The Journey
Trajectory
From AI-powered insurance systems to M&A due diligence. A path built on technical depth, financial acumen, and entrepreneurial execution.
Experience
Professional Journey
Business Operations & Revenue Optimization Intern
Zendesk
Incoming intern focused on business operations and revenue optimization. Working cross-functionally to identify operational efficiencies and drive data-informed revenue strategies.
Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst Intern
Ernst & Young (EY) Consulting
Prepared pre-acquisition financial due diligence reports (red flag reports) for real estate acquisition deals. Conducted thorough due diligence for buy/sell-side parties, from reading balance sheets to checking criminal records. Assisted in IPO advisory by preparing Independent Accountants Reports (IAR) based on forecast financial information.
AI Intern
Synechron Technologies
Developed an AI-powered cost estimator to streamline insurance claims, reducing manual processing time by 70%. Leveraged predictive analytics for accurate damage valuation. Trained ML model on 10k+ insurance claims data, improving prediction accuracy by 34%.
Recognition & Competitions
Awards and hackathon results — all 2026
🏆 Google Award — CheeseHacks Hackathon
AuraHealth — AI Patient Follow-Up Agent
Won the Google Award at CheeseHacks 2026 for building AuraHealth, a full-stack AI healthcare assistant with real-time bidirectional voice streaming (Twilio WebSocket), Google STT/TTS, Gemini 2.5 Flash, and Pinecone RAG.
🥈 2nd Place — MadData Data Science Competition
TAM — Transaction Analysis Machine
Placed second at MadData 2026 with TAM, an agentic AI-powered financial due diligence platform using Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Isolation Forest anomaly detection, and ChromaDB RAG. Team: Yash Arvind, Diya Kothari, Hriday Thakkar. Advised by Ben Rugg & Varun Kumar.
⚡ Finalist — CursorHacks Hackathon
EarningsLens — Earnings Call Deception Detection
Built EarningsLens: real-time deception detection for earnings calls using Claude AI with 11-signal taxonomy, ChromaDB vector search against SEC filings, per-speaker credibility scoring, and live Finnhub market data.
⚡ Participant — ClaudeHacks Hackathon
HelloNeighbour — Voice-Based Campus Social App
Built HelloNeighbour at ClaudeHacks 2026: voice-based anonymous neighbor connection app for UW-Madison dorms with KNN (k=3) matching from scratch, Claude API for profile analysis, Web Audio waveform visualization, and Vercel deployment.
Education
Academic Foundation
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S. Data Science & Economics
Junior pursuing dual degree in Data Science and Economics. Dean's List student with 3.8 GPA. Coursework in machine learning, quantitative methods, financial modeling, and predictive analytics. Active in entrepreneurship and finance communities.
Key Projects
Ventures started 2025 · Hackathons built 2026
TAM
2025 – present
Agentic AI financial due diligence platform. Claude 4.5 Sonnet + Isolation Forest ML. Self-correcting extraction workflow with ChromaDB RAG. Full-stack Next.js + FastAPI. 2nd place MadData 2026. Interest from American Family Insurance & EY.
Flux
2025 – present
iOS co-founder matching app live on the App Store (4.8★, 6 ratings). Team of 6. Swift native. v2.1.0 with Google Drive resume uploads. Real user reviews: "Found my co-founder on this app."
AuraHealth
2026
AI patient follow-up agent with bidirectional WebSocket voice streaming (Twilio ↔ Backend), Gemini 2.5 Flash, Pinecone RAG, and automated Cloud Scheduler triggers. Won the Google Award.
EarningsLens
2026
Earnings call deception detection via Claude AI forced tool use, 11-signal taxonomy, ChromaDB SEC filing search, per-speaker credibility scoring, and live Finnhub market data.
HelloNeighbour
2026
Voice-based anonymous dorm connection app. KNN (k=3) matching from scratch, Claude API profile analysis, Web Audio waveform visualization, 15s voice notes.
BoxMate
2025 (completed)
Student storage marketplace. $10K revenue in 2 weeks. Regression analysis for pricing optimization. Python forecasting model.