Product strategy, vision, design, development, management, and go-to-market

• Lead product management: designed, developed, and releasing 5 distinct applications and several add-on capabilities, such as low/no-code dashboard studio, real-time alerting, internal reporting, integration with regulators, API tools, advanced analytics using BigQuery ML and Gemini AI, and more features to be announced

• Lead consumer-facing product development: contributing well-over 100k lines in SQL, Python, and modeling languages to expedite development of applications

• Lead go-to-market strategy: developed overall GTM strategy and pricing models, leading demos and managing relationships with key customers, supporting fundraising and sales efforts to secure majority of funding and revenue to date

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• Pre-seed mobility: preparing new airline concept for seed raise

• Seed mobility: analyzed and redeveloped business operations processes and strategies to enable scale

• Seed marketplace: guided $3MM Series A raise by crafting go-to-market strategy and growth plans

• Series A consumer goods: developed tools and guidance for inventory management strategy

• Series A mobility: assisted in transition from B2C to B2B model to focus on new autonomous flight products

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Space vehicle manufacturing (pilot converted, not public)

• Overhauled material planning processes by implementing tools to automate data collection, improve submission quality and reliability, and identify sources of loss

• Developed tools and processes to support assembly, test, and launch of the next wave of small (T1TL) satellites

Smart cities administration (pilot converted, public)

• Designed applications to allow users to view performance of smart buildings and wastewater treatment plants, forecasts, issue tracking and more from a national down to individual location; applications would automate and optimize operations using IoT and edge

• Created workflows and algorithms to buy and store or use energy at optimal times

• Reduced energy costs at real-world wastewater treatment plant by over 20%

Consumer goods production (pilot converted, not public)

• Developed applications to improve inventory forecasts, eliminating unnecessary or duplicative orders, thereby reducing holding costs and waste by over $100k in the just the first few months

• Overhauled global refueling strategy and processes to minimize misuse and deadheading, reducing consumption by over 30% in Via's two largest markets, while improving productivity (revenue) by 10% through creative solutions to address reliability and labor

• Launched and expanded several of Via’s largest deployments with a variety of responsibilities, including leading EV strategy and charging infrastructure development, as well as onboarding, training, and managing drivers in both English and Spanish

• Intervened in struggling markets, quadrupling ridership in second-largest market by improving vehicle operations and product capabilities

• Reduced paratransit supply planning from 4 FTE over 3 days to 1 FTE in 30 minutes by creating more robust, reliable, and scalable processes and with Google App Script (JavaScript), enabling unit economics for smaller deployments

• Defined metrics, developed dashboards, and created first reporting suite for driver and rider support center performance using SQL and Tableau, significantly reducing costs, increasing scalability, and improving transparency both internally and externally

Business operations lead / strategic advisor

• Hired during Series A raise to create an air taxi network as a consumer service to monetize autonomous flight technology 

• Grew from 10 to over 70 employees through 2 capital raises and established only revenue-generating service line

• Designed, built, launched and operated helicopter charter airline in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2018 and 2019

• Scouted potential markets, selected Los Angeles for public launch, and helped move entire company from San Francisco

• Determined addressable market, target demographics and locations; identified and engaged clients, vendors, and officials

• Flew over 1,000 passengers during the summer of 2019 while maintaining an NPS average over 90

• Created data tools and analytics capabilities from scratch; determined KPIs and OKRs, built tracking tools and dashboards, set up databases and implemented data collection tools, and trained company on applications

Flight operations lead

• Oversaw Skyryse’ flight department; coordinated maintenance and upgrades, managed pilots, generated schedules, planned and optimized routes, and prepared the organization for FAA certification to run charter operations

• Acquired and operated 4 aircraft, hired and managed 5 pilots, and flew up to 40 flights per day 

Product manager and developer

• Managed pilot app and flight management software; developed concepts and requirements, oversaw designers and engineers, and tested the products when integrated with the organization's backend

• Developed scheduling tools, routing algorithms, and performance dashboards (SQL, VBA, Python, G Suite)

Deloitte engagements are detailed above. Below is a set of highlights used on resumes and summaries.  

Manufacturing transformation in aerospace

• Developed analytical toolkit to track manufacturing progress and identify issues impacting schedule adherence

• Built relationships with mechanics and supervisors to determine and understand production challenges

• Reduced production costs for premier multi-role fighter jet by 15% while increasing manufacturing rate by 25%

• Reduced production costs for popular tactical airlifter by 10% while maintaining manufacturing rate

Sales strategy transformation in high-tech

• Reduced sales operating costs by $20MM in current year and $50MM in long-term by restructuring organization with analytically-driven, standardized sales coverage models, customer segmentation, and partner and geographic optimization

• Designed streamlined, global XaaS sales organization from the ground-up using identified savings

Supply chain strategy transformation in food

• Reduced distribution costs by $100MM by transitioning from direct-to-store to warehouse-based distribution model

• Forecasted and tracked the transition’s impact to customer’s sales volume, providing insight into the market’s response

• Assisted and managed relationships with customers during distribution network transition

Internal initiatives and community leadership

• Led Georgia Tech undergraduate recruiting and successfully lobbied for more full-time and intern offers for GT students; implemented new candidate tracking tools and spearheading new diversity and inclusion initiatives 

• Developed forecasting models for mobile app to predict clients’ propensity to divest assets and the associated costs 

• Advised pro bono strategic partner evaluation and developed growth strategy for non-profit child services provider 

• Received Deloitte’s full-tuition scholarship to attend business school (“GSAP”) 

Business strategy & analytics co-op

• Packaging Innovation (senior capstone, spring 2015)

• SKU Rationalization (full-time internship, spring 2014)

• Pricing Strategy (full-time internship, summer 2013)

• Revenue and Performance Management (full-time internship, fall 2012) 

Listed derivatives (options and futures) trading desk

• Reduced trade-break reporting from three analysts to one by developing tool to consolidate reports and communications

• Booked, modified, authorized and cancelled listed options trades while meeting strict regulatory timelines

• Collaborated with teams across the US and Europe to improve derivatives and futures client experience 

Undergraduate teaching assistant

• CS2316: Data Manipulation for Science and Industry (Python, SQL) 

Camp counselor

• Led cabin of seven boys entering high school to learn about friendship, leadership, confidence, and family values 

Research assistant

• Cytogenetic Medicine 

Undergraduate

• BS Industrial Engineering (focus on Economic & Financial Systems) 

• Highest honors (summa cum laude), honors program, BP scholar, co-op program, study abroad (France)