Projects
Lake Park Golf App
Turned a competitive hobby into a full-stack web app. So far, logged over 4,000 holes from 50+ active users! Hosted tournament sponsored by Northwestern Mutual.
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Univise - Pitch Comp
Course discovery chatbot tool. Won 'Best Pitch $1,000' at Transcend Pitch Competition and launched to 600+ users at UW-Madison.
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Summer Volleyball Camps
Designed custom t-shirts & volleyballs, recruited 82 participants, and hired 4 coaches. Five successful week-long camps at Bradford Beach, MKE, WI.
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Aerial Photography
During my 2020 year in Denver, I enjoyed capturing shots of developing suburbs and construction sites using drones and cessna aircraft.
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Comida Andes
During my semester in Peru, fundraised and kickstarted local chef Johan's online presence.
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EDEM Valencia, Spain
Participated in a 2-week entrepreneurial pitch competition completely immersed in Spanish language.
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Sales Development Rep
Wisq | Oct 2024 - Present
Building predictable demand gen strategies for the world's first AI HR Generalist.
AI Engineer
SmartBenAI | June 2024 - Oct 2024
Led development efforts for building an FSA claim automation tool. Set up infrastructure to securely handle PHI, strung together AI technologies (vision models, fine-tuned BERT model for text classification, proprietary data synthesis), and led team to build frontend prototype for pilot partner. Venture shut down in Nov 2024.
Data Scientist
Tidal Financial Group | June 2024 - Sept 2024
Built automated due diligence questionaire bot augmented on historical company data. Deployed IT-related projects to AWS Lambda/Linux. Snowflake data lake integrity with SQL queries.
Go-to-Market Strategist
Cylerity Corp. | Jan 2024 - June 2024
Customer discovery interviews in the healthcare claims submission space. Performing technology commercialization evaluation and go-to-market strategy on new innovation.
AI Engineer
Feehive.io | Jan 2024 - May 2024
Leveraging generative AI to explore solutions in the legal budgeting and administrative operations space. API endpoints, ETL framework, data synthesis with Claude Haiku. Built full-stack MVP web application with recommendation engine powered by Cohere Rerank 3
Founder, AI Engineer
Univise.org | Aug 2023 - Present
Built academic advisor tool for UW-Madison undergraduates using LLMs and Retrieval Augmented Generation. Led full-stack web development for product MVP, technology commericalization evaluation, go-to-market strategy, and promotion efforts.
Marketing, Sales, Analytics
X-Centric IT Solutions | Summer 2023
Explored SEO methods like guest blogging, content creation, and more. Competitor SEO analysis using Regex, Pandas, and Visualization packages in Python. Sales development representative for Cybersecurity services.
Frontend Web Development
RIA Advisory | Summer 2023
Learned Angular web development framework, used git, specialized in AG-Grid JavaScript concepts. Integrated AG-Grid tables and functionality onto customer-facing Data Integration and Migration Hub.
Brand Development
Invision Social Marketing | June - Dec 2022
Influencer acquisition campaign. Gathered and edited content for multiple brands, designed mockups, and negotiated with manufacturers.
Market Research, Data Analysis
Renaissant Inc. | June - August 2022
Performed market research through polling relevant industry professionals. Wrote user manual for R2 platform. Simulated test data and graphical analyses using R and Excel.
Host and Barback
Settle Down Tavern | Mar - July 2022
Learned the importance of positive first impressions on customers. Practiced prioritization and improvisation skills to adapt to changing restaurant conditions.
Busser and Barback
The Old Fashioned | Mar - July 2022
Attended to customers needs while keeping the restaurant clean. Increased overall restaurant efficiency through delegating appropriate tasks to coworkers.
Volunteer, Travel (Peru + Ecuador)
ARCC Programs | Fall 2021
Traveled to Puno, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lima in Peru; La Paz, the Amazon jungle, and the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Hiked portion of the Incan trail, explored capital cities, performed service work (home restoration, youth education), and was immersed in local language and culture.
Founder and Head Coach
Bradford Beach Volleyball Club | Summers 2020, 2021
Led all marketing efforts via email, text campaigns, and cold-calling to recruit 80+ participants. Created website, online payment system, custom t-shirts and volleyballs for each participant. Managed a team of 5 employees/coaches throughout 9 camps over 4 weeks.
Business Administration Student
University of Denver | Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Living and Learning Community.
Drone Construction Documentation
Rocky Mountain Photography | Sep 2020 - Jan 2021
Moved SEO ranking into the top 3 for relevant keywords by creating backlinks and blog posts. Generated 4 new revenue streams through construction documentation in the Denver area. Captured, edited, and produced 21 construction site videos leveraging drones to showcase developments.
High School Education
Marquette University High School | Fall 2016 - Spring 2020
First honors all eight semesters. 2-time Kairos retreat leader. Active member of Jesuit Honor Society, tutoring students weekly. Weekly volunteering for after-school program at Highland Community School in Milwaukee.
Founder and Tutor
ACT Tutoring Business | Jan 2020 - Sep 2020
Improved 23 paid clients testing results an average of 3 points.