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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Oakland, Ca, Us

• Led development of 4 products - our flagship virtual try-on experience available via SDKs on the web, iOS and Android; a recommendation engine fueled by our facial analysis computer vision technology as well as customer and frames data; an in-store app for eyewear retailers used to create an experience with the full suite of DITTO's tools on an iPad; and an internal organizational tool for managing the digitization of frames• Worked closely with a team of roughly 20 engineers, 5 contracting firms and 3 contractors• Evolved our data and analytics practice by centralizing our data via multiple pipelines into Amazon Redshift then rolling out Looker as our business intelligence solution• Implemented new systems and processes for product and business roadmapping, ticketing (for engineering), external-facing and internal documentation and password management

• Developed custom analytics for virtual eyewear try-on technology business. Collaborated directly with CEO and CTO to provide greater insight into customer churn, conversion rates and user behavior. Used Django, Python, Javascript and Elasticsearch, pulling data from three disparate data stores• Architected and deployed playlist analytics tool for music consultancy that ingested 21K playlists and ~1.3M tracks as of October 2015. Leveraged Spotify API to query song/playlist metadata to improve artist promotional placement across thousands of playlists. Used Rails, Ruby and Sidekiq

• Conceived and launched iOS point-of-sale solution enabling a healthier foodservice alternative to vending that contained 2x more items for sale in a smaller footprint • Challenged conventional thinking in vending space regarding security requirements creating solution that was 10x more capital effective and generated 15-20% better cost profile with almost zero theft• Deployed 21 Yumbins, serviced 1,500 users, generated 20K transactions• Grew revenue 40% week-over-week during Y Combinator’s Winter 2014 batch• Built internal CRM in Rails to manage over 2,000 sales leads, scrape LinkedIn for employees, discover emails and track funnel progression by integrating with cold email drip campaign tool

• Hired and managed four-person team of software, mechanical and electrical engineers and industrial designers to build new form factor of vending hardware, the first to be driven by an Android tablet• Led specification and design of end-to-end software solution comprised of a point-of-sale, promotions platform, digital signage, ads content management, remote monitoring and fulfillment management• Licensed vending management solution to largest domestic healthy food franchisor

Chicago, Il, Us

Consumer Products and Services Group• Led consumer and food services investment analysis for a Private Equity firm with $11B assets under management• Managed a multi-functional team of lawyers, accountants and consultants to execute a $180M restructuring of specialty food portfolio company• Played pivotal role in $260M+ of strategic CPG M&A

Zurich, Ch

Financial Sponsors Group• Executed investment analysis influencing $1.1B+ of capital allocation • Recruited, interviewed and hired analysts from Duke University as Junior Duke Team Recruiting Captain• Trained over 150 incoming hires as Training Leader for 2006 Full-Time Analyst Program

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science, French Language