Yale University

Harvard Kennedy School

The Wharton School

Summer Institute of Hispanic Studies

Vice President at The D. E. Shaw Group  -  Wharton (MBA) & Harvard (MPA/ID)  -  Palmer Scholar (Top 5% of Wharton Class)

New York, New York, United States

The D. E. Shaw Group

Vice President

Knife Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm with offices in London, UK and Cape Town, South Africa.

Knife Capital

Investment Associate

CrossBoundary  is  a  mission driven  investment  firm  committed  to  unlocking  the  power  of  capital  to  make  a  strong return while creating a lasting difference in frontier markets.

CrossBoundary  provides  investment  advisory services,  having  developed  a  specialized  expertise  in  unlocking investment  across  all  sectors  in  fragile  and  frontier  markets.  Advisory  clients  include  governments,  development  finance  institutions,  private  equity firms,  Fortune  100  companies,  and  research  institutions.  Our  direct  investment  arm,  CrossBoundary  Energy, finances solar projects in Africa.

CrossBoundary

Summer Investment Associate

Oakfield is an African investment firm that leverages its Partners’ top-tier international experience with deep local understanding to own and build companies in dynamic geographies.

The company is active in the the agriculture, food processing, distribution, transport and logistics sectors. Oakfield typically holds a control position and targets opportunities in less-traditional sub-sectors which are highly scalable and have significant technical or commercial barriers to entry.

Oakfield Holdings Limited

Summer Associate

Associate

Served as Acting Country Director during February-July 2013.

Educate!

Operations Manager

- Served as project manager and business analyst for resource management pilot program
-  Led effort to compose Strategic Roadmap to set quantifiable agency benchmarks for 2011
-  Selected as 1 of 26 fellows from over 300 applicants to gain high-level public sector experience

Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications, City of New York

New York City Urban Fellow

- Compiled Budget Narrative for $1.3-million Investing in Innovation (i3) federal education grant
-  Researched and recommended 24 non-profit initiatives for integration into Boost! framework

Holt, Wexler & Farnam, LLP

Freelance Consultant

- Personally presided over and counseled 12 Yale freshmen in academic and social issues
-  Facilitated small-group meetings to discuss confidential matters relating to freshman affairs
-  Collaborated with administration, faculty and team of 7 counselors to advise over 100 students

Freshman Counselor

- Developed and implemented citywide marketing campaign to recruit 85% of school’s 234 students
-  Increased efficiency of student dismissal by 50% through optimization and systemic reorganization
-  Prepared Public Charter School Program grant proposal to secure over $600,000 in federal grants

Success Preparatory Academy

School Founder Intern

- Formulated strategy to modernize business model and generate revenues in excess of $100,000 
-  Led staff of 18 members to coordinate concert tours to 5 countries and 12 U.S. states
-  Interfaced and negotiated with domestic and international clients to schedule 100+ performances 
-  Raised additional $35,000 to bring Gitameit Voices to U.S. in first-ever visit by a Burmese choir
-  Produced studio album "Cause for Alarm" and managed group website, <a href="http://www.spizzwinks.com">www.spizzwinks.com</a>

The Yale Spizzwinks(?)

President & Business Manager

- Created informational database to evaluate Youth Educator Conference with 300 attendees 
-  Coordinated Vitamin Angels program to administer high-dosage vitamin A to 4,000 children 
-  Actualized “Maestros sin Fronteras” to bring 2 U.S. teachers to rural community education centers

Nathaniel Little