National Math Stars ensures mathematically extraordinary students from all communities have the resources they need to reach the frontiers of math and science

Building National Math Stars, in residence at Carina until our formal spin-out

Charter school network: Led team of six to improve student recruiting and retention; built new media strategy to optimize $XM advertising budget; coordinated and led 50-person stakeholder workshop; redesigned organization and operating model for marketing, recruiting, enrollment, and family engagement teamsNew Bain Australia practice area: Co-led team of four; developed commercial strategy, intellectual property, and client proposals; launched webinar series with 80+ clients in attendance at inaugural event; secured $XM revenue within six monthsInflation Reduction Act IP: Led team of three to quickly assess IRA impact on financial investors; materials used 350+ times in the subsequent yearInternational conservation non-profit: Developed strategy to scale up U.S. reforestation supply chain 3X over 20 years; led stakeholder workshops with executives from 8 governmental and non-profit agencies; initiative secured $XM in pilot fundingF500 manufacturing company: Built five-year strategy to grow share by 50% in $XXB key market; designed tiering program for 1000+ distribution partners; refreshed account planning process/tool through series of co-design workshops (won Texas "Results Challenge" award for best case)Bain contributions: Consistently rated in top 20% of class for case work; formally recognized as a “role model” for office leadership; served as Texas LGBTQ+ recruiting lead and elected captain of 30-person Houston class

Worked with five start-ups across countries (U.S., France, Nigeria) and industries (finance, education, coding tools, NGO/policy), assisting with incorporating, raising a pre-seed round ($500K+), selecting vendors, setting up payroll, determining compensation, negotiating contracts, managing cash flows, building KPI dashboards, testing product prototypes, and writing/filming content

Led structured wine tastings (covering 25+ wines) via Zoom

Managed grant sourcing/applications, marketing (press releases, cross-promotions, paid advertising), and pricing strategy for classical music concert series, doubling both ticket revenues and institutional giving. Led annual budgeting process and worked with accounting vendor to track adherence

Hosted office hours, graded exams/assignments, and managed classroom logistics for Advanced Optimization and Simulation Modeling (Fall 2019), Dynamics of the Global Wine Industry (Winter 2020), Operations (Spring 2020), and Strategy Beyond Markets (Spring 2020)

Supported Executive Director on strategic projects, including selecting a new CRM solution; launching a global fundraising initiative (est. $250K+ in year 1); and revising summer class offerings based on financial analysis, peer benchmarking, and student surveys (est. +10% profits, with smaller class sizes)

Gemini Advertising (2016-18): Owned strategic roadmap for performance-focused native advertising ($250M+/yr business). Led cross-team projects to integrate multiple ad platforms within Oath after Verizon acquisition. Launched "white glove" program to optimize top advertisers’ accounts (+$1M in spend); helped interview and train team to take overMobile Mail (2015-16): Owned strategic roadmap for Yahoo! Mail for Android, collaborating with engineers, designers, marketers, data scientists, and user researchers to plan, develop, launch, and analyze new features. Drove +15% growth in users, 5x decrease in crashes, and ratings increase from 2.4 to 4.5 stars. Ran first-ever A/B tests for Mobile Mail

Theater and opera studies research, based at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München