Rupert Kay Email & Phone Number

Kay Entertainment Group is a leading immersive entertainment organization, bringing a personalized touch of magic to corporate and private events worldwide. To find out more, visit www.rupertkay.com

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Psychology 198: "Magic, The Art and Theory of Deception" is an official university-accredited class (2 units) sponsored by the Psychology Department and approved by the Academic Senate. Because of its popularity, it has a separate application process; historically, we have had waiting lists of over 200 students. The class has produced two Penn and Teller: Fool Us contestants on national television.As Head Instructor, I:•Instructed a high-demand course to over 100 students on… Show more Psychology 198: "Magic, The Art and Theory of Deception" is an official university-accredited class (2 units) sponsored by the Psychology Department and approved by the Academic Senate. Because of its popularity, it has a separate application process; historically, we have had waiting lists of over 200 students. The class has produced two Penn and Teller: Fool Us contestants on national television.As Head Instructor, I:•Instructed a high-demand course to over 100 students on psychology and the fundamentals of magic•Wrote the syllabus, graded weekly homeworks and readings, and facilitated the midterm and finals•Gave lectures and invited guest speakers, including professional magicians, covering topics from creativity to theatre to sleight-of-hand•Wrote and curated essays on the applicability of modern sociology and psychology theories in magic to supplement lectures•Initiated Office Hours opportunities for students to discuss the intersection of applied psychology principles and magic theory•Maintained a 91% passing rate vs the campus-wide average of 80%•Created a large university-sponsored library of magic resources Show less

University Of California, Berkeley

Working as a high-energy orientation leader and representative of New Student Services to:• Ease the transition for over 7000 incoming UC Berkeley students through 18 student orientations held during June and July• Provide information about various campus resources and opportunities to students, • Create interpersonal connections with students, adults, and guests of the university, • Mediate inclusion in the program through knowledge of diversity, socioeconomic status, and… Show more Working as a high-energy orientation leader and representative of New Student Services to:• Ease the transition for over 7000 incoming UC Berkeley students through 18 student orientations held during June and July• Provide information about various campus resources and opportunities to students, • Create interpersonal connections with students, adults, and guests of the university, • Mediate inclusion in the program through knowledge of diversity, socioeconomic status, and special population college students. Show less

Greater Vancouver Area

KPMG LLP has offices in 35 locations across the country comprising about 686 partners and more than 5,749 employees. KPMG's IT Advisory Service Line (in Management Consulting) has been recognized by the independent ALM Intelligence assessment for a number of awards, including #1 in IT Applications & Software Consulting for depth of IT consulting services.During my internship, I-Worked on a multi-year, multi-million dollar tech consulting project for a large publicly-listed mining… Show more KPMG LLP has offices in 35 locations across the country comprising about 686 partners and more than 5,749 employees. KPMG's IT Advisory Service Line (in Management Consulting) has been recognized by the independent ALM Intelligence assessment for a number of awards, including #1 in IT Applications & Software Consulting for depth of IT consulting services.During my internship, I-Worked on a multi-year, multi-million dollar tech consulting project for a large publicly-listed mining conglomerate-Fully revamped the previously manual review-and-tagging system by automating the process through a custom script in R, implementing machine learning and fuzzy logic techniques to group data that are similar as well as match thousands of inputs to existing, similar-looking entries in the database -Reduced client verification time from 2 weeks to 2 hours (94.7% reduction)-Wrote a 20 page documentation on the fuzzy logic-Created a custom newsreader for all of KPMG Canada for looking at the national key accounts at a glance, by analyzing news and social media using RSS feeds; built into the platform industry trends and the ability to sort and save popular stories based on each user's individual preferences; provided the functionality of push notifications to one's phone-Presented to the Partner of Advisory, Director, and Management Consulting team on the web application and automation scripts I developed, and gave a well-received presentation on the impact of AI/ML on consulting-Developed comprehensive, tailored solutions in an 88 paged proposal for a potential Organizational Change Management project for the University of British Columbia (UBC)-Developed slides for a proposed gaming analytics project and assisted in documenting a multi-million dollar project implementation for UBC (HR and Finance ERP systems)-Wrote and performed Quality Assurance checks on SQL code for segregation of large amounts of structured data Show less

The Berkeley Investment Group (BIG) is the first and largest undergraduate investment club at UC Berkeley with a fund of $250,000 of AUM. We pursue a deep-value investing approach combining rigorous fundamental analysis with in-depth financial modelling, a method that has enabled us to regularly beat the S&P500 achieving a 32% return over the last fiscal year.As an intern, I was selected from a competitive pool of over 100 applicants and participated in a ten-week intensive training… Show more The Berkeley Investment Group (BIG) is the first and largest undergraduate investment club at UC Berkeley with a fund of $250,000 of AUM. We pursue a deep-value investing approach combining rigorous fundamental analysis with in-depth financial modelling, a method that has enabled us to regularly beat the S&P500 achieving a 32% return over the last fiscal year.As an intern, I was selected from a competitive pool of over 100 applicants and participated in a ten-week intensive training program covering financial accounting and modeling, capital allocation, market analysis, investment thesis formation and fundamental analysis techniques such as DCF Modeling, Comparable Analysis, YoY Rev & EPS growth. I looked extensively at the financial statements of companies and then used excel to value the company by projecting a 5-year earnings period. Furthermore, I researched and prepared deliverables, slide decks/presentation, and pitches for BIG officers. Show less

As an intern at OverInteractive Media, a boutique tech-based company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, I was involved in risk analysis. I co-wrote a 100-paged draft on visualizing risk and risk algorithms, and worked on projects that involved the use of programming languages like R and SQL. I was able to sharpen my organizational skills and problem solving abilities while thinking critically on these projects commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Dragons Den.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering And Operations Research

Activities and Societies: Cal Alumni Association Leadership Award (Winner) Berkeley Investment Group

Leadership Training

Activities and Societies: Professional Development Activities Only First-Year selected to attend the LeaderShape Institute, an intensive.

Dogwood Diploma Certificate Of Graduation, Honours With Distinction

Corporate Valuation, Finance, Business, Banking

Completed a selective Summer Program "Corporate Valuation" at Columbia University

Science, Engineering, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Leadership Innovation, Mathematics

Was selected to participate in the Shad Valley Summer Enrichment Program at Dalhousie. Shad Valley is a leadership summer program.