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Los Angeles, CA, US

Culver City, California, United States

Product Manager on a new product launching in Q1 2025, using AI (vision models, LLMs, and Whisper) to identify, track, and aggregate data around ads on streaming services across the US. Worked with the lead developer, data quality teams, data analysts, and researchers to develop a product thesis, roadmap, development priorities, and documentation. Demoed.

Culver City, California, United States

Built off a growing need for streaming services to monetize and in anticipation of client demand, built and integrated performance models as a feature to the Markets Operators data product, forecasting over 10 novel KPIs for the global ad-supported streaming services. With SQL and Python, automated back-end connections to multiple product databases and.

Culver City, California, United States

Joined as a founding member of the US team reporting to one of the Co-founders. Performed market, content, and survey analytics to maintain Ampere products and wrote some of the most-read reports (they were mentioned in Bloomberg and Variety Business). Worked with clients directly (global studios, streaming tech companies) to understand their needs and.

San Francisco, California, United States

Worked with the Strategy Director to fund global conservation projects in India and the Amazon through corporate partnerships and local, boots-on-ground organizations. These projects used bioacoustic monitoring and AI to predict illegal logging activities and monitor biodiversity following changes (such as a move to organic cotton).

Los Angeles, California, United States

Tested a hypothesis that Netflix viewership could be predicted using only publicly available information - and achieved a 78% R-squared on a multiple regression equation. I worked with the Technical Director to collect data and test variable significance. R was the easiest tool to get started and test over 100 variables and potential regression equations..

Santa Barbara, California, United States

As the youngest corporate officer, I was promoted to take on higher level responsibilities. In addition to credit analysis, I grew into a client-facing portfolio management role, advising on borrowing strategies, reviewing their performance, and learning their pain points about working with a smaller bank. I worked with our different departments to launch.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Submitted approved recommendations for over $100 million in new loans up to $8 million across the central coast. Worked with clients of all industries and funding requests from international shipping to nonprofit donation centers and farmland. It was rewarding to me to see the impact of our funding in Santa Barbara, and I began exploring ways to make the.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Analyzed financial statements and creditworthiness for progressively complex borrowers across California for loans between $10,000 and $1,000,000. Gained exposure to how companies are run across different industries, sizes, and tenures.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Started as a summer intern, and my manager asked me to stay on part-time for the school year. I graduated a quarter early, and was promoted to a full-time position as soon as I finished.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics & Accounting

Activities and Societies: Engineers Without Borders, Accounting Association

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, 3.84 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Education-to-Business Consulting Program, Institute for Entertainment, Media, Sports and Culture