work journey

Journey thus far: systems automation & biz ops → growth → club founder + newsletter writer + community builder + salesman → blockchain consultant → salesman → scrappy startup guy → counselor → growth. Omw to becoming a sales / growth / distribution demon 😈

Experiences

Turpentine Network | Growth (Sep ‘24)

Built a sales engine from scratch (outreach, organic, & referrals).

Camp Chippewa | Counselor (Jun ‘24 - Aug ‘24)

Spent the summer at a 10-week outdoors camp with 8-17 yr old campers.

Julian Shapiro | Growth / Ops (Feb ‘24 - May ‘24)

Ran outreach, referral, & SEO growth projects for DeepChecks.vc & VCSheet.com. Also some ops.

Matter | Content + Curation (Feb ‘24 -May ‘24)

Wrote drip campaigns + systematized link curation + ran their newsletter.

College | Various Projects (Aug ‘22 - May ‘24)

Hosted jam sessions for curious ppl + retreats for founders.

Wrote a wellness + an interesting links newsletter.

Third Wall | Cold Email Sales (June ‘23 - Oct ‘23)

Ran many parallel cold email campaigns + learned about building a content engine.

Illini Blockchain | Co-Founder (Oct ‘22 - May ‘24)

Built the coolest tech club on campus. You learn a lot when you go really deep.

Deloitte BDA | Advisory Intern (May ‘23 - Aug ‘23)

Created risk tools for crypto companies

Cyber Patterns | Cold DM Sales (2023)

Closed > $10k of deals through cold Twitter DMs.

Burst | Growth (2022)

Tested lots of organic content strategies at pre-seed consumer crypto startup.

Theresa Clancy Law | Tech / Growth Intern (2021)

Built no-code tech for internal ops.

Education

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Industrial Engineering (Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering)

  • Graduated in May 2024 (3.82 GPA)

What I learn about:

1st year: basics of science (physics, math, CAD, circuits)

2nd year: basics of engineering (mechanics, materials, math)

3rd year: core IE classes (optimizing systems using high-level math, algorithms, & code)

4th year: senior design projects & economics track option (working with companies, financial engineering)