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Berkeley, Ca, Us

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Mountain View, California, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

I worked as a Product Strategist on a team of five student apprentices as a part of the CMU SCS MHCI Capstone. In this role, I focused on mechanisms for utilizing Agentic AI products and services in order to improve interactions between consumers and product companies that would lead to improved outcomes for consumers, as well as provide growth opportunities for Consumer Reports as a social enterprise.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Employed as a paid Research Assistant part-time while enrolled as an SCS Masters student pursuing a graduate degree in Human-Computer Interaction with a focus on Human-AI Interaction. Actively managed and engaged in research activities ranging from the application of NLP and LLM's in the training of mental health professionals to modeling the economic impacts of Generative AI.

Leading work streams on large-scale business transformation projects for institutional asset managers. Assistant Vice President.

Implementation Consultant in the financial services industry assisting clients in operationalizing their Middle Office functions in Performance Measurement, Attribution and Risk for equities, fixed income, structured instruments and multi-asset portfolios.

Greater Boston Area

Associate: Provided front-end technical support to Charles River IMS clients on compliance, trading and portfolio management. Senior Associate: Worked in an agile product development role on the newly created CRD Risk and Economic Scenario Analysis tools. Work during product development rotation included a focus on CRIMS integration with MSCI, Axioma/Qontigo and Northfield.

Huntington Woods, Michigan, United States

Started an LLC as an entrepreneurial learning experience. Provided marketing services to entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals in professional service industries. Learned the ropes of entrepreneurship in between graduating from University of Michigan in December 2018 and beginning my role at CRD in July 2019. Later, I used these skills to help Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County in Michigan with their website (www.habroc.org) and digital marketing efforts.

Bingham Farms

Executed a variety of functions at a medium sized financial services and insurance firm, Lifetime Financial Growth LLC. Tasks included:Engaging in recruiting activities for Financial Representative candidates in MichiganDelivering recruiting presentations on-campus Designing digital marketing campaigns using Google Adwords and Facebook Ads that ranged from southeastern Michigan to more expansive campaigns throughout the MidwestCreating, editing and managing mass communications with over 70,000 insurance brokers in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia

Bingham Farms, Mi

Took on a variety of roles as a wealth management intern at Michigan Lifetime Financial Growth, a subsidiary of Guardian Life. Attained valuable client relations, asset management and analysis skills as well as a strong foundational understanding of life, disability and health insurance provision as a licensed producer in the state of Michigan. Tasks included online academic training assignments, developing a compliance-approved marketing plan for an advisor's disability insurance business, reviewing employee benefits packages at a variety of institutions and participating in firm wide product and sales training.

Dearborn, Mi

Worked as a part-time congressional fall intern for the district office of Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) while attending classes full time as a student. Office and community based tasks varied day-to-day, based on the needs of the 12th District and on current local and national events. Eventually transitioned over to the campaign side of the office, gaining valuable hands on experience in constituent outreach and developing a more wholesome understanding of the legislative, secretarial and campaign elements of a congressional office.

Rochester, Mi

Gained familiarity with the tech industry by briefly interning full-time for a Metro-Detroit based tech startup specializing in accounting software. Engaged in product implementation with customers and clients while fostering a deeper understanding of entrepreneurship, corporate structure and the private sector.

Greater New York City Area

Served the United States’ Department of State’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations under the newly appointed Ambassador and former Governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley and staff. Worked specifically in the UN’s Economic and Social Council which seeks to conduct analysis, agree on global norms, advance US economic and development policy and advocate collective solutions for the advancement of global sustainable development. Responsible for transcribing UN General Assembly speeches given by foreign leaders, assisting US diplomats and ambassadors in council session and was entrusted with full secret security clearance to review, analyze and annotate classified diplomatic documents.

Ann Arbor, Mi

Responsible for timely, safe and efficient delivery of products to customers throughout the Ann Arbor area. Gained a greater appreciation for punctuality.

Royal Oak, Mi

Prepared Mexican food for customers and gained experience with customer service.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Redwoods@Haas, Haas Technology Club, Haas AI & Data Science Club

Master Of Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, 3.91

Activities and Societies: Research Assistant: Assisted Dr. Robert Kraut in researching the potential applications of Natural Language.

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Intramural Sports Common Sense Action (Politics)

Bachelor’S Degree, International/Global Studies

Sub-plan in Political Economy and Development

High School