AV

Experience

Where I've built, shipped, and showed up.

A mix of deal work, operating roles, and hands-on initiatives across finance, consulting, community, and the field.

Professional

Roles where I worked inside high-intensity environments, supporting real decisions with data, modeling, and operator context.

Finance · Internship

Goldman Sachs — Operations / Markets

New York, NY

  • • Automated recurring ops reports under tight SLAs.
  • • Analyzed trade-flow patterns to flag anomalies early.
  • • Worked across teams to debug and resolve data breaks.

Early exposure to high-volume systems and failure modes.

Turnaround · Consulting

Alvarez & Marsal — Performance Improvement

Various clients

  • • Built cost and cash-flow models for distressed assets.
  • • Tied operational KPIs to levers teams could actually pull.
  • • Helped prioritize actions under tight time and liquidity constraints.

Learned to make decisions with imperfect, noisy data.

Deals · Product

PwC — Senior Associate, Deals Transformation

New York, NY

  • • Modeled standalone, synergy, and carve-out scenarios for PE deals.
  • • Co-designed internal tools like a Deal Scenario Analysis Hub.
  • • Sat between partners, operators, and data teams to shape requirements.

Where strategy, product thinking, and deployment really converged.

Entrepreneurial

Things I started or helped build from scratch — setting direction, doing the unglamorous work, and iterating with real people.

Public Speaking · Community

Manhattan Orators — Co-Founder, VP of Finance, Speaker

New York, NY · Oct 2023 – Present

  • • Co-founded a monthly, membership-based public speaking club for professionals.
  • • Designed pricing and membership structure and managed finances.
  • • Facilitated sessions and spoke regularly to keep standards high.

Disaster Relief · Operations

El Comedor — Founder & Manager

Playa del Carmen, MX · Apr 2020 – Aug 2021

  • • Tackled food insecurity after tourism collapsed during COVID-19.
  • • Built a small operating team: hired 2 chefs and 2 distribution staff.
  • • Ran the operation at a deficit using fundraising and donations.
  • • Distributed over 7,500+ meals to families in need.

Volunteer

Work where the main output wasn't a slide or model, but showing up consistently for people and communities.

Sustainability · Field Work

WWOOF Italia — Farm Hand & Chef

Padua, Italy · Jun 2017 – Aug 2017

  • • Worked at Biofattoria Coltivimoci, an organic farm.
  • • Helped build a greenhouse and manage an apiary.
  • • Planted, harvested, and cooked with a variety of fruits and vegetables.

Education · Mentoring

Fenway Academic Mentoring (FAM) — Mentor

Boston, MA

  • • Mentored students from an under-resourced high school after class.
  • • Helped with homework and study habits across multiple subjects.
  • • Served as a consistent role model and sounding board.

Educational · Research

Work that sat closer to the academic side but still plugged into real systems and constraints.

Research · Sustainability

Chemistry Lab Research — Methane to Methanol Catalysis

Northeastern University

  • • Assisted in developing catalysts to convert methane into methanol.
  • • Worked hands-on in a lab environment with careful process discipline.
  • • Connected chemistry and engineering work to greenhouse gas reduction goals.