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
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)