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Seattle, WA, US

New York, New York, US

Created a network of entrepreneurs in the NYC Food & Beverage ecosystem. We hold regular, in-person events that always involve great food and drinks.

New York, New York, US

• Led the product team in developing and executing a Q2 roadmap focusing on the expansion of the order catalogue, supported by dev, UX/design, and marketing resources
• Devised and executed on a go-to-market strategy for a new business line (B2B)
• Implemented a process that used customer feedback to efficiently prioritize our product backlog
• Negotiated third-party vendor pricing for the food catalogue

• Launched an innovative mobile app called Munch (0 to 1) in 4 months by managing a remote team of devs and UX designers
• Drove all aspects of the business including strategy, product, hiring, finance, operations, and marketing amassing a 5 digit userbase
• Raised a 6-digit pre-seed round of SAFE financing from angel investors during a global pandemic

Atlanta, US

• Materially improved customer adoption in a key demographic by defining requirements and KPIs for product and engineering which supported the launch of a critical bill splitting features
• Cut internal meetings down by creating intuitive company-wide dashboards and reports on Salesforce and Metabase
• Mentored new leadership on how to effectively “launch” their markets
• Drove various process improvement initiatives to automate and streamline core business processes
• Authored and organized a substantial portion of the North American knowledge base, including the SOPs on how to onboard a client, monitor and improve customer success, and train new joiners

Atlanta, US

• Grew the US business from 0 to 1 through product activations, generating 8 figures in gross transaction volume
• Enabled the deployment of thousands of units by building supplier relationships & an order/tracking process used nationally

Boston, Massachusetts, US

The Startup Leadership Program (SLP) is a highly selective, 80-hour, 6-month world-class training program and lifetime network for outstanding founders and innovators. SLP Fellows have founded 1600 companies that have raised $550 million and has been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, and TEDx. The program focuses on developing the entrepreneur to become the.

Zurich, CH

• Migrated thousands of users from an end-of-life tech stack to a modern cloud environment with the support of dev and product teams
• Deployed hundreds of physical work from home setups for traders to continue working securely during the pandemic
• Demonstrated the departments achievements by coordinating multiple company-wide technology summits
• Published a bi-weekly newsletter to an audience of 3,500+ to ensure all internal tech initiatives were visible

Worldwide, OO

Owned the delivery of technology risk attest projects from planning to completion for various Fortune 500 companies

Worldwide, OO

• Conducted on-site process walkthroughs to assess the financial risk related to various in-house & vendor developed systems, focusing on control areas of Change Management, Access Security, Data Center Management, & IT.
• Contributed to the development of the go-to-market strategy for a robotic process automation service to Investment Management clients which is now included in the firm’s permanent offering catalogue

Worldwide, OO

Was 1 of 40 intern applicants across the country to be chosen to represent Deloitte US abroad and gain valuable exposure to global practices. I worked on various projects and clients while there, giving me the opportunity to juxtapose different work cultures and customs, broadening my perspective and business acumen.

Worldwide, OO

• Provided assurance services over finance, compliance, and operational processes.
• Tested various control environments of financial services clients.
• Assisted in preparation of SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports for financial services clients.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting & Economics With A Minor In Management Information Systems

Advanced Regents Diploma