeting in less than 4 months.

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Education Policy And Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Management Science - Business Analytics And Operations Research

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diploma Programs