Experience

Technical Product Manager @ Validity.id

Chicago, IL

May 2024 - Present

• Validity.id is a digital credential service leveraging blockchain to verify degrees.
• Fundraised $500k seed round from Maven Ventures.
• Wrote smart contracts in solidity to batch upload student credentials for clients Duke and Rice University.
• Solicited and sold product to prospective universities.

Business Development Intern @ Founder's Table

New York, NY

Jul 2023 - Sep 2023

• Beta tested and worked alongside the software engineering team to develop new generation software to upload quality control checks automatically.
• Learned the entire business model ranging from operations, supply chain management to accounting.
• Interacted with suppliers to manage contracts to combat inflation and its impact on COGS.

Quantitative Analyst Intern @ Kiski Financial Group

New York, NY

Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

• Responsible for the creation and development of financial reports (Correlation matrices, portfolio dispersions, etc)
• Interacted with company databases using SQL to utilize PowerBI and Tableau tooling.
• Designed and built software using React.js and PowerBI to create a new generation client view.

Software Engineer Intern @ Duke Office of Information and Technology

May 2022 - Jul 2022

• Developed and deployed Duke FixIt, interactive web application which allows staff and students to conveniently report issues in their dorm, classroom, etc.
• Interfaced with Facilities Management to create a system which seamlessly integrated with their existing systems and workflows.
• Utilized Ruby on Rails (Backend), React.js (Frontend), Docker, and Kubernetes.