Work Experience

Operations Analyst, Private Equity and Credit (BDC Team)
Golub Capital — May 2024 – Aug. 2024
New York, NY

Automated portfolio analysis tasks and dashboards with Python, saving 70+ hours per quarter; built spread duration models in Excel to measure SOFR impacts.

Associate Researcher and MBA Teaching Assistant
NYU Stern College of Business — March 2024 – Present
New York, NY | Abu Dhabi, AE

MBA teaching assistant for Global Strategy; conducted 30+ interviews with regional leaders to build course cases.

Data Analytics and Strategy, Dealership and Client Accounts
Rolls‑Royce & BMW North America (Financial Services) — Jan. 2024 – March 2024
Woodcliff Lake, NJ

Internal consultant building tools and models; built three ETL pipelines with Python/SQL to process 10k+ line datasets.

Growth / GTM
Valicit — Jan. 2023 – Jan. 2024
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Account manager supporting ticketing and UX; supported events on Yas Island and DXB, contributing to ~10M AED in sales/resale.

Venture Analyst
7BC Venture Capital (Rubicon Ventures) — Dec. 2021 – Jan. 2024
San Francisco, CA | Abu Dhabi, AE | Riyadh, KSA

Evaluated 50+ early-stage firms, managed founder relationships and CRM, and supported buildout of a $250M GCC fund (PPM and ops).

Co‑Founder, Head of Sales & GTM
AutoCompanion — Sep. 2020 – Aug. 2021
Washington, D.C.

Built CRM, defined go‑to‑market and pricing, negotiated with JD Power, and scaled the startup to ~$1.2M ARR.

education
NYU Stern
MBA (or stated degree) — Graduation year
New York, NY

Concentration / relevant coursework can be listed here.

skills & interests

Product strategy · GTM · Financial modeling · Python · ML (time series) · Data pipelines · Diligence · Travel · Aviation

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