PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2018 - Present
CEO & CO-FOUNDER, ENLIGHT INSTITUTE
NEW YORK
Data-driven skill development for the renewable energy industry through vocational trainings, job placements & skill assessments.
2015 - 2019
CO-FOUNDER, VILLAGE ENERGY
KAMPALA
Last-mile solar distribution in rural Uganda, with a focus on productive use of energy: custom solar installations for SMEs, agriculture, and community institutes.
2010 - 2015
ACCOUNT / AGENCY STRATEGIST, GOOGLE
SAN FRANCISCO
Individual support for over 1000 businesses and 30+ agencies on their AdWords and digital marketing. Managed a book of close to $90M in annual spend, and successfully piloted / launched a integrated customer service support model for agencies with SMB clients that has now been scaled globally.
2011 - 2014
SR TEAM MEMBER, GOOGLE ONLINE MARKETING CHALLENGE
SAN FRANCISCO
Co-ran global academic competition with >10,000 university students/professors to learn marketing skills through setting up a real-life AdWords campaign.
2009 - 2010
CORPS MEMBER, CITY YEAR
NEW YORK
Served in a Queens public school to plan and run class lessons, after-school programs, community events, and 1:1 tutoring.
2009
SUMMER FELLOW, NEW SECTOR ALLIANCE
BOSTON
Led a data analytics project with Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a development think tank founded by Michael Porter, to identify factors affecting inner city construction employment.
2008
CONSULTANT, WOKAI MICROFINANCE
BEIJING
Developed marketing/branding strategy for Wokai, a startup which was piloting a crowdsourced microfinance model in China.
2007
CONSULTANT, GRAMA VIDIYAL MICROFINANCE BANK
TAMIL NADU, INDIA
Conducted time-motion study and process mapping to pinpoint loan disbursement process inefficiencies at various branch locations at India’s 11th largest microfinance bank as of 2014.
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
2005 - 2009
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
B.A., Economics & Political Science, Magna Cum Laude
Minor: International Relations
2005 - 2009
EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR, UNDERGRADUATE ASSEMBLY
Elected in school-wide elections to represent students to the administration and work on issues relevant to undergraduates.
2006 - 2008
PROJECT SCOPING CO-DIRECTOR, PENN INTERNATIONAL IMPACT CONSULTING
Oversaw the project selection of partner NGOs and logistical planning for 8 summer consulting trips totaling 40+ undergraduates.