I'm a citizen of the world searching to satisfy my wanderlust while working out of my New York City apartment. I'm a problem solver, strategic thinker, and innovator passionate about the intersection of business strategy and technology, specifically in emerging technologies and driving innovation in rapidly evolving fields. With a background in financial services, at my core, I thrive on solving complex problems and am passionate about creating positive impacts on society.
I believe in design thinking, agile and lean startup methodologies, and creating user-centric products through user research and testing and iterative development.
Alma Mater: Duke University
Degree: B.S. in Computer Science, Economics
Next Journey: Postponed indefinitely
Hobbies: Cooking, lifting, dance (ballet, hiphop)
Pets: Yuki the Pomeranian
Reading: The Power Broker, Robert Caro
Drink of Choice: Pour over coffee (black)
Favorite Games: Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, StarCraft II, Pokemon
Visualize. Outline the strategic opportunity. Identify problems and solutions. Ask questions. Brainstorm. Organize thoughts.
Understand the problem, empathize with the person. Explore the competitive landscape. Define design goals and user requirements. Set target metrics.
Empower different stakeholders. Bring them into the process. Eliminate inefficiencies. Get input and work cross-functionally. Harness synergies and work in alignment.
Combine effective interfaces, smart interactions, and consistent visual language into a captivating design that resonates with the target audience.
Map design to code. Smooth constraints. Solve edge cases. Move that button 2 pixels to the left. Fill the gap between functional and delightful.
Test prototypes with real people against actual problems. Combine insights with intuition and experience. Evaluate against target metrics. Iterate and improve in pursuit of the ultimate user experience.
Launched in 2017. The DWS Commodity Team ingests and stores large quantities of macroeconomic, market, and financial data related to the signals, indicators, and various data actuals to make tactical investment decisions in global commodity markets.
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Launched in 2016. The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is Duke University's premiere digital and print publication fostering the rigorous investigation of historiographical representations of European and western Asian cultural forms from late antiquity to the seventeenth century. The journal is published triannually, and manuscript submissions are collected year-round.
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation is a non-profit organization that creates opportunities for students and teachers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. The focus of this solution was to develop a centralized user management and analytics platform to more effectively utilize and distribute the CHCPSF's volunteer and financial resources.
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