Experience

HotplateCompany Website San Francisco, CA(March 2025 - April 2025)

Collaborated on a >1,000,000-line TypeScript codebase with a team of 3 engineers, participating in regular planning sessions to allocate issues between team members and successfully plan and implement changes to the codebase. Collaborated with team members in Customer Service + Business Development to identify key product areas to improve.
Implemented the inclusion of service fees, a line item to be tracked for all future food orders as an option to be toggled on/off by chefs. Modified Prisma schema and handled database migration, and constructed frontend router to calculate, store, and display service fees alongside order information at checkout. Ensured that service fees were accurately displayed along with completed orders, order checkout, receipts, and summary financials.
Modified storefront page to allow for easier editing of displayed Links and FAQs. Implemented React components with draggable/droppable list functionality with collapsible form fields to allow chefs to seamlessly edit and reorder sections of their customer-facing storefront.
Modified customer order confirmation page to display a dynamic image carousel for each item included in a customer’s order, rendered conditionally based on the number of underlying images available for the specified order item.

Foqal San Francisco, CA (October 2023 - November 2023)

Implemented a new date selection form for scheduling, improving error handling to correct invalid dates upon keystroke and adding conditionally rendered preset buttons generated based on timezone/DateTime.
Enhanced user experience by creating a component to dynamically fetch and display ticket information from GraphQL queries + user selection of fields to display, utilizing React state to handle card updates.
Collaborated on a 50,000-line codebase with a team of 9 engineers, using Agile methodologies to allocate issues between team members, and successfully plan and implement changes to the codebase.

Soccer ProLeagues San Francisco, CA (February 2024 - April 2024)

Constructed RESTful API backend with Flask and SQLAlchemy to serve data stored in PostgreSQL that was collected by web-scraping popular sports news websites with BeautifulSoup4.
Built a responsive React front-end, utilizing complex state changes to provide user functionality to login and follow/unfollow teams and leagues, adding them to user-customized pages that can be securely accessed and modified by the user.
Constructed object-oriented database model structure with SQLAlchemy, enabling queries to return associated team, league, and user data and to modify join tables to implement user follows and unfollows.
Implemented user authentication and authorization on client-side and backend using JWTs to enable secure, personalized access for users with registered profiles.

Self Employed San Francisco, CA (January 2022 - July 2023)

Constructed robust financial models to analyze the impact of financing structure, hiring plan, management strategy, and company expenditures on company growth and capitalization.
Provided expertise on issues related to investor outreach, marketing, and business development.

Hims & Hers San Francisco, CA (July 2019 - September 2021)

Performed periodic analysis of product cross-selling and customer churn across the Company’s hair and skin product lines, accounting for over $90 million in company sales revenue in 2021.
Conducted data-driven analysis of new products and potential promotions, providing projections of future sales, customer growth, and long-term customer attrition.
Served as the finance team’s primary point of contact with various departments (Marketing, People Ops, HR) - conducted periodic planning and budgeting sessions to forecast departmental expenses and inform long-term strategic planning.
Collaborated on annual employee review process with HR and People Ops to aggregate and summarize employee reviews, maintaining secrecy and integrity with sensitive data.
Responsible for oversight of marketing expenses, accounting for over $100 million in annualized costs.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. San Francisco, CA (July 2016 - June 2019)

Sale of Icon Bioscience, Inc. to pSivida, Inc. for $130 million: Exclusive sell-side advisor to Icon Bioscience, Inc. (closed March 2018)
Lead analyst, collaborated extensively with the management team to construct a dynamic 3-statement operating model and forecast potential scenarios for future product reimbursement and sales.
Provided ad-hoc technical analysis to potential acquisition partners and coordinated with company management to structure and present requested information.
Private Placement of ViaCyte, Inc. for $81 million: Exclusive sell-side advisor to ViaCyte, Inc. (closed November 2018)
Lead analyst, constructed dynamic capitalization table to illustrate the impact of financing terms on overall capitalization structure and potential long-term shareholder payouts.
Analyzed the effect of financing structure on dynamically priced debt/equity including ESOP and convertible debt.
Constructed model template to illustrate ESOP split for private placements with multiple tranches.
Conducted in-depth technical and qualitative research on companies in various healthcare subsectors,including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, specialty pharmaceuticals, and diagnostics.

Education

Rithm School, San Francisco, CA - (August 2023 - December 2023)

Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO - (August 2012 - June 2016)