Education
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville — Haslam College of Business
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Major: Finance • Concentration: Economics and International Business
Cumulative GPA: 3.84 / 4.00
Dean's List: every semester completed — Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026
Volunteer Scholarship recipient
Project Experience
Independent Research
Bridge or Band-Aid? Private Market Liquidity Analysis
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- Authored a seven-page industry research paper examining liquidity risk across private equity and private credit, arguing that continuation funds, NAV loans, and private credit create a bifurcation between disciplined and over-levered firms.
- Extracted primary financial data, including payment-in-kind rates, from the SEC 10-Q filings of two business development companies as evidence of divergence in portfolio health.
- Synthesized research from seventeen sources including McKinsey, Bain, Fitch Ratings, and the Financial Stability Board to support a data-driven thesis on private market stress.
Leadership Experience
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Volunteer
- Assembled lunches for over 250 underprivileged children weekly, ensuring efficient food distribution that addressed community needs.
- Distributed school supplies to underprepared children, contributing to education equity and supporting local outreach initiatives serving over 300 children.
- Collaborated with peers to examine logistical challenges in food distribution efforts, implementing solutions that optimized deliveries and reduced waste, resulting in structured supply chain processes.
- Demonstrated leadership by coordinating volunteer efforts of 30 people during high-demand periods, resulting in productive aid for the community.
Work Experience
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Team Lead
- Led coworkers in training new employees, fostering a collaborative team environment, and improving onboarding processes for over a dozen employees, developing improved workplace abilities.
- Managed inventory systems of over $1,000 of inventory per day by analyzing data to optimize stock levels and reduce food waste, ensuring optimal efficiency in food production.
- Examined sales trends and customer preference data quarterly to inform inventory decisions, reducing shortages and improving product availability.
Academic Transcript
Cumulative GPA of 3.84 across 66 credit hours, with Dean's List recognition in all four completed semesters.
Technical Skills
- Demonstrated proficiency in Excel through a specialized course at the University of Tennessee, ensuring efficiency in work tasks.
- Engineered an AI-driven research workflow integrating Monte Carlo price simulation, comparable-company screening, and equity valuation.
- Developed AI tools to automate financial research, producing company dossiers, valuation models, and market analysis.