Versatile international consultant in search of the hardest problems. 

• 7 yrs running an independent international consultancy
• Harvard MBA and BCG-trained management consultant
• Past clients – Fortune 50, startup CEOs, governments, IGOs, non-profits, academia, individuals
• Sectors – Tech, Finance, Retail, Arts, Defense, Logistics, Metals & Mining, Higher Education, International Development
• Strengths – Strategic planning, organizational design, hot spot issue identification and diagnosis, operational process improvement, culture development, change management, quantitative and qualitative research, modeling, risk management, identification of binding constraints, sustainable design, edge case exploration, relationship development, coaching
• Style – Highly innovative, creative, cross-pollinating and ‘gap-filling’ leader. Seamlessly move between strategy and detail. Integrate across functions and orgs. Change instigator. Holistically help people and orgs thrive.

Currently an Affiliated Research Scientist at University of Delaware

Trained physicist (Caltech BS), business analyst (Harvard MBA), economist (LSE MSc)

Professional research experience: 

• Sustainable industrial ecology – Published peer-reviewed articles on sustainable production of nickel, cobalt, copper, manganese using deep-sea polymetallic nodules.
• Economics – As BCG consultant, developed $1B economic development plan for Puerto Rico government. At LSE, quantified impact of 2015 de-corruption of Argentina’s statistics institution on social welfare. For polymetallic nodule project, analyzed potential impacts of nodule collection on industry players and country economies.
• Business strategy, marketing research – At BCG and independently, conducted numerous applied quantitative and qualitative research projects to characterize industrial dynamics and drive strategic decisions.
• Applied network engineering – At Northrop Grumman / UCLA, designed self-forming radio-satellite infrastructureless internet topologies deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. At TruePoint Systems, co-invented an inventory locating system that triangulates chirping ZigBee devices using custom-designed phased-array antennae and beamforming algorithms in software acting on i and q digital samples in real time.
• Physics – At Caltech, identified quasars using the DPOSS II Sky Survey and taught an applied optics lab. At Argonne National Laboratory, modeled evolution of Type II superconductor vortices.

Deep-tech and systems engineering leader (complex software systems with substantial hardware, networking, real-time components) and startup cofounder

9 years of professional engineering experience as a systems engineer, entrepreneur, and programmer:

• Technology startup cofounder ($2M funded) – Co-invented a real-time locating system for logistical tracking inside a warehouse, co-leading team of 12. Repurposed expensive phased array concept from defense by relaxing accuracy requirements and replicating several hardware functions in software.
• Systems engineer for large defense contractor – Managed systems design, architecture, requirements, prototyping for $100M+ hardware/software defense systems: battlefield internet, high-energy chemical laser weapon, next-generation GPS, low observables aircraft.
• Server software programmer for derivatives trading – Wrote reliability-critical C++ algorithms to manage order routing and exchange states, connecting brokers to top derivatives exchanges worldwide.
• Sample tools – C++, python (including some ML), ZigBee, TCP/IP, ad hoc networking, Assembly, Matlab, DOORS, WordPress
• Sample proficiencies – System architecture design, DODAF, requirements management, use-case-driven human-centric design, product management, real-time algorithms with complex race conditions, system modeling, system testing, requirements verification, service-oriented architecture design, safety-critical systems design

Working at the intersection of innovation, policy, science & tech.

Past projects for municipal and federal governments and IGOs:

• Buenos Aires – Co-led public/private team with the government of Buenos Aires to develop strategy for innovation ecosystem park, repurposing Buenos Aires’ Tiro Federal lands into an engine of economic growth for the country.
• World Bank – Designed training & support strategy including robust resource planning tool for World Bank Group’s Ethics & Business Conduct to improve effectiveness in supporting remote country offices
• Sacramento – Designed prototype bond program to generate funding for Sacramento school energy retrofit projects using pooled and public funds
• Saudi Arabia – Designed unemployment support program for Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labor; oversaw development of supporting tech products (with BCG)
• Puerto Rico – Designed $1B economic development plan to help Puerto Rico’s government leverage its special tax status to attract companies and investment (with BCG)

Avid volunteer involved in multiple communities:  

• Organizer for Harvard Community Partners non-profit pro-bono consultancy
• Co-Founder and Co-Head of Caltech Alumni Network in London
• LSE student-faculty committee lead elected representative for MSc Econ programs
• Volunteer for EuroRelief (Syrian refugee camp in Lesvos) and mission trips
• Pro-bono consultant, advisor, non-profit board member

Strong proponent of work-life balance & value alignment who invests energy in:

• Career coaching
• Mentorship, women’s circles
• Mindfulness, holistic health
• Athletics, physical health