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Ann Arbor, Michigan

Greater Boston

-Managed firm priorities via staff scheduling & daily task assignment. Communicated project progress updates to relevant stakeholders.-Administered practice management systems, including maintaining CRM database, customer invoicing & payment records, and client file management.-Assisted with legal research, document drafting, and special client projects as needed.

Greater Boston Area

-Developed and managed ERP using relational database software (QuickBase) to facilitate business operations from initial product design to order fulfillment.-Administered Calyx’s e-commerce store, including product variant configurations, pricing tables, and shipping calculators. Managed technical teams working on frontend development to launch new product categories and improve site UX/UI.-Implemented and maintained CRM solution to manage leads and deal flow. Assisted in creating a standardized data model for sales operations and managed inbound & outbound marketing sequences.-Designed business intelligence dashboards to track department KPIs and performed ad hoc data analysis to support decision-making.-Created freight and shipping logistics models to rapidly assess shipping costs, order dimensions, and pallet counts.

Bridgewater, Ma

- Provided treatment advice and dispensed medical cannabis to qualifying patients while maintaining compliance with Department of Public Health rules and regulations (105 CMR 725.000).- Developed and managed inventory dashboards for product and packaging materials, maintained correspondence with suppliers, and coordinated packaging needs between departments.

Boston, Ma

- Performed policy and financial analysis for 4Front clients in order to inform market expansion strategies vis-à-vis program regulations and local zoning bylaws.- Maintained market research databases in order to track the growth of legal marijuana markets across the country and identify potential business opportunities.- Published a daily newsletter containing 50 stories concerning developments throughout the nascent legal marijuana industry. Automated the newsletter creation process using Python and Google Apps API integration to reduce man-hour requirements by over 50 percent.

Cambridge, Ma

- Developed system dynamics model for supply and demand evolution of iron, copper, and aluminum in India based on macroeconomic drivers, technological innovation, substitution effects, and government policy to assist decision-makers with sustainable resource management.- Constructed cost model for manufacturing and deployment of high temperature superconductor- and carbon nanotube-based power transmission lines to inform research into substitution behaviors.- Explored waste supply chain synergies for an industrial cluster in India in order to identify opportunities to create value-added products and mitigate waste generation.

London, Uk & Gurgaon, India

-Constructed commodities demand forecasts for India’s construction sector based on building materials intensity data sets and a floor space per capita macroeconomic model.-Modeled copper and aluminum substitution effects in application areas spanning power utilities, automotive, and construction sectors to inform annual commodity forecast.-Developed weighted supply curve model of global copper mine expansion using semiquantitative analysis of regulatory risk, technological feasibility, and stakeholder support.

Ann Arbor, Mi

-Assisted in setting up and conducting mercury isotope fractionation experiments.-Prepared low-concentration mercury samples for analysis via mass spectrometry.-Assisted in operation and maintenance of laboratory instruments and equipment.

Ann Arbor, Mi

-Developed a freshman year seminar on renewable energy and energy-critical materials.-Lead class discussions on energy technologies, raw materials extraction, and potential materials supply constraints underlying renewable energy systems.

Ann Arbor

-Oversaw staff of 20 writers from idea conception to article formulation & publication.-Implemented individual feedback system to improve article quality and foster camaraderie between editors & staff.-Produced a 12-page issue every three weeks for 10 months with a circulation of 8000.

Ann Arbor, Mi

-Conducted policy research for state-level clean air and energy campaigns.-Assisted in media engagement for environmental campaigns.-Attended coalition meetings with legislators at the state capitol.

Master Of Science (Ms), Technology And Policy Program, 5.0/5.0

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Geology & Environmental Policy, 3.98/4.0

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Every Three Weekly