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Resume

Experience

2023 - Present

Boston, MA

Various Startups 

Product & Strategy Consultant

Example Engagement: Company A 

  • Executed the redesign of the site’s customer journey and visual design in 4 months, increasing user traffic by over 100%.

  • Launched the flagship product, after rigorous user research, which now generates 30% of revenue. This included user interviews, A/B testing, UX/UI design, PRD and roadmap documentation, and post-launch data analysis. 

  • Integrated AI chatbot to enhance search process using OpenAI API. Contributed to model training & refinement.

  • Hired the majority of the tech team, implementing daily standups, sprint planning, and task-tracking structure. 

  • Implemented data & KPI infrastructure and process (Metabase, Google Analytics), and managed vendor relationships. 

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Example Engagement: Company B 

  • Revamped top-of-funnel marketing and leasing processes, resulted in 50% increase in weekly sales.

  • Acted as a strategic advisor to the CEO through external acquisition. 

  • Post-acquisition, audited and revitalized marketing efforts of the combined companies to optimize $1m yearly spend. 

2019-2023

Boston, MA

SplitSpot

Co-Founder, CEO & Head of Product

  • Led cross-functional team of 45 to build platform which generated $30 million in revenue over 4 years across 6 metros with a customer base of over 4,000 renters and hundreds of other RE stakeholders. 

  • Spearheaded several website overhauls, each resulting in a +50% conversion rate increase across entire sales funnel. 

  • Developed core roommate matching feature, from ideation to launch, which expanded top of funnel leads by over 30%. This included business modeling, competitive analysis, and cross-team expectation setting. 

  • Developed a go-to-market strategy that utilized free marketing channels, resulting in a LTV:CAC of over 4:1, and an annual revenue growth rate of over 3x between 2019 to 2022. 

  • Ran a competitive M&A process, resulting in a successful sale of business to competitor in the winter of 2023.

2018

Boston, MA

Lovepop Cards
Data Science Associate

  • Created SQL-based reports and statistical analysis, including  k-means clustering, on over one million customers.

  • Built regression models on repeat orders, which identified key variables that predicted a 50% increase in repeat rates. 

2014 - 2018

Boston, MA

Harvard Management Company 
Investment Associate 

  • Developed investment insights as a core member of a 20-person team managing $40 Billion university endowment.

  • Contributed to opportunity sourcing, due diligence, and investment monitoring by interviewing managers, attending conferences, and developing and managing over 40 models that improved the efficiency of the diligence process. 

  • Engaged with over 500 distinct investment opportunities across all asset classes, geographies, and vehicles, including hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital.

  • Worked cross-functionally with IT, Investment, and Legal teams to develop new automated reporting projects

Education

2018 - 2020

Cambridge, MA

MIT Sloan School of Management

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship Track

GPA: 4.9/5.0

2010 - 2014

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University 

Artium Baccalaureus (BA) in Economics with a secondary concentration in Statistics

GPA 3.75/4.0

2014 - 2016

Boston, MA

CFA Institute

Chartered Financial Analyst Program

Passed all three levels of the CFA exam

Skills & Interests

  • Startup Advising: Advisor for MIT deltaV, Metaprop’s Accelerator, The Engine’s Blueprint, and EforAll. 

  • Finance: Experienced in using Bloomberg terminals, and Excel API. Experienced in valuation and accounting metrics. CFA. 

  • Analytics & Coding: Metabase, Google Analytics, Amplitude, SQL, Trello, Figma, Basic Python/R. 

  • Gen AI & LMMs: Built LLM tool in Google Colab with ChatGPT API that converts book chapters into audio file poems. Implemented AI chatbot for green-tech company. 

  • Hobbies: Science Fiction writing (working on 500 page manuscript). Furniture design, woodworking, and visual arts. LGBT+ advocacy. 

  • Languages: Native Albanian Speaker. Basic French. Spanish & Mandarin coursework.

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