• Business co-founder for Mental Canvas, a university technology transfer start-up, based on technology developed in Yale's computer science department. • Developed strategy and investor pitch• Mental Canvas was selected for the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute's (YEI) Summer Fellowship and for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps). • Mental Canvas was co-winner for the YEI Summer Fellowship Demo Day Prize, and won the audience favorite award at the Yale Entrepreneurship Conference 2012.

• Won and implemented PR and marketing projects for financial and corporate clients in Asia, focusing on financial communications and thought leadership promotion, new market entry and crisis management• Served broad portfolio, including financial services, clean technology investment, management consulting, F&B, design and government organizations.

• Conducted program evaluation, statistical analysis and fund development for non-profits and public sector• Developed competitive proposals, including collecting and analyzing statistical data, and running surveys, interviews and focus groups to support budgets and plans• Planned and oversaw statewide HIV/AIDS needs assessment, coordinating over 60 agencies, to develop report and recommendations to guide Connecticut’s HIV/AIDS fund allocation