Riya Katial Email & Phone Number

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Ann Arbor Michigan

• GLOW(Girls Lead Our World). www.glowglobal.org. "History may not know us yet, but the future will."
• Founded and led GLOW, a global women's empowerment organization dedicated to providing marginalized women with trade skills to earn money and not be dependent on men.
• Coordinate with international remote teams including U.S. corporations and Indian NGOs, successfully raising more than $100,000 for various projects. Those funds were used to train and teach women skills that were used.
• Organize and manage numerous events and initiatives, including the annual Women's Empowerment Symposium and skill-building classes for women.
• Conceptualize, design, and oversee the development of programs and initiatives that align with GLOW's mission, focusing on women's empowerment, education, and skills development.
• Establish and maintain partnerships with corporations, NGOs, government agencies, and other stakeholders to expand GLOW's reach and impact.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• Assisting the Venture Capital firm partners in evaluating pitch decks for start-ups in Fintech and Health Tech Industries
• Helped prepare presentations for portfolio companies for investor pitches
• Marketing and Event management for start-ups and preparing marketing presentations for potential clients
• Worked on P2P networks, cross border, e-commerce payments, bioinformatics, blockchain, loyalty and lending technologies
• Visa, MasterCard, and Rupay issuing and acquiring institutions for vendor and partner selection
• Working on vendor selection and partnership management

• Contributed to the Global Commercial IT team's efforts during the company's transition into Kellanova & W.K Kellogg Co.
• Directly collaborated with the CEO, CIO, and CHRO on various efficiency-related projects.
• Orchestrated and led cross-functional alignment efforts across global teams to establish the Statement of Work (SOW) for the transition.
• Assisted in the development of a proof of concept and an AWS Facial Recognition initiative to support the company's future growth.
• Spearheaded research initiatives and presented ideas for improving the company's internal Accessibility Hub as part of the "better workday" promise.
• Managed a team in creating an automated system for current sales support and inquiries, reducing labor costs by leveraging Power Virtual Agents technology, thereby enhancing productivity and efficiency for both sales.

• Served as the Focal Leader for the Digital Technology Professional Development Committee and organized official GE events, including the End of Internship Pitchout, Resume Review Workshops, Networking with executives.
• Designed and implemented a workflow system to optimize mainframe application authorization and approval processes.
• Developed and led a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) for Mainframe applications to secure contracts with the US Department of Defense.
• Identified and resolved over 200 discrepancies in application user data, becoming the go-to team member for team and user issue resolution.
• Created a Digital Technology Intern Portal, allowing interns to log their hours and manage their work more easily.
• Achieved 3rd place in an intern-wide Hackathon competition with five other teams.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• In charge of organizing and filing confidential information and documents such as speaker W9 and PSA and company finances.
• Assisted in developing and organizing paperwork for clients and various advisory boards.
• Researched articles on various topics for proposals and background for papers.
• Attended weekly meetings and provided input and advice on various client and management topics.
• Created and sent follow up letters to advisory board speakers.

• Create a very successful marketing strategy to engage supporters.
• Canvased residential, workplaces and polls.
• Discussed with potential voters talking points, messaging, and branding for candidate and campaign.
• Worked with teams and attended meetings concerning campaign strategy and direction.
• Organized and participated in digital and in-person campaign work including fundraising and phone and text banking.

Helped canvas residential, workplaces and polls. Created customized masks used for volunteers and to fundraise campaign. Discussed with potential voters talking points, messaging, and branding for candidate and campaign. Sat in on meetingsconcerning campaign strategy and direction. Organized and participated in digital and online campaign work.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Authli is a startup software company that specializes in compliance in the fintech space. Worked with back office team to organize compliance reports and report on data analytics.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Coordinating with Start-ups and investment board. Organizing investment materials including, executive summaries, pitch decks, business plan and financial statements for review for analysis to the investment board.

Bachelor'S Degree, 3.91 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Graduating with a B.A. in Marketing with a minor in IT 3.91 GPA - Graduating with Honors Honors College Scholar.

Summer School, Business Administration And Management, General

High School Mba And Diploma

Middle School